Getting online in Brazil
A travel eSIM is a data plan you install before departure and switch on when you land, so your phone is online in Brazil without roaming charges and without hunting for a SIM counter at arrivals. Your home number stays where it is — the eSIM sits alongside it.
Plans, prices, data amounts and validity are set by our partner and shown on their own page. We do not repeat them here because they change and we do not measure them.
Where you land in Brazil
These are the airports in Brazil with scheduled flights and an IATA code. The minute you step off one of them is the minute an eSIM stops being optional.
| Airport | Code | City |
|---|---|---|
| Atlas Brasil Cantanhede International Airport | BVB | Boa Vista |
| Cataratas International Airport | IGU | Foz do Iguaçu |
| Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport | CGH | São Paulo |
| Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport | CWB | Curitiba |
| Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport | SSA | Salvador |
| Eduardo Gomes International Airport | MAO | Manaus |
| Eurico de Aguiar Salles International Airport | VIX | Vitória |
| Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport | PVH | Porto Velho |
| Hercílio Luz International Airport | FLN | Florianópolis |
| Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport | SLZ | São Luís |
| Ministro Victor Konder International Airport | NVT | Navegantes |
| Pinto Martins International Airport | FOR | Fortaleza |
Where you will actually use the data
The largest towns and cities near those arrival airports, by population (GeoNames). Coverage is the partner's to state, not ours — this is simply where travellers in Brazil tend to be.
- São Paulo12 400 232 people
- Salvador2 711 840 people
- Fortaleza2 400 000 people
- Manaus2 219 580 people
- Curitiba1 948 626 people
- Guarulhos1 345 364 people
- Campinas1 031 554 people
- São Luís917 237 people
Before you buy
Two things worth checking on your own handset, because they decide whether any eSIM works at all: the phone must be eSIM capable, and it must be carrier unlocked. Most phones sold in the last few years are both; phones bought on a carrier contract often are not until the contract ends.
We do not test handsets and cannot tell you whether yours qualifies — your phone's settings screen and your carrier can.