# eSIM for Monaco

Viasimo's Monaco eSIM starts at $17.00 for 500 MB over 1 day, running on Monaco Telecom with 5G where available. Plans last 1 to 180 days, arrive by email in minutes and install from your phone's settings, with no app.

Canonical page: https://viasimo.com/destinations/monaco/

## Monaco eSIM prices

| Plan | Data | Days | Price | Price per GB |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 500 MB, 1 day | 500 MB | 1 | $17.00 | $34.82 |
| 2 GB, 1 day | 2 GB | 1 | $50.00 | $25.00 |
| 10 GB, 1 day | 10 GB | 1 | $204.99 | $20.50 |
| Unlimited, 3 days | Unlimited | 3 | $164.99 | - |
| Unlimited, 5 days | Unlimited | 5 | $259.99 | - |
| 1 GB, 7 days | 1 GB | 7 | $27.99 | $27.99 |
| Unlimited, 7 days | Unlimited | 7 | $359.99 | - |
| Unlimited, 10 days | Unlimited | 10 | $494.99 | - |
| 3 GB, 15 days | 3 GB | 15 | $70.99 | $23.66 |
| Unlimited, 15 days | Unlimited | 15 | $739.99 | - |
| 3 GB, 30 days | 3 GB | 30 | $75.00 | $25.00 |
| 5 GB, 30 days | 5 GB | 30 | $119.99 | $24.00 |
| 10 GB, 30 days | 10 GB | 30 | $219.99 | $22.00 |
| 20 GB, 30 days | 20 GB | 30 | $414.99 | $20.75 |
| Unlimited, 30 days | Unlimited | 30 | $1,364.99 | - |
| Unlimited, 60 days | Unlimited | 60 | $2,719.99 | - |
| Unlimited, 90 days | Unlimited | 90 | $4,084.99 | - |
| Unlimited, 180 days | Unlimited | 180 | $8,159.99 | - |

## Which networks does the Monaco eSIM use?

- **Monaco Telecom**: 5G

Your eSIM picks one automatically; you do not choose or switch between them.

The operator list comes from the network partner that carries this eSIM. Verified October 30, 2026.

## eSIM Details

- **Data**: 500 MB – 20 GB or unlimited
- **Validity**: 1–180 days
- **Speed**: 4G LTE / 5G
- **Hotspot / tethering**: Supported on most devices
- **Activation**: Starts when you first connect in your destination
- **Speed management**: Roughly 2-3 GB per day at full speed, sometimes less depending on the local carrier, then reduced
- **Top-ups**: Add more data from your account, before the plan expires
- **Text messages (SMS)**: Data only: use an app for verification codes
- **Connects via**: Singapore
- **Unused validity**: 180 days before it must be installed

## Monaco: what to know before you land

Source: https://viasimo.com/destinations/monaco/#destination-guide · Researched October 2026 by Viasimo

Monaco Telecom switched on 5G across the principality in July 2019, one of the first operators in Europe to do so, and our eSIM connects to it with 5G support. The catch for many European visitors is that Monaco sits outside the EU and EEA, so the EU's roam-like-at-home rules do not automatically protect your home SIM here.

### Monaco: quick facts

| Fact | Monaco |
| --- | --- |
| Emergency number | 112 (from a mobile), 18 (from a landline) |
| Main airports | Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (France) (NCE); Monaco Heliport (Fontvieille) (MCM) |
| Plug types | Type C, E, F (230V) |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) |
| Apps worth having | WhatsApp, Google Maps, Citymapper, SNCF Connect |

### Monaco Telecom, 5G since 2019 and the +377 network

(Monaco · https://viasimo.com/destinations/monaco/#guide-monaco-telecom-5g-since-2019-and-the-377-network)

Monaco has a single home mobile operator, **Monaco Telecom**, and our eSIM connects to it on **4G/LTE and 5G**. The company launched its 5G network on **9 July 2019**, together with a commercial offer, and was widely reported as one of the first in Europe to cover a whole country with 5G. In a territory of around 2 square kilometres, that means 5G is available in most outdoor street locations.

