# What Are the Best SIM Cards for Students in Portugal? (2026) > Which SIM plan is best for students in Portugal in 2026. The same catalogue re-scored on a student weighting: price per GB at 45%, coverage at 10%. By Jules de Bruin · URL: https://www.how-to-portugal.com/telecom/sim/best-for-students Updated August 2026. Buy **DIGI 50GB at EUR 4 per month** for **50 GB** on the **DIGI** network. Portugal did not require **any identification** to buy a prepaid SIM as of **August 2026**, so you can have a Portuguese number on the day you land, with **no NIF, no address and no Portuguese IBAN**. The general ranking weights **rural coverage at 25%**, which almost no student needs, and this page drops it to **10%**. ## Which SIM plan is the best for students? ★ Student pick ### DIGI 50GB 5.0Student fit 5 of 5. EUR 4 a month with no contract, paid by card online, with no Portuguese IBAN ContractPrepaid, no lock-inCallsUnlimited minutesSupportEnglish support is limited[Get DIGI 50GB](https://www.digi.pt/tarifarios-telemovel/)Plans(4) - DIGI 50GBOur pick hereEUR 450 GB / per month · Unlimited minutes · EUR 0.08 per GB - DIGI 150GBEUR 5150 GB / per month · Unlimited minutes · EUR 0.03 per GB - DIGI eSIM Móvel 150GBEUR 5150 GB / per month · Unlimited minutes · EUR 0.03 per GB - DIGI IlimitadoEUR 6Unlimited / per month · Unlimited minutes Prices as of 17 August 2026, verify on the provider site. Price per GB EUR 0.08More detailsPhysical networkDIGIeSIMYesNIF requiredNo, prepaidMinimum termNoneBest for students who want the most data per euro. Also great ### UZO 100GB 5.0Student fit 5 of 5. EUR 5 a month, an instant eSIM and no IBAN: the obvious choice at any age ContractPrepaid, no lock-inCallsUnlimited minutesCoverageRuns on the MEO network[Get UZO 100GB](https://www.uzo.pt)Plans(4) - UZO pay-as-you-goEUR 0Pay per use / per month - UZO eSIM (native, MEO network)EUR 5100 GB / per month · Unlimited minutes · EUR 0.05 per GB - UZO 100GBOur pick hereEUR 8100 GB / per month · Unlimited minutes · EUR 0.08 per GB - UZO IlimitadoEUR 10Unlimited / per month · Unlimited minutes Prices as of 17 August 2026, verify on the provider site. More detailsPrice per GBEUR 0.08Physical networkMEOeSIMYesNIF requiredNo, prepaidMinimum termNoneBest for students who need a different physical network. Best value ### WOO 100GB 5.0Student fit 5 of 5. EUR 5, an instant eSIM, and full speed on the NOS network ContractPrepaid, no lock-inCalls2,500 minutesCoverageRuns on the NOS network[Get WOO 100GB](https://www.woo.pt)Plans(3) - WOO 100GBOur pick hereEUR 5100 GB / per month · 2,500 minutes · EUR 0.05 per GB - WOO eSIM (native, NOS network)EUR 5100 GB / per month · EUR 0.05 per GB - WOO IlimitadoEUR 7Unlimited / per month · 5,000 minutes Prices as of 17 August 2026, verify on the provider site. More detailsPrice per GBEUR 0.05Physical networkNOSeSIMYesNIF requiredNo, prepaidMinimum termNoneBest for students who need a different physical network. **This ranking differs from the general one.** The general page picks **WOO 100GB**. The reason is the weighting, not new information: **Price per GB** moves from **25%** to **45%** and **Coverage** moves from **25%** to **10%**. The decision a student actually makes is not which network is best, it is **how many gigabytes EUR 5 buys**. The low-cost brands win outright, and all of them run on a real network: **UZO** on **MEO**, **WOO** on **NOS**, **DIGI** on its own. The trade is coverage outside the big cities. ## Compare two providers Already down to two? Each comparison declares a winner on every criterion that decides the purchase. [MEO vs NOS](/telecom/sim/meo-vs-nos)[UZO vs WOO](/telecom/sim/uzo-vs-woo)[DIGI vs WOOWOO wins for most people: NOS coverage and the sector's best satisfaction record outweigh DIGI's €1 saving.](/telecom/sim/digi-vs-woo)[Amigo vs UZOUZO edges it through eSIM, unlimited calls and data rollover on the widest rural network.](/telecom/sim/amigo-vs-uzo)[WTF vs YornWTF wins on price, data and a wider age gate (35 vs 25).](/telecom/sim/wtf-vs-yorn)[MOCHE vs WTFNear-identical prices and allowances: choose by network.](/telecom/sim/moche-vs-wtf)[Lycamobile vs DIGILycamobile