Kuala Lumpur eSIM: From KLIA to Penang
One Kuala Lumpur eSIM covers the whole country, from the peninsula across to the Borneo states. It runs on the Maxis network and carries data, with no voice line attached. You switch data roaming on for that line yourself after you land.
12 plans for Malaysia, from 1 GB at $3.99 to 20 GB at $23.99, plus 6 unlimited-data tiers. 5 GB for 30 days costs $9.99 — 6th cheapest of 29 in Asia, against a $10.99 median. Our retail prices from the operator catalogue, checked 13 September 2026.
Malaysia · Maxis 5G · from $3.99
Last eSIM issued 1 day ago
Landing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Your eSIM waits on the phone at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, doing nothing yet. You install it over Wi-Fi before the flight, by scanning the code on your order. After landing, you switch data roaming on for the eSIM line in your settings. The switch sits beside the line's own name, separate from anything the home SIM does. You then set that line as the one carrying mobile data for the phone. Maxis takes the connection, and the plan's clock starts at that first use abroad.
Which plan for Kuala Lumpur
Coverage is the reason a single plan can carry a whole Malaysian trip. The profile reaches Peninsular Malaysia and both Borneo states, Sabah and Sarawak, with Langkawi and Penang covered too. Metered plans start at 1 GB over seven days, priced at $3.99 and checked 5 September 2026. They climb to 20 GB over thirty days, with everything from 3 GB upwards running a full month. Unlimited plans cover three days at the short end and thirty at the long end. Seven days of unlimited data cost $24.99 on the same date.
What Malaysia asks of a visitor
Malaysia adds no paperwork of any kind to the eSIM already sitting in your phone. The Malaysia country page found no confirmed trap that reaches a roaming data profile. You buy that profile before you travel, and no local registration attaches to it. That is all the law does to a visitor's data plan here.
Maxis, and no second network behind it
One Malaysian network carries this profile, and Maxis is the name. A phone left searching can be pointed at it directly in network selection. There is no second partner to try if that one is refused. The listing records no access point name, so nothing is typed. Maxis reaches Sabah and Sarawak as well as the peninsula. The network and its reach were read on the Malaysia entry, checked 5 September 2026.
Before you fly to Kuala Lumpur
- Kuala Lumpur International (KUL) is where Maxis takes the connection.
- Sabah, Sarawak, Langkawi and Penang sit inside the same Malaysian coverage.
- The plan's days start at the first Malaysian connection, not at the scan.
The country page has the full rule and every plan: Malaysia eSIM.