Monaco Telecom is controlled by French telecoms entrepreneur Xavier Niel's holding company, NJJ, alongside the principality's government. It has also expanded abroad: it bought MTN Cyprus in 2018 and Vodafone Malta in 2020, rebranding both as **Epic**. Back home, Monaco has had its own international dialling code, **+377**, since 1996, so local businesses and hotels will have numbers starting +377 rather than the French +33.

Because our eSIM is data only, you will not get a +377 number. Use WhatsApp or other apps to call restaurants and hotels over data, or call them from your home SIM, bearing in mind the roaming point in the next section.

### Why EU roaming rules stop at the Monaco border

(Monaco · https://viasimo.com/destinations/monaco/#guide-why-eu-roaming-rules-stop-at-the-monaco-border)

The EU's **roam-like-at-home** rules apply across the 27 EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and have been extended to Moldova and Ukraine. **Monaco is not on that list.** Although it uses the euro and its borders are open with France, it is outside the EU and EEA, so an EU or UK operator is free to charge roaming rates for calls, texts and data in the principality. Some operators include Monaco in their own European bundles, but many do not, and the charges can be high.

That is the main practical reason to use a local data eSIM here, even if you are only visiting from Nice or Menton for the day. A sensible set-up is:

- Set the Monaco eSIM as your mobile data line.
- Turn off data roaming on your home SIM, so apps cannot use it in the background.
- Keep your home line switched on for calls and texts only, and check your operator's Monaco rates before making calls.

Also watch out at sea. The EU says normal roaming rules apply on ships and planes only when you are connected to a land-based network; onboard satellite networks are unregulated and can be very expensive, so turn off roaming before sailing on a yacht or cruise.

### Arriving via Nice airport or the Fontvieille heliport (MCM)

(Monaco · https://viasimo.com/destinations/monaco/#guide-arriving-via-nice-airport-or-the-fontvieille-heliport-mcm)

Monaco has no airport of its own. Most visitors fly into **Nice Côte d'Azur (NCE)** in France and travel the final stretch by train, bus, car or helicopter. The principality's **heliport** in **Fontvieille**, next to the Stade Louis II on the coast, has the code **MCM** and runs scheduled flights to Nice airport with operators including Monacair, Heli Air Monaco, Heli Securite, Blade and Alpes Hélicoptères.

The heliport transfer is quick, but the flight itself will be offline, so save your booking reference, hotel address and the name of whoever is meeting you before boarding. If you travel by train or road, remember that the French part of the journey is not covered by a Monaco plan.

Monaco follows **Schengen** rules, and France handles its immigration. Non-EU visitors such as UK passport holders can stay visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180-day period, and time spent elsewhere in the Schengen area counts towards that limit. In an emergency in Monaco, call **112** from a mobile or **18** from a landline for police, fire or ambulance.

### Sources for the Monaco guide

- [Monaco Telecom (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco_Telecom)
- [Mobile roaming costs (Your Europe, European Union)](https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-telecoms/mobile-roaming-costs/index_en.htm)
- [Monaco Heliport (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco_Heliport)
- [Monaco travel advice: entry requirements (GOV.UK)](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/monaco/entry-requirements)
- [Monaco travel advice: getting help (GOV.UK)](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/monaco/getting-help)

## Two days in Monaco: the Rock, Monte-Carlo and Fontvieille

Short-stay itinerary · 2 days · Source: https://viasimo.com/destinations/monaco/#itinerary

A two-day plan for a principality you can cross on foot: the old town on the Rock with the palace, cathedral and Oceanographic Museum, then Monte-Carlo's casino quarter, the harbour and Fontvieille, easily combined with a stay in Nice or Menton.

**When to go:** May, June and September offer warm weather without the peak August crowds; the Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend, in late May or early June depending on the year, closes roads and the palace to visitors, and the State Apartments are only open from spring to mid-October.

