The short answer
Most Mediterranean cruises call at Barcelona, Marseille, Rome's port, Naples and a Greek island or two, so the phone meets four or five countries in a week or two. I priced the Europe plans that cover those ports on 25 October 2026, and the one I would buy is Ringo Light: $22.99 for 2 weeks or $35.99 for 30 days of unlimited data at full speed, installed once. For 3 days Airalo is cheapest at $11.50, and for a 10 GB bucket Ubigi at $15.
One eSIM for every port of call: unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $22.99 or 30 days at $35.99, nothing renews. Airalo Eurolink asks $49 for 15 days and $71 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $15 across 38 countries, plenty for maps and tickets ashore. Its 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps, for $35.
Eurolink covers 41 countries, so the ports are a small part of its list. 3 days of unlimited at $11.50, 5 GB a day at full speed.
Days, not gigabytes, in 33 countries including the UK. No daily cap stated for your own phone; sharing limited to 1 GB a day. $27.50 for a week.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi on their own sites or listings, Ringo Light from its catalogue. All in US dollars unless stated. Treat every number as a snapshot.
See the full price index for every country.
The prices, charted
Regional Europe plans, US dollars, 25 October 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no unlimited past 10 days in Europe.
The 30-day regional plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited for Europe.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
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Get Ringo Light for a Mediterranean cruise, from $22.99.
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Where a Mediterranean cruise calls, and what your phone needs at each port
Eight places that often fill the day ashore, from Barcelona to a Greek island, with the one thing your data does for you at each. One regional eSIM works at every port the ship docks at.
One plan for every port: Ringo Light
A cruise ship wakes up in a different country most mornings, and that is what a regional eSIM is for. You install one plan before you board, and each time the ship docks the phone joins a local network in that country, with nothing to switch. Country eSIMs would mean an install per port, and you would be swapping lines on the gangway while the queue builds behind you.
On price the regional plan wins as well. Ringo Light's Europe trips are $22.99 for 2 weeks and $35.99 for 30 days, unlimited data at full speed. The rivals' regional unlimited costs more: $49 for 15 days on Airalo Eurolink, $49.99 on Saily and $51.50 on Holafly, and $71 to $76.50 for a month. Ubigi asks $35 for 15 days but slows to 2 Mbps after 30 GB.
Here is the sum I checked for a typical loop. Bought country by country, Spain's 2 weeks is $16.99, France's $14.99, Italy's $14.99 and Greece's $14.99, which come to $61.96, against $22.99 for the Europe trip. For a month it is $26.99 four times, $107.96, against $35.99. If your cruise is a week and the ship calls at two ports in one country, a single country plan is the better buy.
What an eSIM covers in port, and at sea
Spain, France, Italy and Greece are all EU countries, so they sit in the core of every Europe plan in the table. Ringo Light covers 33 countries, the EU countries plus the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Gibraltar. Airalo Eurolink covers 41. Holafly lists 33, Saily 35, Nomad 35 on its unlimited plans and Ubigi 38. I could not confirm a port by port list for any brand on the day, so if your ship calls somewhere outside the EU, look for that country at checkout.
At sea the picture changes. Out of sight of land, the phone is on the ship's own network or on nothing at all, and no eSIM reaches a satellite. An eSIM works in each port once the ship has docked and the phone sees a land network.
The ship's network is the trap. Roaming on its satellite connection is billed by the ship, not by any eSIM, and the bill arrives at the end of the week. I would turn data roaming off on the phone as soon as the lines are cast off, and switch it back on at the next port.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $15 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days across 38 countries. 25 GB is $29, and a 20 GB monthly plan at $19 that renews until you cancel it.
- Nomad, $23 for 10 GB. And 20 GB for 30 days at $27, the cheapest one-off 20 GB here.
- Airalo, $31 for 10 GB. Eurolink 20 GB for 30 days is $48, and Eurolink covers the most countries.
- Saily, $35.99 for 10 GB. From saily.com, 25 October 2026.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. If your cruise is a week of maps and tickets ashore, Ubigi's 10 GB at $15 is $7.99 under Ringo Light's 2 weeks, and Nomad's 20 GB at $27 is $8.99 under its 30 days. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM Ringo sells to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. I write for Ringo, so weigh that. For a cruise it sells the Europe trip across 33 countries, unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $35.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app, so you can set it up at home before the ship.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Airalo Eurolink 3 days at $11.50. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan.
Ringo Light sells no 7-day plan, so I would take its 2 weeks at $22.99, which costs less than any rival's 7 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $22.99. Every port on one install, and less than the country plans at $61.96.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $35.99. Ubigi at $62 if you want a fixed 60 GB.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $15, valid in all four ports and 34 other countries.
None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for a Mediterranean cruise on 25 October 2026, all on the same day, in US dollars. Each rival's price comes from its own website where it showed dollars, otherwise from an esimdb.com listing, and every source and its date is listed below. Ringo Light's prices come from the catalogue our checkout charges.
We compare the trips people actually book: a week, two weeks and a month of unlimited data, and a 10 GB bucket. We read each brand's fair use and speed rules and quote them as the brands state them. We did not run speed tests, so this page makes no speed claims for any brand.
Ringo Light is our own product. We put it in the table on the same terms as everyone else, and where a rival is the better buy the page says so.
Left out: Maya Mobile. We could not read its own prices for this country on the day, so it stays out rather than being guessed.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/europe-esim?currency=USD, Eurolink unlimited in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; buckets, daily cap and 41 countries from esimdb.com/region/europe/airalo, listing updated 6 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-europe/, dollar prices and 33 countries on its own page, 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-europe/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026
- Nomad: esimdb.com/region/europe/nomad, listing updated 6 October 2026; every price, daily cap and unlimited length re-read on nomadesim.com/europe-esim, 25 October 2026 (20 GB is on sale at $27, regular $37)
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/region/europe/ubigi, listing updated 6 October 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 25 October 2026.
Written and priced by the Ringo team. Prices change often; if you spot one that has moved, tell us through the contact page and we will update the table.
