Vodafone roaming: what Vodafone UK charges in each zone

How does Vodafone roaming work for UK customers?

Vodafone roaming in the UK is priced by zone, and what you pay depends on whether your plan has roaming built in. This page covers Vodafone UK only; Vodafone in Australia, Ireland and elsewhere are separate companies with their own prices. We read Vodafone UK's roaming, price-change and Extras pages on 10 November 2026. It is desk research, not a test.

Vodafone's zones, from its roaming page and roaming guide:

Zone A

Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland and Norway. Included on every plan, pay monthly and pay as you go

Zone B

52 destinations, mostly in the EU, including France, Spain, Greece and Portugal

Zone C

32 destinations, including the USA, Australia, Turkey and Mexico

Zone D

73 destinations, including Egypt, India, Morocco, Thailand and the UAE

Rest of the World Zones 1 to 4

charged per megabyte

What does Vodafone roaming cost per day?

For pay monthly plans without roaming in that zone, Vodafone's out-of-bundle price page lists these daily charges from 14 April 2026:

The daily charge lets you use your UK allowance. Vodafone's roaming guide says these apply to plans started on or after 11 August 2021, and that older plans without Zone C pay £6 a day in Zones C and D. It also says Vodafone Basics plans bought before 22 July 2022 are UK only.

Which Vodafone plans include roaming?

Vodafone sells roaming built into some plans:

Euro Roam

Zones A and B at no extra charge, 52 destinations

Global Roam

Zones A, B and C, which Vodafone counts as 84 destinations. On the roaming page it is inclusive on "Xtra Global Roam" plans

Either way, a 25GB fair use limit applies to roaming data on all pay monthly plans. If your UK allowance is smaller, you get that instead. Beyond 25GB, Vodafone charges £3.84 per GB. It may also charge if you roam for more than 62 days, or if roaming use exceeds UK use over four months, and it says it will text you 14 days first.

Vodafone roaming charges in Europe: day rate or pass?

For a plan without Euro Roam, Vodafone sells two European Roaming passes for Zone B. From 12 May 2026 they cost £16 for 8 days and £21 for 15 days, and both sit under the 25GB fair use limit. Only one can run at a time.

The sums are simple. Eight days at £2.75 is £22, so the 8-day pass saves £6. Fifteen days at the daily rate is £41.25 against £21 for the pass. For any trip of six days or more, buy the pass.

What about Vodafone pay as you go roaming?

Pay as you go works differently. Data is for the UK and Zone A only, and anywhere else needs a roaming Extra from the My Vodafone app, on both Pay as you go Plus and classic plans. The headline Extras, from Vodafone's Extras page:

• Europe, 47 destinations: 3GB for 8 days, £10.30; or 3GB, 100 minutes and 200 texts, £13.68.
• Around the World, 74 destinations: 2GB for 8 days, £13.68; 4GB, 200 minutes and 200 texts for 15 days, £30.84.
• Rest of the World, 61 destinations: 150MB for 8 days, £15.

Vodafone says a new classic customer must top up £5 or buy a bundle before the SIM works abroad. Our Vodafone pay as you go page has the full plan list.

Using Vodafone abroad, or a travel eSIM?

In Europe on a Euro Roam plan, nothing beats what you already have. Without it, a week in Spain is £16 on the pass. Airalo's verified Spain price was $13 for 10GB over 7 days, Nomad's $14 for 10GB over 30 days, read on each seller's own site in August 2026. A dollar is worth less than a pound, so the eSIMs come in cheaper, though by a few pounds, and the pass keeps your number.

Outside Europe, the difference is larger:

On pay as you go, a week in the USA costs £13.68 for 2GB, against $12.50 for Airalo's 5GB over 7 days.

Vodafone roaming for the USA or Turkey is already included on Global Roam plans, since both are in Zone C. Thailand is Zone D, which no inclusive plan we found covers.

If you take an eSIM, keep the Vodafone line on for calls and texts but turn its data roaming off. Otherwise one background sync starts the £8 day. Our data roaming guide shows where the setting is.

Which option would we take?

Pass for Europe, eSIM for the long-haul trip, unless you're on Global Roam. The cheapest eSIM page ranks plans by cost per gigabyte. For the other networks, see EE roaming charges and O2 roaming. If you're visiting the UK rather than leaving it, the Vodafone UK SIM card page is the one you want.