Data for Kotor, Budva, Durmitor and the drive in from Dubrovnik, installed before you arrive. Montenegro is outside the EU roaming zone and on the Balkans plan and the Europe plan, so a coast trip that crosses from Croatia or on to Albania stays on one eSIM.
The Montenegro plan covers Montenegro only.
The same 10 GB in a package that keeps working past Montenegro.
38 other countries share the package with Montenegro. A few of them:
What's included, when it starts, and how to get connected.
Roam-like-at-home ends at the Croatian border. The Western Balkan operators and the EU have agreed a cap on roaming data prices rather than free roaming, and talks on extending the EU scheme to the region only opened in 2026 — until that is in force, a package is the simpler answer for a week on the bay.
Tivat airport is small and right on the bay; Podgorica is the capital’s. Dubrovnik is under two hours by road, and the Debeli Brijeg border crossing can take twenty minutes or two hours in August. Hire cars need written permission to cross, and the Kotor bay road is slow and worth it; the Kamenari–Lepetane ferry across the mouth of the bay saves an hour.
Montenegro uses the euro without being in the eurozone, so nothing to change from Croatia or Italy. Cards work in Kotor, Budva and the hotels; konobas in the villages, the ferry and mountain huts are cash. A tourist tax of a euro or two a night is charged on the room.
Kotor’s old town fills to the walls when the ships are in — check the cruise schedule and go up to the fortress early. May, June, September and early October are the months for the coast; Durmitor and the Tara canyon are summer for rafting and hiking, and winter for a small ski season at Žabljak.
The coast road and the road up to Lovćen and Cetinje are single-lane hairpins with no shoulder. Drive them in daylight the first time. Speed cameras and roadside checks are common; carry the documents and a fluorescent vest, which is required in the car.
Montenegro is on the Balkans plan and on the Europe plan. Either covers the bay, the coast and Durmitor; the difference is where the road goes next. The Balkans plan carries on into Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia; the Europe plan carries on into Croatia, Italy and the EU. A trip from Dubrovnik that ends in Tirana fits either, since Croatia and Albania are on both.
Coverage follows the local network: strong along the whole coast and around the bay, good on the main roads inland, and thin in the mountains of Durmitor and Prokletije and inside the Tara canyon, as it is for everyone.
Answers about data, coverage and setup for Montenegro.
No. Montenegro is outside the EU and the EEA, so roam-like-at-home does not apply; a European SIM charges its non-EU rate here, capped by an agreement between the EU and the Western Balkan operators rather than free. The package on this page covers Montenegro and the countries around it — the Balkans plan for the region, the Europe plan if the trip continues into the EU.
Yes, on either one. Croatia and Montenegro are both on the Balkans plan and on the Europe plan, so the drive from Dubrovnik to Kotor carries on with the same allowance and the phone picks up a Montenegrin partner network a minute or two after the border. Kosovo is on the Balkans plan only, Italy on the Europe plan only — check the list on this page against the whole route.
In Žabljak and along the main roads, yes; on the trails around the Black Lake, in the canyon on a raft and on the passes it drops in and out, on any SIM. Download offline maps and your booking before you drive up, and expect the signal back in the town. The coast and the bay are strong end to end.
