The best eSIM for Colombia in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Colombia, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $36.99, a month for $71.99, which to buy.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell a Colombia plan and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a week in Cartagena, two weeks from Bogota to Medellin and the coffee country, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins, and where we do not.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks, and the cheapest Colombia plan for a month. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $36.99 or 30 days at $71.99, one payment each, nothing renews. Airalo asks $48.50 for 15 days and $92 for the month, Holafly $50.50 and $95.90.
Airalo: Cheapest short unlimited and a cheap 20 GB. 3 days of unlimited at $12.50 and a week at $27.50 on its Chimba plan, with 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. 20 GB for 30 days at $39.
Nomad: Cheapest 10 GB bucket. 10 GB for 30 days at $25 and 20 GB at $39, on Movistar. Ubigi also sells 10 GB for $25. Nomad sells no unlimited plan for Colombia.
Saily: Cheapest 30 GB month, on a global plan. Saily sells no unlimited Colombia plan, but its global plan gives 30 GB at full speed for 30 days at $59.99, then 1 Mbps. Its listing is from June.
Holafly: Simplest unlimited. Days, not gigabytes, on Movistar, with no daily cap stated for your own phone. $12.50 for 3 days, $27.90 a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Model: Airalo Buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets for Colombia; unlimited only on its global plan; Nomad Buckets only; Ubigi Buckets, some then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $12.50; Holafly $12.50; Saily No unlimited Colombia plan; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $27.50; Holafly $27.90; Saily No unlimited Colombia plan; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi 7 days, 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $29; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $36.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days $48.50; Holafly 15 days $50.50; Saily No unlimited Colombia plan; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $59; Ringo Light $36.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $92; Holafly $95.90; Saily Global plan, 30 GB, then 1 Mbps, $59.99; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No Colombia plan; Latin America plan, 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $99; Ringo Light $71.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $28; Holafly No buckets; Saily $29.99; Nomad $25; Ubigi $25; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $36.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $39; Holafly No buckets; Saily $40.99; Nomad $39; Ubigi Not listed on the day for Colombia; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $71.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Holafly No daily cap stated; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily Global plan: 30 GB, then 1 Mbps; Nomad No unlimited; 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 Not named on its page; Holafly Movistar; Saily Not named on its listing; Nomad Movistar; Ubigi Movistar, Tigo; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi Colombia plans no; some regional plans renew monthly; 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.
Most first trips to Colombia run about two weeks: Cartagena, Bogota, Medellin and a few days in the coffee country. For about two weeks of unlimited, Airalo asks $48.50 for 15 days, Holafly $50.50 and Ubigi $59 for 30 GB at full speed. Ringo Light charges $36.99 for 2 weeks, $11.51 less than Airalo. For a month, Airalo asks $92 and Holafly $95.90; Ringo Light asks $71.99, one payment, nothing renews.
One plan beats our month on price. Saily sells no unlimited plan for Colombia, but its global plan gives 30 GB at full speed for 30 days at $59.99, then 1 Mbps. That is $12 less than our month, from a listing dated June. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi gives 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 $36.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $73.98, more than Airalo's 15 days at $48.50 or Holafly's at $50.50. A heavy month costs $108.98, more than Airalo at $92 and Holafly at $95.90. If you stream every evening, Airalo or Holafly is the cheaper unlimited in Colombia.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo and Holafly both sell 3 days of unlimited at $12.50, and Airalo a week at $27.50.
Colombia has four networks: Claro, the largest, with the widest reach outside the cities, then Movistar, Tigo and WOM. All of them cover Bogota, Medellin, Cali and Cartagena. None of the travel eSIMs here names Claro. Holafly and Nomad ride Movistar and Ubigi Movistar and Tigo; Airalo and Saily do not name theirs.
Holafly's own page says coverage can be weaker in the mountains, in the rainforest and on roads far from towns, for example on parts of the trek to the Lost City. The same is true for every brand. If you are hiking in the Sierra Nevada or heading into Tayrona, download the offline map before you leave town.
Nomad, $25 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB, level with Ubigi, and 20 GB for $39, on Movistar.
Ubigi, $25 for 10 GB. On Movistar and Tigo, installed by QR code, no app needed.
Airalo, $28 for 10 GB. Its Chimba plan, 20 GB for $39, buckets from $4.50 for 1 GB.
Saily, $29.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $40.99. Its listing is from June; saily.com would not load for us.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $36.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $71.99. For a fixed amount of data, Nomad, Ubigi, Airalo and Saily are all cheaper in Colombia. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket.
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 Colombia it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $36.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $71.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $36.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In Colombia our 2 weeks is the cheapest unlimited of the six, and our month is the cheapest Colombia plan. Saily's global plan is $12 cheaper for a month if 30 GB at full speed is enough for you, and Airalo or Holafly cost less if you will use a lot of data.
