Vodafone UK charges £2.75 a day to use your plan in its 52 European destinations if roaming is not already included, or £16 for an 8-day pass and £21 for a 15-day pass. Outside Europe, pay monthly plans that started on or after 11 August 2021 pay £8 a day in Zone C (which includes the USA and Australia) and Zone D (which includes India, Egypt, Thailand and the UAE). These are the prices as of October 2026, from Vodafone's Extras page and Vodafone's roaming guide (last updated July 2026).

The daily fee is the part most people notice. The bigger bills come from ringing a number that is not in the UK, or from landing somewhere outside Vodafone's four main zones. Both are covered below, along with a cheaper way to make the calls home that would otherwise cost you a day's roaming.

Which Vodafone zone is your destination in?

Vodafone splits the world into zones, and your price depends on two things: the zone, and which plan you are on. Pay monthly customers see these groups on the Vodafone Global Roaming page:

Zone	What it covers	Examples Vodafone names
Zone A	4 destinations, included on every pay monthly plan	Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Norway
Zone B ("Euro Roam" = A plus B)	52 European destinations in total	France, Spain, Greece, Portugal
Zone C ("Global Roam" = A, B plus C)	32 more, 84 destinations in total	USA, Australia, Turkey, Mexico
Zone D	73 further destinations	Egypt, India, Morocco, Thailand, UAE
Rest of the World, Zones 1 to 4	Everything else	The Maldives, the Seychelles

If your plan is a Euro Roam plan, Europe is already included. If it is a Global Roam plan, Zones A to C are included and you only pay extra in Zone D and beyond. Everyone else pays the daily fee or buys a pass.

Vodafone pay monthly roaming prices (October 2026)

Where you are	Plan started on or after 11 August 2021	Plan started before 11 August 2021
Zone A	Included (25GB fair use)	Included
Zone B, Europe	£2.75 a day, or £16 for 8 days, or £21 for 15 days	Unchanged from your original terms
Zone C, e.g. USA	£8 a day (unless your plan includes it)	£6 a day if your plan does not include Zone C
Zone D, e.g. India	£8 a day	£6 a day
Rest of the World	Charged per minute, per text and per MB	Charged per minute, per text and per MB

The European passes are pay monthly Extras. You add them by texting 8DAYEUROPE or 15DAYEUROPE to 40506, or in My Vodafone. Vodafone says the pass starts when you arrive, not when you buy it, and only one can run at a time. Picture messages and premium numbers are not covered.

Two pieces of small print matter for calls:

Out of bundle prices rise every April. Vodafone says they go up by the January CPI rate plus 3.9% each year, so check the Roaming Charge Checker before each trip rather than trusting last year's figure.
Long trips can cost more. If you roam for more than 62 days, or use more abroad than in the UK over four months, Vodafone can add surcharges (3.3p a minute for calls on the current page). It sends a text 14 days before this starts.

Vodafone pay as you go roaming Extras

Pay as you go works differently. Zone A is included, the Europe zone is 47 destinations rather than 52, and you buy an Extra to get minutes abroad. These are the Extras with minutes on Vodafone's Extras page as of October 2026:

Extra	Allowance	Price	Where	How to add
8-day Europe Minutes Extra	100 minutes	£5.68	47 destinations	Text EUMINS to 2345
8-day Europe Extra	3GB, 100 minutes, 200 texts	£13.68	47 destinations	Text EUROAM to 2345
8-day Around the World Extra	2GB, 100 minutes, 100 texts	£19.31	74 destinations	Text ROAMEXTRA8 to 2345
15-day Around the World Extra	4GB, 200 minutes, 200 texts	£30.84	74 destinations	Text ROAMEXTRA15 to 2345
8-day Rest of the World Extra (Pay as you go Plus)	25 minutes	£15	61 destinations	In the app

Three rules catch people out:

Pay as you go Extras start the moment you buy them, not when you land. Buy them on arrival, over Wi-Fi.
Pay as you go Plus customers need an Extra to roam at all.
A new pay as you go SIM must first be activated with a top-up of at least £5 (or a Big Value Bundle) before you can add an Extra, or it will not work abroad.

What does a call home on Vodafone actually cost?

Inside Zones B, C and D, calls to UK numbers come out of your normal allowance once the daily fee or pass is paid. So the real cost of one call home is the daily fee itself, on any day you would not otherwise use your phone.

