The best eSIM for the Bahamas in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for the Bahamas, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $44.99, a month for $86.99.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs get most of the traffic for this search, and all six sell data for the Bahamas. We priced them on the same day, for a cruise day in Nassau, a week on Paradise Island, two weeks across the Out Islands and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $44.99 or 30 days at $86.99, one payment each, nothing renews. Holafly, the cheapest rival, asks $68.90 for 15 days and $111.90 for the month.
Airalo: Cheapest cruise day, cheapest 3 days. 1 GB for 7 days at $7 on BTC, enough for a day in port. 3 days of unlimited at $19.50 on its Island Hopper regional plan.
Nomad: Cheapest 10 GB, with Ubigi. 10 GB for 30 days at $34 and 20 GB at $49, on BTC. Ubigi also sells 10 GB for 30 days at $34, on Aliv.
Holafly: Cheapest week of unlimited. Days, not gigabytes, on Aliv: 3 days at $19.90, a week at $36.50. No daily cap stated for your own phone; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Model: Airalo Buckets for the Bahamas; unlimited only on its Island Hopper regional plan; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Small buckets; 10 GB only on its Caribbean regional plan; Nomad Buckets only; Ubigi Buckets; unlimited, then 2 Mbps, only on its Caribbean regional plan; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
A cruise day in port: Airalo 1 GB, 7 days, $7; Holafly 3 days unlimited, $19.90; Saily 1 GB, 7 days, $8.99; Nomad 1 GB, 7 days, $9; Ubigi 1 GB, 7 days, $7; Ringo Light Nothing shorter than 2 weeks, $44.99.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo Island Hopper regional, $19.50; Holafly $19.90; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo Island Hopper regional, $45; Holafly $36.50; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi Caribbean regional, 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $44; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $44.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo Island Hopper regional, 15 days $99; Holafly 15 days $68.90; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi Caribbean regional, 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $75; Ringo Light $44.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo Island Hopper regional, $160; Holafly $111.90; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi No 30-day unlimited; Ringo Light $86.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $46.50; $38.50 with minutes and texts; Holafly No buckets; Saily Caribbean regional, $46.99; Nomad $34; Ubigi $34; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $44.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $76.50; $46.50 with minutes and texts; Holafly No buckets; Saily Not listed on the day; Nomad $49; Ubigi Not sold for the Bahamas alone; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $86.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Holafly No daily cap stated; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi A fixed amount, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light No speed cap; starts with 10 or 20 GB, adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
Networks: Airalo BTC, 4G; Aliv on Island Hopper; Holafly Aliv; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad BTC, 4G; Ubigi Aliv; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi No; Ringo Light No, one payment; the trip ends when it ends.
App needed: Airalo Yes; Holafly No, QR code; Saily Yes; Nomad Optional; Ubigi Optional; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
A stay in the Bahamas is often a week on Paradise Island or two weeks hopping to Exuma and Eleuthera. For about two weeks of unlimited, Holafly asks $68.90 for 15 days. Airalo and Ubigi sell no unlimited plan for the Bahamas alone: their Caribbean regional plans ask $99 and $75 for 15 days, Ubigi's for 30 GB at full speed. For a month, Holafly asks $111.90 and Airalo $160. Saily and Nomad sell no unlimited here at all. Ringo Light charges $44.99 for 2 weeks and $86.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi gives 20 GB for 7 days or 30 GB for 15 days, then 2 Mbps. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Ringo Light has no speed cap: the 2 weeks starts with 10 GB and the 30 days with 20 GB, and when you have used 80% we add 10 GB once and charge the $44.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $89.98, more than Holafly's 15 days at $68.90 and Ubigi's at $75. A heavy month costs $131.98, $20.08 more than Holafly's $111.90 and still under Airalo's $160. If you know you will stream every evening, Holafly is the cheaper bet.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $19.50 on Island Hopper and Holafly at $19.90. For a week, Holafly at $36.50 is the cheapest unlimited, $8.49 under our 2 weeks.
The Bahamas has two mobile networks, BTC and Aliv. Airalo's Bahamas plans and Nomad ride BTC; Holafly, Ubigi and Airalo's Island Hopper ride Aliv. Saily does not name its network. Both cover Nassau, Paradise Island and Freeport well. On the Out Islands, the small cays and the boats between them, coverage gets thinner, as Holafly's own page says.
On a cruise, the port matters more than the plan. When the ship is at sea your phone may join the ship's own mobile network, which no Bahamas eSIM covers and which your home carrier can bill at its own sea rates. Turn off data roaming on your home line before you sail, use the ship's Wi-Fi at sea, and switch the eSIM on once you are alongside in Nassau or Freeport.
Airalo or Ubigi, $7 for 1 GB. Seven days each, Airalo on BTC and Ubigi on Aliv. Enough for maps, messages and the all-aboard time on a day in Nassau. Saily's 1 GB is $8.99 and Nomad's $9.
Nomad or Ubigi, $34 for 10 GB. Thirty days each. Nomad also sells 20 GB for $49 on BTC; Ubigi sells 10 GB for 7 days at $28.
Airalo, $38.50 for 10 GB with minutes and texts. Its Jitney Mobile plus plan is cheaper than its data-only one: 20 GB with minutes and texts is $46.50, against $76.50 for data only.
