URL: https://esimgo.ae/sim-card/spain/ Buy: https://esimgo.ae/esim-spain/ Source: eSIM Go (esimgo.ae) Author: Nadezhda Semenova, entrepreneur, co-founder of the Trippy travel service, https://esimgo.ae/author/ Updated: 19 Oct 2026 # Spain SIM card from the UAE: Orange Holiday, roaming or an eSIM **How to get mobile data in Spain from the UAE:** for a week, a data eSIM on Orange 5G, from AED 10.99 for 1GB and 7 days ([Spain eSIM plans](/esim-spain/)); for 15 to 28 days with calls, Orange Holiday at €25 to €35 ([orange.es](https://prepago.orange.es/en/index.html), 19 Oct 2026); on a Virgin Mobile plan of 20GB or more, One Country at AED 0.00. We sell travel eSIMs, so we have an interest here. eSIM Go is not affiliated with e&, du, Virgin Mobile UAE, Orange or Vodafone. ## Which Spain SIM card fits a trip from the UAE? Three questions decide it: how many days you stay, whether you need a Spanish number for calls, and whether you can show ID at a shop counter. Orange's Holiday card fits 15 to 28 days with calls. A week of data with no paperwork fits an eSIM installed before you fly, or a roaming pack on your UAE line. Landing with no plan leaves you without mobile data. Your e&, du or Virgin Mobile line won't use mobile data abroad unless you add a roaming pack (e& lets you unlock pay-as-you-go data for 24 hours by SMS). ## What do Orange Holiday Maxi and Mini give for €35 and €25? Orange Holiday Maxi costs €35 for 28 days and Holiday Mini €25 for 15 days, VAT included ([Orange](https://www.orange.es/tarifas/movil/prepago/holiday-maxi), 19 Oct 2026). Both carry "GB ilimitados" (unlimited data), which Orange says run at top speed on 5G for the whole period, plus 100 minutes of calls from Spain to Spanish and international numbers. Only Maxi lists an eSIM: "Now available in eSIM". Our arithmetic: Maxi is €1.25 a day and Mini about €1.67 a day, so the 28-day card costs less per day. In EU roaming, which Orange extends to Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Norway and Ukraine, Maxi gives up to 52.6GB and Mini 37.6GB, and the minutes work there too. A card expires three months after its last top-up or use of balance. Orange's regular prepaid starts at €10 for 28 days. It is a different product, and its gigabyte volumes sit under an autumn promo, so we do not quote them. Orange charges in euros; we show its prices as published, with no price in AED. Orange's English page sends buyers to its shops through a "Search for my store" link. We could not confirm a counter at the airport, an eSIM for Holiday Mini, or which document Orange asks for, so plan on an Orange shop after you land, passport in hand. Spanish law, Ley 25/2007, obliges operators to keep a register of every prepaid SIM buyer: name, surname, nationality and the number of the ID document used ([BOE](https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2007-18243), 19 Oct 2026). For a visitor from the UAE, that document is normally the passport. Our Spain eSIM runs on the same Orange network and has no ID check, so the difference between the two is minutes, a Spanish number and the register, not the network. ## How much data does a week in Spain buy on e&, du or Virgin Mobile? A week of roaming data in Spain costs AED 100.00 on each of the three UAE operators, and only the volume differs: 4GB on e& prepaid (until 10 Jan 2027, normally 2GB), 10GB on du postpaid, 2GB on Virgin. Spain is in e&'s preferred zone, du's zone A and Virgin's pack zone ([e&](https://www.eand.ae/eshop/addons/?subCategory=cat550028&lang=en&categoryDimension=cat550054), 19 Oct 2026; [du](https://www.du.ae/personal/mobile/roaming/postpaid/detail), 19 Oct 2026; [Virgin Mobile](https://www.virginmobile.ae/roaming/), 19 Oct 2026). For a Virgin customer on a plan of 20GB or more, Spain costs AED 0.00: Virgin's [One Country](/roaming/virgin-mobile/) list of 34 includes it (15 Oct 2026), and the pass uses your plan's data for a calendar month. It does not renew; Virgin's page says "Don't forget to re-activate every month." du sells its own travel eSIM for Spain at about AED 12.85 (US$3.5) for 1GB over 7 days (du, 15 Oct 2026). Our