Outside those zones, Vodafone charges by the minute. This is what its call table shows as of October 2026:

Calling a UK number from	Price per minute
Zone A	Free
Zone B, C or D	Included once the daily fee or pass is paid
Rest of the World Zone 1	64p
Rest of the World Zone 2	£1.28
Rest of the World Zones 3 and 4	£2.57

Calling a number that is not in the UK

This is where bills grow. Your daily fee or pass only covers calls to UK numbers. On top of it, Vodafone's call table (October 2026) charges:

Calling from	A European number (Zones A and B)	A number further afield
Zone B, Europe	24p a minute	The UK rate for that country (Rest of the World Zone 1), or £3 a minute (Zones 2 to 4)
Zones C and D	24p a minute	The UK rate for that country (Rest of the World Zone 1), or £2 a minute (Zones 2 to 4)

So a 10-minute call from Spain to a hotel booking line in Italy adds £2.40 to that day's £2.75. Ten minutes from Spain to a number in a Rest of the World Zone 2 to 4 country adds £30. Local numbers count too: a call from Paris to a French restaurant is a call to a European number, at 24p a minute.

Worked example: a week in Florida

Say you are on a plan that does not include Zone C and you spend seven days in Orlando. You only need your phone for a 10-minute call home every evening.

Vodafone daily charge: 7 days at £8 is £56, because each day you make a call is a day you pay for.
Same calls over hotel Wi-Fi in a browser: 70 minutes to a UK mobile at $0.07 a minute is $4.90 on BoraPhone, at the time of writing (October 2026). UK landlines are $0.04 a minute.

If you also want maps and messaging all day, the £8 day may be worth it anyway. If the phone calls are the only reason you would roam, it is not.

The cheaper way to call home: a browser over Wi-Fi

Keep your Vodafone SIM in the phone so texts and bank codes still arrive, but stop the phone using a foreign network for calls. Then make the calls home from a web browser.

Before you fly, turn off Data Roaming. On iPhone: Settings, then Mobile Data, then Mobile Data Options. On Android it is usually under Settings, then Connections (or Network and internet), then Mobile networks.
When you want to call, connect to hotel or café Wi-Fi.
Open a browser calling service and dial the UK number in full: +44, then the number without its first 0 (so 07... becomes +44 7...).

BoraPhone works this way: it runs in Chrome, Safari, Edge or Firefox, needs no app or SIM, and bills per minute rounded up to the next minute, with the rate shown before you dial. It is cheap for the UK and for most of the places Vodafone customers travel. The UK cheap calls page shows the prices for calling out of the UK as well.

What about Vodafone's own Wi-Fi Calling? Vodafone's Wi-Fi Calling page says calls come from your usual allowance with no extra charge, but it says nothing about using the feature abroad. Some countries block Wi-Fi Calling, and on UK networks a call to a non-UK number is normally billed as an international call from the UK. Test it on your first day before you rely on it.

If you need the full dialling rules for getting a UK number from overseas, see how to call the UK from abroad. For calls out of the UK when you are home again, compare Vodafone's own add-ons in our guide to Vodafone international calls.

A five-minute checklist before you leave

Look up your destination in the Roaming Charge Checker with your own number. It shows the fee for your exact plan.
Check your plan name. "Euro Roam" or "Global Roam" in the title means much of this does not apply to you.
Set a limit in Spend Manager in My Vodafone so a forgotten setting cannot run up a large bill.
Buy a European pass if you are staying 6 days or more in Zone B: 6 days at £2.75 is £16.50, more than the £16 pass.
Turn off Data Roaming and decide in advance which calls you will make over Wi-Fi.

Our wider guide on how to avoid roaming charges on calls covers voicemail, receiving calls and data-only eSIMs in more detail.

Frequently asked questions

How much is Vodafone roaming per day?

As of October 2026, it is £2.75 a day in Europe (Zone B) and £8 a day in Zones C and D for pay monthly plans started on or after 11 August 2021. Older plans pay £6 a day in Zones C and D when those zones are not included. Euro Roam and Global Roam plans include some of these zones at no extra cost.

Can I use Vodafone UK in India?

Yes. India is in Vodafone's Zone D, so pay monthly customers on newer plans pay £8 a day to use their UK allowance there, according to Vodafone's roaming guide. Calls to Indian numbers cost extra on top, so for local calls a browser call or an Indian SIM is usually cheaper.

Is the USA included in Vodafone roaming?

Only on Global Roam plans, which cover Zones A to C, including the USA. On other pay monthly plans the USA costs £8 a day (or £6 on plans from before 11 August 2021). Pay as you go customers should check that the USA is on the destination list of an Around the World Extra before they buy one.

Does Vodafone charge for Wi-Fi Calling abroad?

Vodafone says Wi-Fi Calling uses your normal allowance with no extra charge, but its page does not say whether the feature works outside the UK. Calls to non-UK numbers are normally billed as international calls either way. A browser calling service over Wi-Fi avoids the question.

How do I avoid Vodafone roaming charges?

Turn off Data Roaming, use Wi-Fi for calls and messages, and set a Spend Manager limit. If you only need your phone to call home, a browser call over Wi-Fi costs a few cents a minute instead of a daily fee.

Vodafone Roaming Charges: Europe, USA and Rest of World Prices