Lebara roaming explained for international & EU countries

All Lebara plans include free EU and India roaming. You will be able to use your regular allowances at no additional cost.

For countries outside the EU and India, you will be charged at an out of plan rate. Countries are grouped into zones, which determine the rate you will be charged.

Lebara do not have any plans to introduce EU roaming charges. You can continue to roam for free, despite Britain leaving the EU.

What’s the best Lebara SIM for roaming?

All Lebara SIMs include free EU roaming, which allows you to use your regular allowance within 35 European destinations at no additional cost.

See our Lebara SIM Only deals to compare the cheapest plans for roaming. Lebara SIMs will work with all phones, including the latest Samsung Galaxy S24 and Apple iPhone 15.

Lebara EU roaming - after Brexit

With Lebara, all plans include free EU roaming, which allows you to use your regular allowance within 35 European destinations at no additional cost.

You will be able to use your allowances as if you were at home, including data, minutes and texts.

Despite Brexit, Lebara do not have any plans to introduce EU roaming charges.

If you have an unlimited data plan, the maximum amount you can use per month in the EU is 30GB - if you need more than this, you can buy a 5GB data add-on for £10.

In accordance with the fair usage policy, your roaming usage cannot be greater than your average UK usage within a 120 day period. If Lebara believes your EU roaming usage is greater than your average UK usage, you will receive a warning, followed by a surcharge:

• 0.20p per MB (equivalent to £2 per GB)
• 0.04p per second for outgoing calls (equivalent to 2.4p per minute)
• 0.01p per second for incoming calls (equivalent to 0.6p per minute)
• 0.8p per SMS

The maximum amount you can be charged when roaming is £42 per month (deducted from any pay as you go credit that you may have), after which your services will stop working until you contact Lebara to remove the limit or wait for the next monthly billing period.

You can roam for free within the following 35 European destinations:

1. Austria
2. Belgium
3. Bulgaria
4. Croatia
5. Cyprus
6. Czech Republic
7. Denmark
8. Estonia
9. Finland
10. France
11. Germany
12. Greece
13. Hungary
14. Ireland
15. Italy
16. Latvia
17. Lithuania
18. Luxembourg
19. Malta
20. Netherlands
21. Poland
22. Portugal
23. Romania
24. Slovenia
25. Slovakia
26. Spain
27. Sweden
28. Iceland
29. Liechtenstein
30. Norway
31. Gibraltar
32. Reunion
33. Mayotte
34. Guadeloupe
35. French Guiana and Martinique

Lebara free roaming in India

If you’re travelling to India, you can use your regular data allowance for free.

If you go over your allowance, you can buy a 5GB data add-on for £10.

If you have an unlimited data plan, you will be limited to 30GB per month, however you can buy a 5GB data add-on for £10 for additional data.

As for calls and texts, you will be limited to 200 minutes and 200 texts within India and back to the UK, regardless of your regular allowance. If you go over this limit, you will be charged 10p per minute and text, which will come out off your pay as you go allowance.

Lebara roaming fair usage policy

When roaming in the EU, your roaming usage cannot be greater than your average UK usage within a 120 day period. If Lebara believes your EU roaming usage is greater than your average UK usage, you will receive a warning, followed by a surcharge:

• 0.20p per MB (equivalent to £2 per GB)
• 0.04p per second for outgoing calls (equivalent to 2.4p per minute)
• 0.01p per second for incoming calls (equivalent to 0.6p per minute)
• 0.8p per SMS

If you have an unlimited data plan, you will be limited to 30GB per month. However, you will be able to purchase a 5GB data add-on for £10 for additional data.

The maximum amount you can be charged when roaming is £42 per month (deducted from any pay as you go credit that you may have), after which your services will stop working for the remaining month. You can remove the £42 limit by contacting Lebara.

Can I roam outside the EU with Lebara?

You can roam in most countries outside the EU with Lebara, however you won’t be able to use your regular allowances (except India - see above).

Instead, you will be charged at an out of plan rate, which varies depending on the country you are visiting.

The maximum amount you can be charged when roaming is £42 per month (deducted from any pay as you go credit that you may have), after which your services will stop working. You can remove the £42 limit by contacting Lebara.

With Lebara, countries are divided into zones, which determine the rate you will pay when roaming.