Spain eSIM runs on a local network, Orange 5G. Unlimited data is AED 59.99 for 7 days (about AED 8.57 a day), at full speed up to 5GB a day, then 1 Mbps, and 10GB for 30 days is AED 37.99. Charged in AED by JET SHARING (USA). Your bank may add a foreign-transaction fee; see [how to pay](/how-to-pay/). How the daily limit works on our unlimited plans: [eSIM unlimited](/esim-unlimited/). Install our eSIM before you fly; it connects when you land in Spain, and its days count from then. A top-up adds data to the same eSIM with no new QR code. The plan is data-only, so calls and SMS stay on your UAE SIM ([keep your UAE number](/help/keep-your-uae-number/)), and it does not provide service in the UAE. Keep your UAE SIM switched on for SMS; e& and Virgin don't charge for SMS you receive abroad; calls you receive are charged per minute. ## When does an Orange Holiday SIM beat a data eSIM in Spain? A Spain SIM card from Orange's Holiday range is the better buy for 15 to 28 days with calls inside Spain and abroad, or for a trip that continues across the EU, where Holiday Maxi carries up to 52.6GB (Orange, 19 Oct 2026). Orange says Maxi's data runs at top speed for all 28 days. Our unlimited plan slows to 1 Mbps after 5GB in a day, so a heavy user on a month-long stay is better served by the card. For a week, our eSIM is the simpler buy: no shop visit, no entry in the ID register, and it connects when you land. Vodafone Spain has its own data-only eSIM for visitors; the smallest size is 2GB for 3 days at €4 ([Vodafone Spain](https://esimprepago.vodafone.es/en/dataonly), 16 Oct 2026). Its full table of sizes is in the local SIM block of the [Spain eSIM plans](/esim-spain/) page. We could not confirm which documents Vodafone asks for. The EU's "roam like at home" rule covers SIMs from EU and EEA operators ([Your Europe](https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-telecoms/mobile-roaming-costs/index_en.htm), 16 Oct 2026). Your UAE line pays UAE roaming rates in Spain, as in the rest of Europe; the [Europe SIM card guide](/sim-card/europe/) explains the rule. For Spain and France on one trip, a regional plan for Europe puts both on one eSIM: check every stop on [Europe eSIM plans](/esim-europe/), and compare French cards in the [France SIM card guide](/sim-card/france/). ## FAQ ### Can I buy an Orange Holiday SIM before I land in Spain? We could not confirm it. Only Holiday Maxi lists an eSIM ("Now available in eSIM", Orange, 19 Oct 2026), and Orange's site points buyers to its shops with "Search for my store". We could not confirm sale at the airport either, so plan on a shop visit in Spain with your passport. ### Do I need a passport for a Spanish SIM? Expect to show your passport or another ID document. Under Spanish law (Ley 25/2007), every prepaid Spain SIM card is registered to an ID document: the buyer's name, nationality and document number. Our Spain eSIM has no ID check. ### Is Spain in Virgin One Country? Yes. Virgin's list of 34 countries includes Spain (Virgin Mobile UAE, 15 Oct 2026), and the pass is AED 0.00 on plans of 20GB and up, for one country per calendar month. It uses your plan's data and does not renew by itself. ### Is there an unlimited eSIM for Spain? Yes: our 7-day Spain plan is AED 59.99, at full speed up to 5GB a day, then 1 Mbps. It is data-only, so your UAE SIM keeps calls. Charged in AED by JET SHARING (USA). Your bank may add a foreign-transaction fee. ### Will my UAE SIM use data in Spain without a pack? No. Your e&, du or Virgin line won't use mobile data abroad unless you add a roaming pack. e& lets you unlock pay-as-you-go data for 24 hours by SMS. ## Sources - Orange Spain, Holiday Maxi, Holiday Mini and Prepaid: orange.es (19 Oct 2026) - BOE, Ley 25/2007, additional provision on prepaid cards: boe.es (19 Oct 2026) - Vodafone Spain, DataOnly eSIM: esimprepago.vodafone.es (16 Oct 2026) - Your Europe, mobile roaming costs: europa.eu (16 Oct 2026) - e&, roaming packs: eand.ae (19 Oct 2026) - du, roaming bundles and travel eSIM: du.ae (19 Oct 2026) - Virgin Mobile UAE, roaming packs and One Country: virginmobile.ae (19 Oct 2026)