Most travellers massively over-buy. Answer five quick questions: or punch in your real phone usage: and get a GB figure built on what people actually burn through across Asia.
Covers 27 destinationsTakes ~30 secondsUpdated June 2026
1 Where are you headed?
2 How should we estimate?
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5 questions about how you use your phone
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Precise
Based on your real monthly data usage at home
Your social media habit?
Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, threadsβ¦
Streaming on mobile data?
Netflix, YouTube, TikTok long-formβ¦
Maps & navigation?
Google Maps, Grab, ride-hailing, route-finding
Tethering / hotspot?
Sharing your connection to a laptop or tablet
WiFi where you're staying?
This is the biggest factor: good WiFi slashes mobile use
At home you lean on WiFi all day. Travelling, you're out and about far more: we scale your usage up to match, then adjust for the destination's network reality.
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Quick reference
Typical GB for popular Asia trips, moderate use, accommodation with WiFi for evening streaming. Your number above is personalised; this is the back-of-envelope version.
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What a GB actually buys
Where your data really goes, per hour of active use on mobile.