wins for newcomers who call abroad and roam home to the UK or Ukraine, with kiosk availability and English support.](/telecom/sim/lycamobile-vs-digi)How we ranked this for students5 criteria, weights publishedA reader on a student budget is not the average reader, so this page does not use the average weights. **Price per GB** carries **45%** here against **25%** on the general ranking, and **Coverage** carries **10%** here against **25%** on the general ranking. The weights were fixed on **17 August 2026**, before the prices were collected. ### Criteria weighting Fixed 17 August 2026, before pricing was collectedEase of buying*Whether you need a NIF, an address or a Portuguese IBAN*****30%25%Price per GB*What a gigabyte actually costs once the promo ends*****25%45%Coverage*Which physical network carries you outside the cities*****25%10%English support*Whether the app and the helpline speak your language*****10%15%Contract freedom*How fast you can leave without paying to exit*****10%5%** General ranking** This pageWeights total 100% on both. A blocker caps any score at 1.0. ## What is ruled out, and why A blocker is not a drawback. It is something that makes the product unbuyable for this reader, and it caps the score at **1.0** however good the tariff is otherwise. Blocked for this reader MOCHE Ilimitadoage limit 35WTF Ilimitadoage limit 35Moche 200GBage gate: max 35Moche 1000GBage gate: max 35; requires local IBAN for direct debit ## What counts as student proof in Portugal? None of the plans above ask for it. Portuguese operators do not run student pricing, so there is no enrolment to prove. What exists instead are **age gates**: **WTF** is sold to under-25s, **Yorn** targets under-35s and students, and **Moche** is for under-35s. The check is your date of birth, not a **declaração de matrícula**. Where student status does matter is elsewhere: university services, the **propina** of **EUR 697** a year for EU students, and municipal transport passes. Ask your faculty for the enrolment declaration at registration, not later. ## The same tariffs, ranked for other readers [View all 54 plansThe plan picker is the full market overview: every named tier from every provider with its allowance, price and EUR per GB, filterable by situation and re-rankable.→](/telecom/sim/complete-market-and-price-overview)for students[for new arrivals](/telecom/sim-cards-for-newcomers)[for residents](/telecom/sim-cards-for-residents)[for stays under 3 months](/telecom/sim-cards-for-short-stays)[for tourists](/telecom/sim-cards-for-tourists)[for families](/telecom/sim-cards-for-families)Every persona page ranks the same catalogue. Only the weights differ, and each page states its own. If you are already down to two providers, the [comparison pages](/telecom/sim/meo-vs-nos) put them side by side and declare a winner on every row. ## How we compared these Five criteria, weighted for this reader and published above, fixed on **17 August 2026** before the prices were collected. Every price comes from the provider's own page, dated in the catalogue. A blocker caps a product at **1.0**. Unlimited allowances are capped at **200 GB** when calculating EUR per GB, or every unlimited plan would win that column automatically. One limit worth stating: the catalogue carries **one fit score per persona**, not a score per criterion, so the ordering reflects that score and the editorial reasoning behind it rather than an arithmetic weighted total. Per-criterion scoring is the next data pass; until it lands, the weights explain the ranking rather than compute it. Of the 54 plans in the catalogue, 18 score 4 or 5 for this reader, across 6 providers. Where fewer than three providers clear that line, the third card is still the next best option available and is labelled for what it wins on, not presented as a strong fit. Sources: provider tariff pages and ANACOM, accessed 17 August 2026. Some links earn a commission at the same rate for every provider, so no weighting favours a payer. --- Source: https://www.how-to-portugal.com/telecom/sim/best-for-students Last updated: n/a Format: LLM-readable Markdown twin (.md) of the canonical HTML page.