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Texts

Data

Lebara Zones

The following lists show which zone each country belongs to:

Lebara Zone 1

1. Austria
2. Belgium
3. Bulgaria
4. Croatia
5. Cyprus
6. Czech Republic
7. Denmark
8. Estonia
9. Finland
10. France
11. Germany
12. Greece
13. Hungary
14. Ireland
15. Italy
16. Latvia
17. Lithuania
18. Luxembourg
19. Malta
20. Netherlands
21. Poland
22. Portugal
23. Romania
24. Slovenia
25. Slovakia
26. Spain
27. Sweden
28. UK

Lebara Zone 1 EEA

1. Iceland
2. Liechtenstein
3. Norway
4. Gibraltar
5. Reunion
6. Mayotte
7. Guadeloupe
8. French Guiana and Martinique

Lebara Zone 2

1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. Singapore
4. South Africa
5. San Marino
6. Taiwan
7. Thailand

Lebara Zone 3

1. Albania
2. Andorra
3. Bosnia
4. Canada
5. Faroe Islands
6. Monaco
7. Switzerland
8. USA
9. Vatican City
10. Isle of Man
11. Guernsey
12. Jersey

Lebara Zone 4

1. Afghanistan
2. Algeria
3. American Samoa
4. Angola
5. Anguilla
6. Antarctica / Norfolk Islands
7. Antigua and Barbuda
8. Argentina
9. Armenia
10. Aruba
11. Ascension Islands
12. Azerbaijan
13. Bahamas
14. Bahrain
15. Bangladesh
16. Barbados
17. Belarus
18. Belize
19. Benin
20. Bermuda
21. Bhutan
22. Bolivia
23. Botswana
24. Brazil
25. Brunei Darussalam
26. Burkina Faso
27. Burundi
28. Cambodia
29. Cameroon
30. Cape Verde
31. Cayman Islands
32. Central African Republic
33. Chad
34. Chile
35. China
36. Colombia
37. Comoros
38. Congo
39. Cook Islands
40. Costa Rica
41. Cuba
42. Democratic Republic of the Congo
43. Diego Garcia
44. Djibouti
45. Dominica
46. Dominican Republic
47. East Timor
48. Ecuador
49. Egypt
50. El Salvador
51. Equatorial Guinea
52. Eritrea
53. Ethiopia
54. Falkland Islands
55. Faroe Islands
56. Fiji
57. French Polynesia
58. Gabon
59. Gambia
60. Georgia
61. Ghana
62. Greenland
63. Grenada
64. Guam
65. Guatemala
66. Guinea
67. Guinea Bissau
68. Guyana
69. Haiti
70. Honduras
71. Hong Kong
72. Iceland
73. Indonesia
74. Iran
75. Iraq
76. Israel
77. Ivory Coast
78. Jamaica
79. Japan
80. Jordan
81. Kazakhstan
82. Kenya
83. Kiribati
84. Korea North
85. Korea South
86. Kuwait
87. Kyrgyzstan
88. Laos
89. Lebanon
90. Lesotho
91. Liberia
92. Libya
93. Macao
94. Macedonia
95. Madagascar
96. Malawi
97. Malaysia
98. Maldives
99. Mali
100. Mariana Islands
101. Marshall Islands
102. Mauritania
103. Mauritius
104. Mexico
105. Micronesia
106. Moldova
107. Mongolia
108. Montenegro
109. Montserrat
110. Morocco
111. Mozambique
112. Myanmar
113. Namibia
114. Nauru
115. Nepal
116. Netherlands Antilles
117. New Caledonia
118. Nicaragua
119. Niger
120. Nigeria
121. Niue
122. Oman
123. Pakistan
124. Palau
125. Palestine
126. Panama
127. Papua New Guinea
128. Paraguay
129. Peru
130. Philippines
131. Puerto Rico
132. Qatar
133. Russia
134. Rwanda
135. Sao Tome and Principe
136. Saudi Arabia
137. Senegal
138. Serbia / Kosovo
139. Seychelles
140. Sierra Leone
141. Solomon Islands
142. Somalia
143. South Sudan
144. Sri Lanka
145. St. Helena
146. St. Kitts and Nevis
147. St. Lucia
148. St. Pierre and Miquelon
149. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
150. Sudan
151. Suriname
152. Swaziland
153. Syria
154. Tajikistan
155. Tanzania
156. Togo
157. Tokelau
158. Tonga
159. Trinidad And Tobago
160. Tunisia
161. Turkey
162. Turkmenistan
163. Turks And Caicos Islands
164. Tuvalu
165. Uganda
166. Ukraine
167. United Arab Emirates
168. Uruguay
169. Uzbekistan
170. Vanuatu
171. Venezuela
172. Vietnam
173. Virgin Islands British
174. Virgin Islands United States
175. Wallis and Futuna Islands
176. Western Samoa
177. Yemen
178. Zambia
179. Zimbabwe

Can I get 5G when roaming with Lebara?

5G is only available within the UK with Lebara. You cannot get 5G when roaming. The maximum signal you will receive when roaming is 4G.

Lebara Mobile data bolt-ons

If you're roaming in the EU or India and you run out of data, or you go over the 30GB limit for unlimited data plans, you can purchase a 5GB data bolt-on for £10, which will last for the remaining month.

You can purchase the data bolt-on from your Lebara account or by texting 5GB to 38885.

Lebara also has a 1GB data bolt-on for £3, however this only works within the UK, and will not work for EU roaming.

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