Nice eSIM
In Nice you connect to Orange or SFR, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 71 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Orange and SFR
- Typical speed in France
- 71 Mbps typical, 19 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Nice
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.96 | $8.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $2.18 | $10.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.59 | $15.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.19 | $23.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $0.94 | $46.89 |
How France compares across Europe
- Regional typical speed
- 71 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Orange, SFR
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Bulgaria, 72 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Croatia, 71 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 4: Paris, Nice, Lyon, Bordeaux
Landing at Nice Cote d'Azur Airport (NCE)
- Airport
- NCE / LFMN
- Distance
- 7 km from the centre of Nice
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalSelect the network NiceAirportFreeWifi, open a browser and accept the terms and conditions. There is no time limit and no SMS code, and the airport says 5,000 people can be connected at once.
Getting into Nice
- Tram line 2 to Port Lympia (NCE), about 26 minutes. Runs through tunnels, where a signal drops
- Bus 12+ from the Aeroport Promenade stop along the Promenade des Anglais to the city centre (NCE)
Worth knowing about Nice
- Tram line 2 runs from the airport through a 3.2 km tunnel under central Nice to Port Lympia, a trip of about 26 minutes.
- Tram service reached Nice airport and Jean Medecin station on 28 June 2019, and the complete line 2 opened in December 2019.
- The airport's free wifi has no time limit and needs only that you accept the terms in a browser, with 5,000 simultaneous connections supported.
- Nice Cote d'Azur is the third busiest airport in France and handled 15.23 million passengers in 2025.
- Monaco has its own network, Monaco Telecom. Since 5 March 2024, phones on French networks switch to it automatically throughout the Principality as roaming, so data roaming must be on for apps to work there.
- If a phone shows "No service" in Monaco, the Monaco government advises selecting the Monaco Telecom network manually, or leaving network selection on automatic.
- Nice's free city network, Spot Wifi Nice, covers Cours Saleya, Place Garibaldi, Place Massena, the Promenade du Paillon, Quai des Etats-Unis and the front of the Promenade des Anglais, around the clock, in renewable one-hour sessions.
- Tram rides between Terminal 2, Terminal 1 and Grand Arenas are free, so changing terminals needs no ticket.
- Nice airport's trams run every day except 1 May, when neither line 2 nor line B operates. On weekdays line 2 comes every 7 to 8 minutes and reaches Port Lympia in under 30 minutes.
- Tram line B also leaves from both airport terminals, running to the Centre Administratif about every 10 minutes on weekdays. Lines 2 and B meet tram line 3 to the Allianz Riviera stadium at Grand Arenas.
- The tram ticket machines at Terminals 1 and 2 take coins and bank cards, but the 2 euro rechargeable Lignes d'Azur card is not sold from them; buy it at other tram stops, from retailers or in the app.
- On Android the Lignes d'Azur Tickets app stores tickets on the phone itself. On iPhone it can only top up a Lignes d'Azur contactless card.
- Bus 12+ stops 150 metres from Terminal 1, opposite the Sheraton on the Promenade des Anglais, and runs to Place Massena, the old town and Place Garibaldi. Nothing is sold on board.
- Bus 80 runs from both airport terminals to Monaco and Menton, and you can pay on board by tapping a bank card on the validator. Buses 81 to Cannes and 82 to Antibes use SMS tickets shown to the driver.
- The Pass Sud Azur Explore covers trains, trams and buses across the Alpes-Maritimes and Monaco for 3, 7 or 14 days.