Kosice eSIM
In Kosice you connect to Orange or Telekom, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 67 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Orange and Telekom
- Typical speed in Slovakia
- 67 Mbps typical, 18 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Kosice
| 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 | $1.19 | $23.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $1.54 | $76.89 |
How Slovakia compares across Europe
- Regional typical speed
- 71 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Orange, Telekom
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- United Kingdom, 67 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Cyprus, 66 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Bratislava, Kosice
Landing at Kosice International Airport (KSC)
- Airport
- KSC / LZKZ
- Distance
- 6 km from the centre of Kosice
Getting into Kosice
- City transit line 23 to the station square (KSC), about 20 minutes
Worth knowing about Kosice
- Kosice airport is 6 km south of St Elisabeth Cathedral in the old town, and a single city bus (line 23) covers the trip in about 20 minutes.
- Kosice is Slovakia's second airport after Bratislava, handling both domestic and international scheduled and charter flights, so route choice is limited and many travellers arrive via a connection.
- Kosice public transport tickets cannot be bought from the driver. DPMK directs travellers to ticket machines, shops, its Rooseveltova Street office or the SMS ticket system.
- The DPMK SMS ticket, an empty text sent to 1166, costs 1.50 euros, but the page states it works only from a Slovak mobile operator's number, so a foreign SIM cannot buy one.
- Kosice's paper fares run 1.20 euros for 30 minutes, 1.40 for 60 minutes, 4.00 for 24 hours and 8.00 for three days, each about 10 cents cheaper on the app or city card.
- There is a DPMK ticket machine at Kosice airport and machines at the railway station, on Osloboditelov Square and at the Aupark and DoubleTree Hilton.
- Paying by bank card directly on a Kosice tram or bus is not yet possible. DPMK contracted 1,331 readers in June 2026, 681 of them for EMV cards, for rollout from 2027.
- Kosice's own transport card is not anonymous. It requires a visit to a DPMK office with identification and a photo taken on site, costs 8 euros and is valid five years.
- Kosice's tramway began as a horse tramway on 14 November 1891, running from the railway station along Main Street, and was electrified in 1913.
- A 1,520 mm broad gauge railway runs 88 km from the Ukrainian border to Haniska pri Kosiciach beside the steelworks, opened 1966 and electrified 1978, moving ore without a gauge change.
- Kosice was European Capital of Culture in 2013, sharing the title with Marseille-Provence, on a programme built around themes including open public space and a living culture lab.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Slovakia we cover
- Bratislava
- 313 km from Kosice, nearest airport BTS