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Discover Vodafone Global Roaming
First for 5G Roaming
We’re the first UK mobile network to offer 5G roaming in Spain, Germany and Italy – reaching 47 European towns and cities in total, including Milan, Rome, Naples, Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Hamburg.
Want to know more about 5G? Visit our 5G hub.
*iPhone 12 doesn’t currently support 5G roaming. We expect 5G roaming to come to iPhone 12 in 2021.
Take your plan to more destinations on Vodafone Global Roaming
Use your data, minutes and texts in 51 European destinations, add an extra 104 destinations at £6 a day with our Roam Further plan, or get our best coverage with Global Roaming Plus – 81 destinations included.
Share when you’re there
Use your Unlimited Max plan to roam at no extra cost in 81 destinations worldwide – more than any other network. Roaming on all our Unlimited data plans is capped at 25GB a month in inclusive roaming. Find out more about terms, destinations and verification.
Feel totally free with Global Roaming Plus
Choose a plan with Global Roaming Plus to roam at no extra cost in 81 destinations – more than the O2 Travel Inclusive Bolt On (75), Three Go Roam (71) and EE Max Plan (53). Call locally or back home, and browse to your heart’s content in locations as far as USA, Australia and Canada.
Stress-free roaming on Pay as you go
On our network, you don’t have to worry about running out of data, minutes or texts – we let you use your home plan in 51 European destinations at no extra cost, and with no restrictions – we don’t cap or slow down your data.
So, whether you have a Pay as you go Bundle, Extras, Freebies or just Pay as you go 1, you can stay in touch while you’re away using your inclusive data, minutes and texts.
FAQs
What is Vodafone Global Roaming?
Vodafone Global Roaming gives you the freedom to take your home plan of data, minutes and texts with you across 152 destinations around the world:
- Use your data, minutes and texts at no extra cost in our 51 European ‘Roam Free’ destinations
- Use your home plan in a further 105 destinations for just £6 per day with ‘Roam Further’
- Use your home plan in 81 destinations around the world with Global Roaming Plus, included with our Unlimited Max and eligible Red Entertainment plans (bought between 4 September 2018 and 9 July 2019)
Vodafone Global Roaming can be used in 152 destinations around the world.
There are Roam-free destinations [PDF: 668KB] where you can use your UK plan at no extra cost, and 105 Roam-further destinations [PDF: 810KB] where you’ll pay just £6 a day, and only on the days you use your phone (receiving a call or a text will not trigger the daily charge).
If your intended destination isn’t listed or you require further details, please see our Travelling Abroad page.
With Global Roaming Plus – included with Red Entertainment plans (bought between 4 September 2018 and 9 July 2019) or with an Unlimited Max plan (bought from 10 July 2019), there are 81 destinations where you won’t pay Roaming charges. There are our 51 Roam-free destinations, plus 29 of our Roam-further destinations.
If you go over your UK data allowance when you’re in one of our Roam-free or Roam-further destinations, you’ll incur the same charges as you would in the UK.
Visit our data costs page to see how to add more data to your plan, or how much you’ll be charged if you go over your allowance.
Please note: if you’re travelling in a Roam-free or Roam-further destination, your out-of-plan data usage will be capped at £39.33 (€50) a month.
From the 26 July 2019, if you’re on a 5G-ready plan and have a 5G device, you can also use 5G in Spain, Germany and Italy where it’s available. In addition, you can also benefit from Vodafone Unlimited on 4G in 81 destinations worldwide – the largest roaming footprint of any UK provider.
Italy (5 cities)
• Milan
• Rome
• Turin
• Naples
• Bologna
Spain (15 cities)
• Madrid
• Barcelona
• Valencia
• Seville
• Malaga
• Zaragoza
• Pamplona
• Bilbao
• La Coruña
• Vigo
• Vitoria
• San Sebastián
• Gijón
• Logroño
• Santander
Germany (27 towns & cities)
• Aldenhoven
• Altenberge
• Berlin
• Birgland
• Bremen
• Darmstadt
• Dortmund
• Dresden
• Duisburg
• Düsseldorf
• Frankfurt
• Hamburg
• Hattstedt
• Hesel
• Karlsruhe
• Köln
• Leipzig
• Lohmar
• Mellenthin
• München
• Seehausen
• Ratingen
• Rielasingen-Worblingen
• Roth
• Wedemark
• Westhausen
• Würselen
iPhone 12 doesn’t currently support 5G roaming. We expect 5G roaming to come to iPhone 12 in 2021.
iPhone 12 doesn’t currently support 5G roaming. We expect 5G roaming to come to iPhone 12 in 2021. But you will still be able to roam with us right now –just not with 5G.
If you’ve bought an iPhone 12 from us, we’ll let you know as soon as 5G roaming becomes available.