Starlink Roam in Europe: plans, the 30-day rule, and the fine print

Roam is the Starlink plan most European travellers actually want — but the rules changed on 14 July 2026, and the fine print is where people get caught. Everything below is checked against Starlink's own pages. We earn nothing from Starlink; the links to it are plain references.

The three Roam plans

That 30-day limit is the headline change. Starlink's wording: "With Roam Unlimited, you can use your service outside your home country for up to 30 days at a time." After that you upgrade to a Priority plan, "localize" the account to the new country, or go home to reset the clock (Traveling with Starlink Roam).

The good news: Europe counts as one region

This is the bit that saves most European road trips. For roaming purposes Starlink groups all of these together as a single "Europe" region — so if your account is registered in one of them, moving between them isn't "international" and doesn't burn the 30-day allowance:

Åland Islands · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Czechia · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Guernsey · Hungary · Iceland · Isle of Man · Ireland · Italy · Jersey · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Norway · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Svalbard & Jan Mayen · United Kingdom

Note what that list includes and excludes. It covers plenty of non-EU territory — the UK, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, plus Gibraltar and the Crown Dependencies. But several EU member states are absent, most notably Poland and Cyprus. If your route crosses into a country that isn't on Starlink's list, it counts as international — which, on a Roam 100GB or 300GB plan, means it doesn't work there at all.

When Roam isn't enough: Priority

Two upgrades exist, and they solve different problems. Local Priority allows up to 60 days of international use in total (and that's inclusive of any days you already spent on Roam Unlimited), is aimed at land use, and sells data in blocks rather than unlimited. Global Priority removes the time restriction entirely and is the one that works properly at sea — including beyond 12 nautical miles. Both require a Terminal Access Charge plus purchased data blocks, which Roam plans don't. If you're heading offshore rather than overland, our sailing connectivity guide covers that side.

Pause it when you're not travelling

The most underrated feature for seasonal van and boat use: Standby Mode. Billing runs in one-month increments and you can pause and un-pause yourself at any time, for a small monthly fee — keeping "unlimited low-speed data for emergency messaging and easy reactivation in dead zones" (up to 500 Kbps). Park the van for winter, stop paying full freight.

The European catch: Standby Mode isn't available everywhere. In a specific country list that includes Austria, Hungary and Liechtenstein, Roam and Priority customers can still pause but get no data while paused. Check your country before you count on it.

Driving with it: the in-motion catch

Roam supports in-motion use up to 100 mph (160 km/h) in authorized locations. But in a list of countries — Spain included — in-motion use on land is prohibited and only maritime in-motion is allowed. In practice: in Spain you set up parked.

Here's something worth knowing, and we'd rather say it than pretend otherwise: Starlink's own help centre gives three different versions of this country list. One article lists eleven countries; another lists the same eleven plus Oman; and a third names only five and omits Spain entirely. Spain appears on two of the three. Don't rely on any single page — including this one — for your specific country; check Starlink's articles before you drive.

A quirk if you're in Austria, Hungary or Croatia

Starlink renamed Roam 50GB to Roam 100GB on 13 January 2026, doubling the data at no extra cost in most markets. But in a handful of markets — including Austria, Hungary and Croatia — the old 50GB tier is still what's sold. Check what your country's order page actually offers rather than assuming the 100GB tier exists for you.

Where Roam actually works

Starlink doesn't publish a static "Roam is available in these countries" list, and we won't invent one. The official answer is the order flow itself: go to starlink.com/roam, hit Order Now, and pick your country from the dropdown — if it isn't listed, Roam isn't available there. The availability map is the other live source. Trust those over any list, ours included.

What you'll need alongside it

A dish rated for in-motion use (Mini, Standard 4/4X, or Performance Gen 2/3 — not the motorised ones), somewhere to mount it, and power. Power is the part that catches people out: see our off-grid power guide for what Starlink actually draws and why you should skip the AC inverter. LinkGear carries mounts and accessories in the EU, and EcoFlow, BLUETTI and Jackery are the mainstream power stations.

Roam is only one layer, too. For a full trip stack see the campervan connectivity guide, or start with an eSIM for Europe if you just need data that works today.

What we haven't tested — and what to re-check

This is researched from Starlink's own documentation, not a hands-on road test. We don't print Roam prices or speed figures here: they're regional and they move, and Starlink itself qualifies its speed numbers as "not guaranteed". Check starlink.com/roam for current pricing. Policy is moving fast right now — the 17 August transition is imminent, so re-read Starlink's travel article before making a decision. Starlink pays us nothing; we do earn on the power and gear links, and it never changes what we recommend — see our methodology.