### Day 1 in Monaco: Monaco-Ville: the Rock

- **Base:** Monaco
- **Getting there:** From Nice, take the TER train along the coast to Monaco-Monte-Carlo station, about 20 to 25 minutes, or the scheduled helicopter from Nice airport to the Fontvieille heliport, about 7 minutes.
- **Plan:** Walk or take the lifts up to Monaco-Ville on the Rock. Arrive at the Place du Palais before midday to watch the changing of the guard outside the Prince's Palace, then tour the State Apartments if they are open. Continue to Saint Nicholas Cathedral, where Princess Grace and Prince Rainier are buried, and through the Jardins Saint-Martin to the Oceanographic Museum on the cliff edge, with its aquariums and rooftop terrace view over the coast.
- **Mobile signal:** Monaco Telecom 5G is available in most outdoor street locations on the Rock. Note that your Monaco plan does not cover the French part of the train ride; the station itself sits partly underground, where signal can be weaker.

### Day 2 in Monaco: Monte-Carlo, Port Hercule and Fontvieille

- **Base:** Monaco
- **Getting there:** Everything is walkable, with public lifts and escalators linking the different levels of the city; local buses also cross the principality.
- **Plan:** Start at Place du Casino to see the Casino de Monte-Carlo, the Opera and the Hôtel de Paris, a landmark since the 1860s; visitors can enter the casino's public rooms by day with ID. Walk through the Japanese Garden near the Grimaldi Forum and along Larvotto beach. After lunch follow the harbour round Port Hercule, past the Grand Prix circuit sections, to Fontvieille for the Princess Grace Rose Garden before an evening train back to Nice.
- **Mobile signal:** Outdoors in Monte-Carlo and around the port you can expect 5G on Monaco Telecom. Signal is weaker inside the lift tunnels and pedestrian passages between levels.

### Staying connected on this Monaco route

- Monaco is outside the EU's roam-like-at-home zone, so set the Monaco eSIM as your data line and switch off data roaming on your home SIM before you cross the border.
- If you are staying in Nice or Menton, remember the eSIM is for Monaco; arrange separate data for France.
- Save your heliport booking and pickup details offline before boarding, as you will not have signal on the flight.

### Sources for the Monaco itinerary

- [Prince's Palace of Monaco: visits](https://www.visitepalaisdemonaco.com/en/)
- [Palais Princier de Monaco](https://www.palais.mc/en/)
- [Visit Monaco: official tourism site](https://www.visitmonaco.com/en)

## About this eSIM

Monaco is served by Monaco Telecom, running 4G LTE and 5G across a principality you can walk end to end in an afternoon. Coverage is not the question here; density is. The whole country is a few stacked terraces of high-rise and tunnel between a mountain and the sea, and the interesting parts of using a phone here are underground car parks, lift shafts and a border you will cross without noticing.

### Getting online when you land

Almost nobody lands in Monaco. There is no international airport in the principality, so you arrive through Nice in France and cover the last stretch by train, bus, road or helicopter. That matters for your plan: a Monaco data plan works in Monaco, and the French leg of the journey is not Monaco.

Plan for it. Either sort your transfer before you leave home, with the booking saved offline and the route screenshotted, or use airport wifi at Nice to confirm the details before you set off. Once you cross into the principality, switch the plan on and let it attach; you will be on 4G/LTE or 5G within a minute in almost any street-level location.

Set the eSIM as your data line and leave your home number active on your primary SIM for calls. Turn data roaming off on that home line, particularly here: with France a few metres away, a home SIM left roaming is exactly the kind of thing that finds a network you did not intend.

### The networks you'll be on

Monaco Telecom is the operator, and 5G is available. In a country this compact and this heavily built, that translates into fast connections almost everywhere you stand outdoors, with the usual urban caveat that reinforced concrete and underground spaces cut it back sharply.

Your phone attaches automatically and there is nothing to configure. Where you may see odd behaviour is at the edges. Monaco's border with France runs through ordinary streets, and phones near it can see networks on both sides. Your device might briefly show a French network name while it decides. If your data stops working while you are standing on a hillside street above Monte-Carlo, the most likely explanation is that you have walked into France without realising, not that the plan has failed.

### Where coverage holds, and where it thins

Reliable across the whole principality: Monte-Carlo and the casino square, La Condamine and the market, Port Hercule and the quaysides, Larvotto and the beach front, Fontvieille, and the rock of Monaco-Ville with the palace and the Oceanographic Museum.

