The best eSIM for Chad in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Chad, priced the same day: two weeks unlimited for $63.99, and who wins the month.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs cover Chad and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a few days in N'Djamena, two weeks in Zakouma or the Ennedi, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Data is not cheap in Chad, only Holafly sells a Chad unlimited plan, and the race for two weeks is won by 91 cents. Here is where each one wins.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks, by 91 cents. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $63.99, one payment, nothing renews. Holafly asks $64.90 for 15 days and Airalo's global plan $96. For a month, Holafly is $11.09 cheaper than our $124.99.
Holafly: Cheapest unlimited month and cheapest week. 30 days of unlimited at $113.90 and 7 days at $40.90, on Airtel Chad, with no daily cap stated for your own phone. The only brand here with a Chad unlimited plan.
Nomad: Cheapest 10 GB. 10 GB for 30 days at $29 and 20 GB at $45, on Airtel, 4G. Its listing is from 17 September.
Airalo: Cheapest 3 days. Its Discover global plan gives 3 days of unlimited at $24, with 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Its own Chad plans are small buckets, 1 GB for 3 days at $6.
Model: Airalo Chad buckets up to 5 GB; unlimited only on its Discover global plan; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets only; Nomad Buckets only; Ubigi No Chad plan; World and Africa plans with a fixed amount; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $24 (global plan); Holafly $24.50; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No unlimited; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $45 (global plan); Holafly $40.90; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No unlimited; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $63.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days $96 (global plan); Holafly 15 days $64.90; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No unlimited; Ringo Light $63.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $159 (global plan); Holafly $113.90; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi World plan, 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $120 a month, renews (global plan); Ringo Light $124.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo No Chad 10 GB; Discover 10 GB for 180 days $57 (global plan); Holafly No buckets; Saily $39.99; Nomad $29; Ubigi World 10 GB $59 (global plan); Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $63.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo No Chad 20 GB; Discover 20 GB for 365 days $66 (global plan); Holafly No buckets; Saily Not listed on the day; Nomad $45; Ubigi World 20 GB $44 a month, renews (global plan); Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $124.99.
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 sold; Nomad No unlimited sold; 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 Airtel; Holafly Airtel Chad; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad Airtel, 4G; Ubigi Tigo; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi Monthly plans do; Ringo Light No, one payment; the trip ends when it ends.
App needed: Airalo Yes; Holafly Optional, QR code; Saily Yes; Nomad Optional; Ubigi Optional; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
Most trips to Chad are one to two weeks: N'Djamena, then Zakouma in the dry season, or a guided run out to the Ennedi. Only Holafly sells a Chad unlimited plan: 15 days at $64.90. Airalo sells unlimited only on its Discover global plan, at $96 for 15 days. Ringo Light charges $63.99 for 2 weeks, one payment, nothing renews. That is 91 cents under Holafly, for one day less. Call it a tie on price and pick on the rest.
For a month, Holafly wins. Its 30 days of unlimited costs $113.90, $11.09 less than our 30 days at $124.99. Ubigi sells no Chad plan, but its World plan covers Chad: 60 GB at full speed for $120 a month, then 2 Mbps, also under ours, and it renews every month until you cancel it. Airalo's Discover month is $159. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Airalo's Discover plan gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. 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 $63.99 top-up.
That top-up is expensive in Chad, and the arithmetic should be plain. A heavy two weeks with us costs $127.98, about twice Holafly's 15 days at $64.90. A heavy month costs $188.98, against $113.90 at Holafly. If you will stream every night, Holafly is the better buy for any length.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo's global plan sells 3 days of unlimited at $24 and Holafly a week at $40.90, both less than our 2 weeks.
Chad has two main mobile networks: Airtel and Moov Africa, which was Tigo until it was sold, and still appears as Tigo on some listings. Airtel is the one most travel eSIMs use: Airalo, Holafly and Nomad all ride it. Ubigi's World plan names Tigo, and Saily does not name its network. In N'Djamena, Abéché, Moundou and Sarh, signal is steady. Outside the towns it follows the main roads, and in Zakouma, the Ennedi and the Tibesti there is often none at all. Holafly says so on its own Chad page. Download maps before you leave town.
A local SIM in Chad has to be registered with an identity document, which for a visitor means a passport at an operator's shop in N'Djamena. A travel eSIM installs at home before you fly, needs no shop, and connects when you land at N'Djamena's international airport. It carries data only, so it gives you no Chadian number.
Chad pays in Central African CFA francs, and daily life runs on cash. Cards work in a few large hotels in N'Djamena; carry francs for everything else. French and Arabic are the official languages, and Chadian Arabic is the one you hear in the street, so a translation app with both downloaded offline helps outside the hotels. Some regions carry travel warnings, so check your government's travel advice before you book.
Nomad, $29 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB, for 30 days on Airtel, 4G, and 20 GB at $45. From esimdb, listing dated 17 September.
Saily, $39.99 for 10 GB. For 30 days. Its listing is from May and saily.com would not load for us, so check the price at checkout.
Airalo, $25 for 5 GB. Its Chad plans stop at 5 GB, for 30 days on Airtel. For 10 GB you need its Discover global plan, $57 for 180 days.
