Skopje eSIM
In Skopje you connect to A1 or Telekom, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 49 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- A1 and Telekom
- Real speed in North Macedonia
- 49 Mbps median, 12 Mbps for the slowest tenth142 travellers across North Macedonia, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Skopje
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $7.89 | $7.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $4.30 | $12.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $3.58 | $17.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $2.89 | $28.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $2.59 | $51.89 |
How North Macedonia compares across Europe
- Speed rank
- 39 of 46 destinations we sell in Europe
- Regional median
- 71 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 24 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, A1, Telekom
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Montenegro, 52 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Georgia, 48 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Skopje, Ohrid
- tenth percentile
- 12 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 142 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Skopje International Airport (SKP)
- Airport
- SKP / LWSK
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalMakedonski Telekom provides free wifi in the terminal building and the VIP lounge under the network name Telekom HotSpot. No password is entered, but each session lasts 30 minutes and then has to be reconnected.
Getting into Skopje
- WTransporter airport bus to Skopje (SKP)
- Airport taxi (SKP)
- Erak Transporter airport shuttle bus to Skopje city (SKP)
Worth knowing about Skopje
- Skopje airport is run under concession by TAV Airports of Turkey rather than by a state operator.
- There is no rail link to Skopje airport; ground access is by bus, taxi or private transfer only.
- The airport is not inside Skopje but in the separate municipality of Petrovec, outside the city limits.
- Skopje Airport's shuttle bus is run by Erak Transporter, costs 199 denars one way, operates 08:00 to 20:00, and is timetabled around flight arrivals and departures.
- A single ride on Skopje's JSP buses costs 40 denars and can be bought by calling 185, which returns a voice and beep confirmation, or through the operator's mobile app.
- JSP's Skopjebus app replaced the older Skopska app on 30 October 2024. Wallet balances carried over automatically, and buying by dialling 185 arrived alongside it.
- Skopje's transit smart card comes in two forms, a personalised photo card called Moja Skopska for one named user and a transferable Skopska card. Both are issued in about two minutes at eight locations.
- Gazi Baba, one of Skopje's municipalities, set up free public wifi zones on Filip Vtori Square and at Kocka Square in Autokomanda as a local digital access project.
- The 1963 Skopje earthquake struck at 5:17 on the morning of 26 July at magnitude around 6.1, killing more than 1,070 people and leaving roughly 200,000 residents homeless.
- Skopje's old railway station, wrecked in 1963, keeps a facade clock stopped at 5:17, the moment the earthquake hit. The surviving wing houses the Museum of the City of Skopje.
- The railway from Skopje to Thessaloniki, part of Pan-European Corridor X, has run no regular international passenger trains since 2020 while track and signalling are rebuilt.
Sources for this page
Other cities in North Macedonia we cover
- Ohrid
- 111 km from Skopje, nearest airport OHD