Where it thins is entirely a matter of what is above your head. The underground car parks, which are how most of Monaco parks, are dead zones on the lower levels. The Monaco-Monte-Carlo railway station is built inside the rock, and the road tunnels along the coast do the same to your connection. The network of public lifts and escalators that carries people up and down the terraces will cut you off for the duration of the ride. None of this lasts more than a minute or two, but it is enough to lose a call.

The other edge case is the water. Signal from shore reaches out over the harbour and the near coast, but on a boat heading further out you should not count on it.

### What you'll actually use data for here

Vertical navigation, which sounds odd until you are here. Monaco is built in layers, and the walking route between two points is often a lift, a tunnel and a staircase rather than a street. Maps handle this better than instinct does, and it is the single most useful thing your data does for you.

Bookings are the other constant. Restaurants worth eating at expect a reservation, museum and garden tickets are easier bought in advance, and the beach clubs at Larvotto run on the same principle. Public transport is buses, and live times are useful given how steep the alternatives are.

If you are here during the Grand Prix or another event week, the practical value goes up sharply: roads close, whole districts become pedestrian-only or ticket-only, and the route that worked yesterday does not work today. Live maps and event updates are the difference between an easy day and a long detour.

Beyond that: photos, translation for French menus and signage, and checking ferry or train times if you are combining the trip with Nice, Menton or the Italian coast.

### Before you fly

Check the phone is unlocked and eSIM capable, and install the profile before departure.

Because your arrival runs through France, save your transfer details, your hotel address and the walking route from the station or bus stop as offline screenshots. Download the offline map; it is tiny, and it includes the lifts and passages.

Keep in mind that a plan for Monaco covers Monaco. If your trip includes days in Nice, Menton or over the Italian border, you will want coverage for those countries too rather than assuming the principality's network follows you out.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does an eSIM work in Monaco?

Yes. Your Monaco eSIM connects automatically the moment you arrive, with no roaming fees and nothing to set up at the airport. The host networks it can use are Monaco Telecom. Coverage runs on 4G LTE and 5G where the network has rolled it out, and falls back to 4G elsewhere.

### Do I get 5G in Monaco?

Yes, where it has been deployed. 5G runs on Monaco Telecom in Monaco, and your eSIM uses it automatically on a 5G-capable phone, dropping back to 4G LTE outside covered areas. No country is covered everywhere, so 5G availability varies by location.

### Does EU roam like at home apply in Monaco?

No. EU roaming rules cover the 27 EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, with extensions to Moldova and Ukraine. Monaco is outside the EU and EEA, so your home operator can charge roaming fees there, even though it uses the euro. Some operators include Monaco in their bundles, so check before you travel, or use a local data eSIM.

### Is there 5G in Monaco?

Yes. Monaco Telecom launched 5G on 9 July 2019 and was reported as one of the first operators in Europe to cover a whole country. Our eSIM connects to Monaco Telecom with 5G support, so you can expect 5G in most outdoor areas. Underground car parks, the railway station inside the rock and some tunnels still have weaker signal.

### How do I get from Nice airport to Monaco?

Most people take a train, bus, car or helicopter. Scheduled helicopter flights link Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) with the Monaco Heliport (MCM) in Fontvieille, operated by companies such as Monacair, Heli Air Monaco and Blade. Save your booking and hotel details offline before you leave, as the French leg of the journey is not covered by a Monaco data plan.

### What is the emergency number in Monaco?

Call 112 from a mobile or 18 from a landline for police, fire or ambulance. Because our eSIM is data only, use your home SIM to call emergency services; mobile phones can generally reach 112 on any available network. Monaco's international dialling code is +377, so local numbers for hotels and restaurants will start with +377.

### How much data do I need for 7 days in Monaco?

For 7 days in Monaco, Viasimo sells 1 GB for $27.99 and unlimited data for $359.99. Our sizing recommendation, not a measurement: maps, messaging and the occasional lookup, about 1 GB a week; maps, social, photos and some browsing, about 3 to 7 GB a week. The data calculator on this site works it out from how you actually use your phone.

## Information and verification

- **Prices and plans**: Every price and allowance on this page is read from the live catalog, not typed in. Verified October 30, 2026.
- **Host networks**: The operator list comes from the network partner that carries this eSIM. Verified October 30, 2026.