Ubigi, $59 for 10 GB. Its World plan, for 30 days. Its World 20 GB is $44 a month, the cheapest 20 GB here, and renews until you cancel it.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $63.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $124.99. For a fixed amount of data, Nomad, Saily, Airalo and Ubigi are all cheaper in Chad, Nomad by $34.99 on 10 GB. 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 Chad it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $63.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $124.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $63.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
For Chad, ours is not the clear winner. For two weeks of unlimited it is the cheapest, by 91 cents over Holafly's 15 days at $64.90. For a month, Holafly's $113.90 is $11.09 less than ours, and Ubigi's World 60 GB at $120 is $4.99 less.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A few days in N'Djamena. Airalo's Discover unlimited, 3 days, $24, or Holafly at $24.50. If you only need maps and messages, Airalo's 1 GB for 3 days at $6. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
A week. Holafly unlimited, 7 days, $40.90. Our 2 weeks at $63.99 costs $23.09 more.
Two weeks, N'Djamena and Zakouma. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $63.99, or Holafly 15 days at $64.90. Holafly if you will stream every night: our top-up would take you to $127.98.
Two weeks, light use, budget first. Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $29.
A month, working in N'Djamena. Holafly unlimited, 30 days, $113.90, $11.09 under our 30 days at $124.99.
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 Chad, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from N'Djamena and Zakouma to the Ennedi, the Lakes of Ounianga, Lake Chad and the Tibesti, with the one thing your data does for you at each. N'Djamena and the big towns have 4G; the parks and the Sahara mostly have no signal, and most visitors reach them with a local operator. Some regions carry travel warnings, so check your government's travel advice before you book.
Place de la Nation, N'Djamena. The big square in the centre of the capital, under a white arch with the Chadian flag. Walk it in the late afternoon, when the heat drops and families come out. Taxis in N'Djamena take cash and rarely know street names. Drop a pin on your hotel in maps so you can show the driver.
The Chari river, N'Djamena. The Chari runs wide past the city and meets the Logone at its southern edge, on the border with Cameroon. Go at sunset, from the bank or a pirogue. The Cameroon town of Kousseri is just across the bridge, and your phone may jump to a Cameroon network near the river. Your eSIM covers Chad only, so watch the network name.
Zakouma National Park, Southeast Chad. The park whose elephant herds have grown back, with buffalo, giraffe, lions and huge flocks of birds on the pans. It opens in the dry season, roughly November to June. There is little or no signal in the park. Download maps and anything you want to read before you fly or drive in.
The arches of the Ennedi, Ennedi plateau, northeast Chad. Wind has cut the sandstone of the Ennedi into natural arches, from Aloba, one of the tallest in the world, to smaller ones like Ourini. The cooler months, November to February, are the time to go. Your phone is a camera and an offline map out here. Carry a power bank and expect no signal for days.
Guelta d'Archei, Ennedi plateau. A pool of water deep in a sandstone gorge, where camel herds come down to drink. A few of the last desert crocodiles in the Sahara have lived here. Save the whole Ennedi route offline in maps before you leave Fada or N'Djamena.
The Lakes of Ounianga, Borkou, northern Chad. A chain of lakes in the middle of the Sahara, some salt and red, some fresh and blue, fed by ancient groundwater. A UNESCO World Heritage site, reached on long desert trips. There is usually no signal. Send your plans home before you set off.
Lake Chad, West Chad, around Bol. The shallow lake that gave the country its name, shared with Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria, with reed islands and fishing villages. Much smaller than it once was. Near the shore your phone may pick up a network from across the water. Check which country you are connected to.
Trou au Natron, Tibesti mountains. A volcanic crater several hundred metres deep, with white natron salt and small cinder cones on its floor, in the highest mountains of the Sahara. Download offline maps of the whole Tibesti in N'Djamena. There is no coverage in the mountains.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Chad 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/chad-esim?currency=USD (Chad buckets and the Airtel network in dollars on the site, 28 September 2026; Discover global unlimited, its 3 GB daily cap and global buckets from esimdb.com/chad/airalo, updated 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-chad/ (read on the site in dollars, 28 September 2026; network from the same page).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/chad/saily (listing dated 14 May 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/chad/nomad (listing dated 17 September 2026; network from nomadesim.com/chad-esim).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/chad/ubigi (listing dated 17 September 2026; no Chad plan, World and Africa plans only; cellulardata.ubigi.com has no Chad page).
For two weeks of unlimited data, Ringo Light at $63.99 on 28 September 2026, 91 cents under Holafly's 15 days at $64.90. For a month, Holafly at $113.90. For a week, Holafly at $40.90. For 3 days, Airalo's global plan at $24. For a 10 GB bucket, Nomad at $29.
Airalo, Holafly and Nomad use Airtel. Ubigi's World plan names Tigo, now Moov Africa. Saily does not name its network. Both networks cover N'Djamena and the big towns; outside them signal follows the main roads, and in the parks and the desert there is often none.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Airalo's Discover plan slows you to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day. Ubigi's World plan gives 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Saily and Nomad sell no unlimited for Chad. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
Mostly not. There is little or no signal in the Ennedi, the Tibesti, around Ounianga or inside Zakouma, whichever eSIM you buy. Download offline maps and your translation languages in N'Djamena or Abéché, carry a power bank, and use the eSIM again when you are back in town.
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