On TIM prepaid lines, TIM in Viaggio Pass costs €19.99 (US$22.79) for 15 GB over 30 days in the UK, Switzerland and the US. Travel periods of 6 to 8 days used a median of 1.38 GB in Bcengi's 2026 sample. Paying as you go, that trip's 1.38 GB costs $1.64 in the United Kingdom at $1.19/GB, metered by the KB (Bcengi's prices are in US dollars). Bcengi is about 14 times cheaper for this trip.
This page is for TIM prepaid lines (TIM Ricaricabili). Prices are as listed on TIM's website, read October 4, 2026.
What TIM charges for data outside the EU
- TIM in Viaggio Pass: €19.99 (US$22.79) for 15 GB over 30 days in the UK, Switzerland and the US.
- The trip uses 1.38 GB of the 15 GB pass, so more than nine tenths of what you paid for is left unused when it expires.
- Pass MONDO Small: €19.99 (US$22.79) with TIM for 5 GB over 7 days in more than 80 countries, Albania and Egypt among them; Pass MONDO Medium is €29.99 (US$34.19) for 25 GB over 30 days.
- The trip uses 1.38 GB of the 5 GB pass, so nearly three quarters of what you paid for is left unused when it expires.
- Switzerland: TIM Opzione Svizzera is €5 (US$5.70) a month for 5 GB and renews every month until you turn it off.
- The trip uses 1.38 GB of the 5 GB option, so nearly three quarters of what you paid for is left unused when the month ends.
- TIM's offers above can be activated until November 29, 2026.
What a 7-day trip costs: a TIM pass or paying as you go
Paying as you go with Bcengi, a trip costs what its data costs. Each line below is a model for a trip of 6 to 8 days: the median (1.38 GB) and the 90th percentile (6.50 GB) from the usage report, times the country's rate on October 4, 2026.
- Switzerland rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.81/GB) costs $2.50 with Bcengi. Against TIM Opzione Svizzera, the trip is about 2.5 times cheaper.
- United Kingdom rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.19/GB) costs $1.64 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.19/GB), $7.74. Against TIM in Viaggio Pass, the median trip is about 14 times cheaper and the 90th percentile trip about 3 times cheaper.
- Albania rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.61/GB) costs $2.22 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.61/GB), $10.47. Against TIM's Pass MONDO Small, the median trip is about 10 times cheaper; against TIM's Pass MONDO Medium, the 90th percentile trip is about 3.5 times cheaper.
- United States rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.68/GB) costs $2.32 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.68/GB), $10.92. Against TIM in Viaggio Pass, the median trip is about 10 times cheaper and the 90th percentile trip about 2 times cheaper.
- Egypt rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $2.51/GB) costs $3.46 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $2.51/GB), $16.32. Against TIM's Pass MONDO Small, the median trip is about 6.5 times cheaper; against TIM's Pass MONDO Medium, the 90th percentile trip is about 2 times cheaper.
For how bundles and pay as you go compare, see bundles vs pay as you go.
What you get with Bcengi
- One reusable eSIM: install it once and use it on every trip.
- A balance that never expires: what one trip does not use is there for the next.
- No plan to pick: you never guess a size before you travel.
- Top up any time, by hand or with auto-refill.
- Your phone number stays on your home SIM for calls and texts; Bcengi is data only.
TIM roaming questions
How much is TIM in Viaggio Pass?
On TIM prepaid lines, TIM in Viaggio Pass is €19.99 for 15 GB over 30 days in the UK, Switzerland and the US; in Albania and Egypt, TIM's Pass MONDO Small is €19.99 for 5 GB over 7 days.
How do I use a travel eSIM instead of TIM roaming?
Install the eSIM before you leave, set it as your data line, and turn data roaming off for your TIM line so it does not use data abroad. See turn roaming off on your home line.
How these figures were measured
The usage figures come from Bcengi's 2026 International Mobile Data Usage Report: a stratified random sample of 10,000 travel periods, with usage from January 1 to September 30, 2026. The figures cover every destination in the sample, not one country.
Each trip cost on this page is a model, not a bill: the GB a trip used times the per-GB rate on our pricing page on October 4, 2026. Rates can change; the pricing page always has the current ones.
Euro prices are converted to US dollars at the Federal Reserve's rate for September 25, 2026, 1.1400 US dollars per euro.
Updated October 4, 2026. Sources: TIM's TIM in Viaggio Pass, Pass MONDO and Opzione Svizzera pages; Federal Reserve exchange rates; Bcengi 2026 International Mobile Data Usage Report; Bcengi pricing page.
