The short answer
This is for an American on AT&T or Verizon who is flying to Peru, most likely to Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu. I compared what each carrier charges a day there, the five rival travel eSIMs priced on 22 October 2026, and Ringo Light. For three days I would buy Nomad at $11. For two weeks or a month I would buy Ringo Light, at $40.99 or $56.99, the cheapest unlimited I found for Peru.
Two weeks at $40.99 is $3.01 under Airalo's 15 days at $44 and $4.91 under Holafly's $45.90. A month is $56.99 against $71.99 at Saily and $79 at Airalo and Ubigi.
15 days at $44 and 30 days at $79 on its Habla Telefon plan, on Movistar, with 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps.
3 days of unlimited at $11, a week at $25 and 20 GB for 30 days at $35, on Movistar and Claro. Its unlimited stops at 10 days.
10 GB for 30 days at $24, and 60 GB at full speed for 30 days at $79, then 2 Mbps, on Movistar.
Prices read on 22 October 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, AT&T, Verizon, Ringo Light on their own sites or listings, Ringo Light from its catalogue. All in US dollars unless stated. Treat every number as a snapshot.
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The prices, charted
US dollars, 22 October 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Nomad's unlimited stops at 10 days ($33), and Ubigi sells no 15-day Peru plan.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ubigi's is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Here it costs the least.
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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What to see in Peru, and what your phone needs for it
These are eight places most first trips to Peru include, from the clifftops of Lima to the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu. Movistar and Claro cover the cities, and signal thins in the high Andes and the Amazon.
Roam with your carrier, or buy an eSIM
AT&T and Verizon both let your phone work in Peru without any purchase first. Verizon's TravelPass list shows Peru at $12 a day. AT&T's destination list names Peru and prints no price against it, so $12 is the general land rate of its International Day Pass. Both charge only for days the phone is used, and I read both pages on 31 October 2026. That makes $36 for three days, $168 for two weeks and $360 for a month.
Ringo Light asks $40.99 for 2 weeks and $56.99 for 30 days, which is $127.01 under either carrier for a fortnight and $303.01 under for a month. The step from two weeks to a month is only $16 at Ringo Light, where a pass adds $12 for each extra day. Of the rivals, Airalo asks $44 for 15 days and Saily $71.99 for a month.
What the carrier wins is your own number, calls and texts, and nothing to install. For one day in Lima before a tour I would roam. For three days I would buy Nomad at $11 against $36 on a pass, and for a week I would take Ringo Light's 7 days at $14.99 against $84 of daily use, which is also $10.01 under Nomad's $25.
Networks in Peru, and what changes for an American visitor
Peru has four networks, Movistar, Claro, Entel and Bitel, and Movistar and Claro reach furthest. Airalo and Ubigi name Movistar, Holafly and Nomad name Movistar and Claro, and Saily names none. All cover Lima, Cusco, Arequipa and Puno. Signal thins in the high Andes, on the Inca Trail and in the Amazon whichever plan you hold, so I would download offline maps and save tickets before leaving a city.
A pass rides on your own plan. AT&T bills each day of use, adds $6 a day for every extra line on the same calendar day, and describes unlimited high-speed data when the pass is added to an eligible unlimited plan, with speeds that vary by destination. Verizon gives 5 GB of high-speed data in each 24-hour session, then unlimited data at 3G speeds. Maps and photos fit inside that, and a laptop on the hotspot is where I would worry.
A pass keeps your own number for the people who ring, whether family, a bank or a tour operator. An eSIM carries data only, so for a hotel or a guide in Peru I would expect WhatsApp to do the job.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $24 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB, on Movistar. 25 GB for 30 days costs $42.
- Nomad, $25 for 10 GB. And the cheapest 20 GB at $35, on Movistar and Claro. I would buy it for a month of light use.
- Airalo, $26 for 10 GB. 20 GB costs $41 on its Habla Telefon plan, and small buckets start at $4.50 for 1 GB.
- Saily, $29.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB costs $40.99.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited at $40.99 and its 30 days at $56.99. For a fixed amount of data every rival with buckets is cheaper in Peru. I would buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket.
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, and I write for Ringo. For Peru it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 7 days at $14.99, 2 weeks at $40.99 and 30 days at $56.99. Nothing renews, and the eSIM arrives by email and installs in one scan, with no app.
The eSIM sits next to your own SIM, so your number keeps working for calls and texts if you leave roaming on for them. Both carrier pages say calls and texts come with the pass and that days of use are billed, so I would count them before you fly.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Roam on AT&T or Verizon at $12. Ringo Light has no plan this short.
Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $11, against $36 on a carrier pass.
Ringo Light, 2 weeks, $40.99, against $168 on a pass and $44 at Airalo for 15 days. I would take Airalo only for the extra day.
Ringo Light, 30 days, $56.99, against $71.99 at Saily and $360 on a pass.
Ubigi, 10 GB for 30 days at $24. I would count gigabytes.
The second line adds $6 a day, so two phones for a fortnight come to $252. Ringo Light is one eSIM per phone, $40.99 each, $81.98 for both.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, AT&T, Verizon, Ringo Light, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Peru on 22 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/peru-esim?currency=USD, unlimited and buckets in dollars on the site, 22 October 2026; daily allowance as stated on esimdb.com/peru/airalo in September
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-peru/, prices in dollars read on the site, 22 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-peru/, unlimited and bucket prices in dollars read on the site, 22 October 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/peru-esim, plans in dollars read on the site, 22 October 2026; networks as stated there
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/data-plans-and-coverage/ubigi-esim-data-plans/?destination=per&wmc-currency=USD, plans in dollars read on the site, 22 October 2026
- AT&T: www.att.com/international/day-pass/, International Day Pass price, additional lines and what it includes, with the destination list at att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1395068/ naming Peru, read 31 October 2026
- Verizon: www.verizon.com/support/travelpass-faqs/, TravelPass FAQ for the daily price, the 5 GB allowance and billing on days used, and the TravelPass countries list at verizon.com/plans/travelpass-countries/ for Peru at $12 per day, read 31 October 2026
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/peru, the catalogue the checkout charges, read the same day
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 22 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.