One more thing we would rather tell you here than let you find at checkout: our own Latin America trip covers Colombia as well, and on the same day it cost $29.99 for 2 weeks and $59.99 for 30 days, the same unlimited data with no speed cap on one eSIM that also works in the neighbouring countries. If you only need Colombia, it is still the cheaper Ringo Light to buy today; the Latin America page compares it with the same brands.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A long weekend in Cartagena. Airalo or Holafly unlimited, 3 days, $12.50. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
A week on the coast. Airalo unlimited, 7 days, $27.50, 3 GB a day at full speed. Holafly at $27.90 if you want no daily cap stated.
Two weeks, Bogota to Medellin and the coffee country. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $36.99, less than any rival charges for two weeks. Airalo 15 days at $48.50 if you will stream every evening.
Two weeks, light use, budget first. Nomad or Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $25.
A month of remote work in Medellin. Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $71.99, starting with 20 GB and adding 10 GB once for $36.99. Saily's global plan at $59.99 if 30 GB at full speed is enough.
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 Colombia, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from the Caribbean coast at Cartagena and Tayrona to Bogota, Medellin and the coffee country, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The cities have good 4G and 5G; the parks and mountain roads are thinner.
The walled city of Cartagena, Cartagena, Caribbean coast. The clock tower gate leads into the old town inside the colonial walls, streets of painted houses with wooden balconies and flowers. Walk it in the morning or at sunset; midday is very hot. Taxis in Cartagena usually have no meter. Check the fare in a ride app first, then agree the price before you get in.
Monserrate and central Bogota, Bogota. The church on Monserrate sits on the mountain above the city centre, reached by cable car or funicular. Go up on a clear morning for the view over the whole city. Bogota sits at about 2,600 metres and the weather turns fast. Check the forecast and the cable car status before you go up.
The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira, About an hour north of Bogota. A church carved inside an old salt mine, with a great cross lit in the rock at the end of the tunnels. Plan a half day from Bogota. Your signal drops underground. Buy the ticket online and keep it on screen before you walk in.
The Metrocable over the comunas, Medellin. Cable cars climb from the metro up the steep hillsides of Medellin and are part of the city's transport. Ride one line up and back for a view over the whole valley. A maps app shows which metro line meets which Metrocable, so you change in the right station.
El Penol rock, Guatape, about two hours from Medellin. A granite rock over the lakes of the reservoir, climbed by a zigzag stair of about seven hundred steps. Guatape's painted streets are a short ride away. Buses leave Medellin from the North terminal. Check the return times on your phone before the last one goes.
Cocora Valley, Salento, Quindio. The wax palm, Colombia's national tree, grows taller here than anywhere, on green hills that fill with cloud. Jeeps run from the square in Salento to the start of the walk. Signal is patchy on the loop trail. Download the offline map and the route before you leave Salento.
Cabo San Juan, Tayrona National Park, Near Santa Marta, Caribbean coast. A jungle trail leads to beaches between granite boulders, with Cabo San Juan the best known. The park closes for a few weeks each year to rest, so check the dates first. Signal fades inside the park. Buy your entry online and save the offline map before you walk in.
Villa de Leyva, Boyaca, a few hours north of Bogota. A white colonial town around one of the largest cobbled squares in South America, with mountains behind. It fills with Bogota visitors at weekends. Many small shops and restaurants take cash only. Find a cash machine on the map before you arrive.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Colombia 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/colombia-esim?currency=USD (unlimited and buckets in dollars on the site, 28 September 2026; daily allowance from esimdb.com/colombia/airalo, 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-colombia/ (dollar prices, network and coverage notes on its own site, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/colombia/saily (listing dated 18 June 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/colombia/nomad (listing dated 21 September 2026; network from nomadesim.com/colombia-esim, which served euro prices).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/colombia/ubigi (listing dated 24 September 2026; networks from cellulardata.ubigi.com).
It depends on the trip. For two weeks of unlimited data, Ringo Light at $36.99 on 28 September 2026, against $48.50 for 15 days at Airalo. For a month, Saily's global plan at $59.99 for 30 GB at full speed, then Ringo Light at $71.99, against $92 at Airalo. For 3 days, Airalo and Holafly at $12.50. For a 10 GB bucket, Nomad and Ubigi at $25.
Holafly and Nomad use Movistar, and Ubigi Movistar and Tigo. Airalo and Saily do not name their network. Claro has the widest coverage outside the cities; all of them cover Bogota, Medellin, Cali and Cartagena.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Ubigi after its fixed full-speed amount, and Saily's global plan after 30 GB. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
Colombia checks the IMEI, the serial number, of phones on local lines, and a phone that is not registered can be blocked. Airalo's Chimba page says your phone's IMEI is collected and registered automatically. If you buy a Claro or Movistar SIM at the airport instead, ask the shop to register your phone when they set it up.
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