Saily, $8.99 for 1 GB. Its Bahamas plans stop at 3 GB for $19.99; 10 GB comes only on its Caribbean plan at $46.99. Its listing is from May; saily.com would not load for us.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $44.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $86.99. For a fixed amount of data, Nomad, Ubigi and Airalo are all cheaper in the Bahamas, and for one day in port, $7 beats anything we sell. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
Ringo Light is our own data eSIM, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For the Bahamas it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $44.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $86.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $44.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
Our Caribbean trip also covers the Bahamas, with six more countries on the same eSIM. Its 2 weeks costs the same $44.99, and its 30 days costs $80.99, $6 less than our Bahamas 30 days at $86.99, with a $43.99 top-up. For a month, buy the Caribbean trip. It is compared on its own page: /blog/best-esim-for-caribbean.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A cruise day in Nassau. Airalo or Ubigi, 1 GB for 7 days at $7. Ringo Light's shortest trip is 2 weeks; do not buy it for one day in port.
A long weekend on Paradise Island. Airalo Island Hopper unlimited, 3 days, $19.50, or Holafly at $19.90. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
A week in Nassau. Holafly unlimited, 7 days, $36.50. Nomad or Ubigi, 10 GB at $34, if a bucket is enough.
Two weeks across the Out Islands. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $44.99, less than any rival charges for two weeks. Holafly 15 days at $68.90 if you will stream every evening.
A month in the Bahamas. Ringo Light's Caribbean trip, 30 days, $80.99, or the Bahamas 30 days at $86.99, starting with 20 GB and adding 10 GB once, charged. Holafly asks $111.90.
You need your own number to keep ringing. None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
What to do in the Bahamas, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from the cruise port in Nassau to Exuma, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama and Long Island, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Signal is good in Nassau and Freeport and thinner on the small cays and the water between them.
Nassau Cruise Port, Nassau, New Providence. Most cruise passengers first see the Bahamas from this pier at the foot of downtown. Bay Street and the Straw Market are a short walk from the gangway. Switch the eSIM on once the ship is alongside, and set an alarm for the all-aboard time before you walk into town.
The Queen's Staircase, Nassau. Sixty-six steps cut into the limestone in the 1790s by enslaved labourers, leading up to Fort Fincastle. Go in the morning, before the tours arrive. The walk from the port is short but through side streets. A maps app keeps you on the right one.
Parliament Square, Bay Street, Nassau. Pink colonial buildings house the Senate and the House of Assembly, with a statue of Queen Victoria in front. A five-minute stop on the way along Bay Street. The Bahamian dollar is pegged one to one to the US dollar and US cash is taken almost everywhere, so a card or dollars both work.
Cabbage Beach, Paradise Island. A long white beach on the north shore of Paradise Island, next to Atlantis. Reached by water taxi from downtown or over the bridge. Agree a taxi fare before you get in; a maps app shows how far the ride really is.
The swimming pigs of Big Major Cay, Exuma Cays. Pigs swim out to the boats at Pig Beach, the best known stop on an Exuma cays boat tour. Tours leave from Great Exuma, and day trips run from Nassau. Signal comes and goes between the cays. Save your tour's pickup point and time offline before you board.
Pink Sands Beach, Harbour Island, Eleuthera. Three miles of pale pink sand on the Atlantic side of a small island. Reached by water taxi from North Eleuthera or by fast ferry from Nassau. Check the ferry times on your phone the day before, and book a golf cart ahead by WhatsApp: it is how people get around.
Gold Rock Beach, Lucayan National Park, Grand Bahama. At low tide, sand flats run far out into shallow turquoise water. The park, east of Freeport, also has caves and mangrove boardwalks. Look up the tide times and go at low water. Download the offline map first: signal is thin in the park.
Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island. One of the deepest known blue holes in the world, a round pool of dark water beside a white beach and cliffs. Free divers train and compete here. Long Island is a domestic flight from Nassau and its road is long. Keep your booking on your phone and save offline maps.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Bahamas on 28 September 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.
Source for Airalo: https://www.airalo.com/bahamas-esim?currency=USD (Jitney Mobile plans and BTC network read on the site in dollars, 28 September 2026; Island Hopper regional unlimited from esimdb.com/bahamas/airalo, listing dated 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-bahamas/ (prices in dollars and Aliv network read on the site, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/bahamas/saily (listing dated 15 May 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://www.nomadesim.com/bahamas-esim (dollar prices and BTC network from the page data, 28 September 2026; matches esimdb.com/bahamas/nomad, listing dated 17 September 2026).
Source for Ubigi: https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/bahamas-data-plans/bahamas-10gb-30-days/?wmc-currency=USD (four Bahamas plans and Aliv network read on the site in dollars, 28 September 2026; Caribbean regional unlimited from esimdb.com/bahamas/ubigi, listing dated 17 September 2026).
For two weeks or a month of unlimited data, Ringo Light: $44.99 for 2 weeks and $86.99 for 30 days on 28 September 2026, against $68.90 for 15 days and $111.90 for 30 days at Holafly. For 3 days, Airalo's Island Hopper at $19.50. For a 10 GB bucket, Nomad or Ubigi at $34. For a single day, Airalo or Ubigi, 1 GB at $7.
Airalo's Bahamas plans and Nomad use BTC. Holafly, Ubigi and Airalo's Island Hopper use Aliv. Saily does not name its network. Both networks cover Nassau, Paradise Island and Freeport; coverage thins on the small cays and on the water.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Ubigi after its fixed full-speed amount. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Saily and Nomad sell no unlimited plan here. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
A small bucket: 1 GB for 7 days at $7 from Airalo or Ubigi is plenty for maps, messages and checking the all-aboard time. Install it at home and switch it on when the ship is alongside. At sea, turn off data roaming on your home line: the ship's own network is not covered by a Bahamas eSIM and your home carrier may bill it at sea rates. Buy unlimited only if you are staying on the islands.
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