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Apple · 2021 Compatible
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Install your Portugal eSIM on iPhone 13.

Yes — iPhone 13 supports eSIM in Portugal. Dual SIM support worldwide — physical SIM plus eSIM. travel.to routes you to MEO, NOS, Vodafone Portugal automatically — you don't pick the carrier, your phone does.

Compatibility check

What checks out before payment.

eSIM supported

iPhone 13 (2021) ships with eSIM hardware.

Carrier coverage

3 partner carriers in Portugal · auto-handoff between them.

Speed band

120 – 200 Mbps urban · 42 ms RTT.

Install · IOS

6 steps from QR to online.

  1. 01

    Open Settings on your iPhone

    Tap the Settings app (gray gear icon) from your home screen or App Library.

  2. 02

    Go to Cellular (or Mobile Data)

    Scroll to Cellular. On some regions iOS labels this Mobile Data instead.

  3. 03

    Tap Add eSIM

    Choose Add eSIM (older iOS calls this Add Cellular Plan).

  4. 04

    Choose Use QR Code

    Tap Use QR Code, then open the eSIM email from travel.to on another device and scan the QR.

  5. 05

    Label the line travel.to

    When iOS asks for a label, pick travel.to so you can tell it apart from your home SIM.

  6. 06

    Confirm and finish

    Confirm the default line settings. Your phone will activate the eSIM on landing — you don't need to do anything else until you reach your destination.

Once installed, the eSIM is dormant until iPhone 13 reaches a partner carrier's network in Portugal — typically the moment you land. No manual switch, no carrier app.

Portugal network

What to expect on iPhone 13 in Portugal.

Carriers
MEO · NOS · Vodafone Portugal
Network
120 – 200 Mbps urban · 42 ms RTT
Time zone
UTC · UTC+1 summer
Roaming alt cost
$10 – 16/GB on default home-carrier roaming — travel.to is an order of magnitude cheaper.
Plans for Portugal

Pick a plan and we'll email your QR.

All Portugal details  →
Plan · 01
Unlimited
for 1 day · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$7.43 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $7
Plan · 02
Unlimited
for 3 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$16.97 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $17
Plan · 03
Unlimited
for 5 days · 30 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$25.20 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $25
Our pick
Plan · 04
Unlimited
for 7 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$37.93 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Get this plan  ·  $38
Plan · 05
Unlimited
for 10 days · unlimited at full speed
$42 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $42
Plan · 06
Unlimited
for 15 days · unlimited at full speed
$56.70 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $57
Plan · 07
Unlimited
for 30 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$156.28 USD

For when the trip becomes the month, and the month becomes the work.

Buy  ·  $156
iPhone 13 in Portugal

Common questions.

Yes. iPhone 13 ships with eSIM hardware, and travel.to routes it onto MEO, NOS, and Vodafone Portugal in Portugal. The line activates the moment you land — install takes under two minutes and is fully refundable if it fails to activate.
Yes. iPhone 13 supports dual SIM worldwide, so your home SIM stays in the tray and travel.to installs alongside it as a second line. No swapping, no removing your primary number.
On iPhone 13 open Settings → Cellular → Add eSIM, choose Use QR Code, and scan the QR from your travel.to email. That is 6 taps from QR to online. iOS labels the path "Mobile Data" in some regions.
Under two minutes. The QR arrives by email seconds after payment; 6 taps later the profile is installed on iPhone 13. It stays dormant until you reach a partner network in Portugal (UTC · UTC+1 summer) — usually the instant you land, before you have changed your clock.
In Portugal we route on MEO, NOS, and Vodafone Portugal. iPhone 13 hands off automatically to whichever has the strongest signal where you are — you do not pick the carrier, the phone does.
120 – 200 Mbps urban · 42 ms RTT. iPhone 13 negotiates the fastest band the local network offers, so in covered areas you get the same speeds a native SIM would pull on the same carrier.
Default home-carrier roaming in Portugal runs about $10 – 16 per GB. A travel.to plan for Portugal sits an order of magnitude below that, and you never get a surprise bill — you pay once, up front, for the data you chose.
No need. The airport SIM kiosks in Portugal keep limited hours (Lisbon LIS · 24h vending · clerk 07:00 – 22:00) and you would queue at them with the rest of your flight. Install the travel.to eSIM on iPhone 13 before you board and you walk straight past them, already online.
Two carriers per region · auto-failover below signal threshold iPhone 13 falls back automatically — you never have to switch networks by hand.
Yes. Top-ups reuse the Portugal eSIM profile already on iPhone 13 — no new QR scan, no second install. Same line, fresh data, added from your Portugal order page in one tap.
Full refund if the Portugal eSIM fails to activate on iPhone 13. Half refund if it activates but underperforms on MEO, NOS, and Vodafone Portugal (and if you used under 500 MB, you get the full amount). One click from your dashboard — no email thread.
A few iPhone 13-specific notes: Both eSIM lines can be active simultaneously (one data, one calls). Beyond that, the travel.to install flow in Portugal is the standard iOS path.