Getting online in Taiwan
A travel eSIM is a data plan you install before departure and switch on when you land, so your phone is online in Taiwan 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 Taiwan
These are the airports in Taiwan 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hualien Chiashan Airport | HUN | Hualien City |
| Kaohsiung International Airport | KHH | Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) |
| Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base | RMQ | Taichung (Qingshui) |
| Taipei Songshan International Airport | TSA | Taipei (Songshan) |
| Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | TPE | Taoyuan |
| Taitung Airport | TTT | Taitung City |
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 Taiwan tend to be.
- Taipei7 871 900 people
- New Taipei City4 004 367 people
- Taichung2 850 285 people
- Kaohsiung2 737 660 people
- Tainan1 856 642 people
- Banqiao551 221 people
- Taoyuan475 798 people
- Hsinchu453 536 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.