Prague eSIM
In Prague you connect to O2 or T-Mobile, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 64 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- O2 and T-Mobile
- Typical speed in Czechia
- 64 Mbps typical, 17 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Prague
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.63 | $7.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $1.98 | $9.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.49 | $14.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.39 | $27.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $1.54 | $76.89 |
How Czechia compares across Europe
- Regional typical speed
- 71 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, O2, T-Mobile
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Cyprus, 66 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Germany, 63 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Prague, Brno
Landing at Vaclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)
- Airport
- PRG / LKPR
- Distance
- 12 km from the centre of Prague
Getting into Prague
- City bus 59 to Nadrazi Veleslavin, Metro Line A (PRG), about 15 minutes
- City bus 100 to Zlicin, Metro Line B (PRG), about 18 minutes
- Airport Express to Praha hlavni nadrazi main railway station (PRG), about 40 minutes
- City bus 191 to Andel (PRG), about 50 minutes
Underground and on the metro
Prague Metro runs 3 lines. It opened in 1974. The operator does not publish whether the tunnels carry a mobile signal, so we do not claim either way.
Worth knowing about Prague
- Prague Airport has no metro or train station: every public-transport arrival starts on a bus, and only then transfers to the metro.
- A rail link from the airport to Masarykovo station is only in planning - construction was said in 2025 to start in 2027, with opening in 2030.
- The Airport Express to the main railway station is not covered by ordinary Prague transport passes; you buy a separate ticket.
- Between 22:00 and 05:00 the daytime airport buses stop and only night routes 910 and 907 run, each taking around 50 minutes.
- Every station and tunnel on Prague's three metro lines has had mobile signal since 22 December 2021, when Rajská zahrada and Černý Most on line B were the last to be connected. Calls, texts and LTE or 5G data work along the whole network.
- Signal in Prague's metro tunnels comes from a radiating cable clipped to the tunnel walls. The newer line A stretch through Bořislavka, Nádraží Veleslavín, Petřiny and Nemocnice Motol had its LTE network built in during construction instead.
- Prague Airport runs a free Wi-Fi network named Prague Airport WiFi Free, so you can get online in the terminal to buy a transport ticket or check your route into the city.
- Tickets in the PID Lítačka app need a data connection to pay and to activate, and only become valid one minute after activation. Inspectors can fine you for boarding inside that minute, so activate before the tram or train pulls in.
- Once a PID Lítačka app ticket is activated and its countdown is running, it stays valid with no internet connection at all, so losing signal on the way does not void it.
- Trams, city buses and trolleybuses carry a touchscreen ticket terminal, at the middle door on trams and the second door on buses. It sells 30-minute, 90-minute and 24-hour Prague tickets by contactless card only, valid at once without stamping.
- Paper tickets from machines, ticket offices and information centres must be stamped exactly once: before you reach the metro platform, or straight after boarding a tram or bus. A ticket never stamped, or stamped twice, is invalid.
- A 24-hour or 72-hour Prague ticket starts when first stamped and covers metro, trams, buses, ferries, trains within the city and the Petřín funicular. It does not cover the Airport Express or the vintage routes K, 41 and 42.
- Between midnight and 4:30 the metro shuts and night trams 90 to 99 run every 30 minutes. All of them meet at Lazarská stop and wait for each other so passengers can change lines, and night fares match daytime ones.
- Ferries numbered with a P cross the Vltava inside Prague and accept any PID ticket valid in the city. Lines P1 and P2 run all year, the rest only from late March to late October, and bicycles travel free.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Czechia we cover
- Brno
- 186 km from Prague, nearest airport BRQ