Sarajevo eSIM
In Sarajevo you connect to BH Telecom or m:tel, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 46 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- BH Telecom and m:tel
- Typical speed in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 46 Mbps typical, 11 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Sarajevo
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $8.89 | $8.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $5.30 | $15.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $4.58 | $22.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $3.69 | $36.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $3.04 | $60.89 |
How Bosnia and Herzegovina compares across Europe
- Regional typical speed
- 71 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, BH Telecom, m:tel
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Georgia, 48 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Ukraine, 44 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Sarajevo, Mostar
Landing at Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ)
- Airport
- SJJ / LQSA
- Distance
- 12 km from the centre of Sarajevo
Getting into Sarajevo
- Sarajevo Airport Bus to the city centre (SJJ)
- Airport taxi to the city centre (SJJ)
Worth knowing about Sarajevo
- Sarajevo International Airport is only open 05:00-23:00, so there are no overnight arrivals.
- Fog is the airport's biggest operational problem: the tourism board warns that winter fog delays or cancels early-morning flights, and in December 2015 fog cancelled about 40% of flights.
- The airport bus into the centre costs 5 KM one way and 8 KM return, and a taxi is around 20 KM for the 12 km trip.
- BH Telecom, the state telecom operator, is one of the services listed as present at the airport terminal.
- Sarajevo airport gives 60 minutes of free wifi at the departure gates on the network "PASSENGER ZONE", where you just tap I Agree. In the arrivals area and main hall the free allowance on "PASSENGER_ZONE" is only 15 minutes, and longer vouchers are sold in the terminal cafes.
- The Centrotrans airport bus crosses the whole city to Bascarsija and ends at Bentbasa. Tickets are sold by the driver or in the CentroCard app; the first bag up to 23 kg rides free, while a second or heavier bag costs 5 KM.
- The airport bus runs roughly hourly from early morning until about 23:30, with some departures on weekdays only, some at weekends only and some every day, so check the timetable against your landing time.
- Every rider on Sarajevo's trams, trolleybuses and buses needs a ticket, which is cheaper at a kiosk than from the driver, and it must be validated as soon as you board. Tram line 3 runs the length of the city between Bascarsija and Ilidza.
- The main railway station is a ten-minute walk from the centre, and trams 1 and 4 stop right outside it. Daily trains serve Mostar, Banja Luka, Zenica and Konjic, and the Mostar line passes through more than 100 tunnels along the Neretva canyon.
- Sarajevo has two coach stations. Buses to Banja Luka, Mostar, Tuzla and other Federation towns leave from the main station, while Srebrenica, Trebinje, Visegrad, Belgrade, Novi Sad and Podgorica are served from Lukavica.
- Most Sarajevo taxis start at 1.5 KM and add 1 KM per kilometre, according to the cantonal tourism board. Nextbike bikes give 30 free minutes a day, and BeeBee e-scooters are unlocked in an app registered with a mobile number.
- Drivers whose green card does not cover Bosnia and Herzegovina must buy insurance at the border. Winter driving rules apply from November to April, and the A1 motorway charges tolls between Zenica and Sarajevo and on the Vlakovo to Tarcin section toward Mostar.
- The Trebevic cable car, rebuilt and reopened in April 2018, climbs from 583 m to 1,160 m in about seven minutes. The City of Sarajevo gives its address as Hrvatin bb and lists daily hours of 9:00 to 17:00.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina we cover
- Mostar
- 71 km from Sarajevo, nearest airport OMO