📊 Data Usage Estimator
How much data do you actually need?
Tell us your trip and how you use your phone. We'll size the right eSIM — so you don't overpay or run out.
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How do you use your phone abroad?
🗺️
Light
Maps, chat, the odd email
📱
Typical
Social, browsing, some video
🎬
Heavy
Streaming, hotspot, video calls
2
Anything you'll lean on hard?
🧭
📺
📹
💻
3
How long is the trip?
10 days
We recommend
14GB
for 10 days of typical use
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Estimates use typical app data rates before Wi-Fi offload. Heavy streaming uses more — round up if in doubt. Most Travelren plans let you buy a top-up instantly if you run low.
How we estimate this
Daily figures are typical mobile data rates per activity, measured before Wi-Fi offload at your hotel or café:
- Light use (maps + messaging): ~0.4 GB/day · Typical (social, browsing, some video): ~0.9 GB/day · Heavy (streaming, hotspot): ~1.8 GB/day
- Add-ons — Maps all day: ~0.15 GB/day · Streaming video: ~0.7 GB/day · Video calls: ~0.35 GB/day · Laptop hotspot: ~0.5 GB/day
Based on published data-rate guidance from Netflix and YouTube and standard Google Maps usage benchmarks. For per-trip break-even costs, see our roaming comparison guides or work out savings with the roaming cost calculator.