The best eSIM for French Polynesia in 2026. Six eSIMs for Tahiti and Bora Bora priced on the same day: Ubigi and Airalo are cheaper, Ringo Light is unlimited with no speed cap, and which to buy.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs get most of the traffic for this search, and all six sell something that works in Tahiti and Bora Bora. We priced them on the same day, for a week on Tahiti and Moorea, two weeks island hopping and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Data is expensive here for every brand, and ours is the most expensive of the six. This page says plainly who is cheaper.
Ringo Light: Unlimited with no speed cap, one payment, and the only plan that tops itself up. 2 weeks at $139.99 or 30 days at $277.99, one payment each, nothing renews. It is not the cheap option here: Ubigi sells 15 days with 30 GB at full speed for $77, $62.99 less, and a month with 60 GB for $108, $169.99 less.
Ubigi: Cheapest two weeks, cheapest month and cheapest 10 GB. 10 GB for 30 days at $39 on Vini and Vodafone. Its Best World plan gives 30 GB at full speed for 15 days at $77 and 60 GB for 30 days at $108, then 2 Mbps.
Airalo: Cheapest 20 GB and the only unlimited days. Only through its Discover global plan: 20 GB for $66, valid a year. Unlimited from 3 days at $24 to 30 days at $159, 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps.
Nomad: A small local plan on Vini. 1 GB for 7 days at $19, 3 GB for 30 days at $39, 5 GB for 30 days at $55. Nothing bigger for French Polynesia.
Model: Airalo Discover global plan only: buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Two small buckets; Saily Two small buckets; Nomad Three small buckets; Ubigi Local buckets, and World plans with full speed data, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $24; Holafly No unlimited plan; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $45; Holafly No unlimited plan; 2 GB for 7 days $72.90; Saily No unlimited plan; 1 GB for 7 days $15.99; Nomad No unlimited plan; 1 GB for 7 days $19; Ubigi 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $73; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $139.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days $96; Holafly No 2-week plan; Saily No 2-week plan; Nomad No 2-week plan; Ubigi 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $77 (Best World); Ringo Light $139.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $159; Holafly No 30-day plan; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $108 (Best World); Ringo Light $277.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo 10 GB for 180 days, $57; Holafly No 10 GB plan; Saily No 10 GB plan; 3 GB for 30 days $39.99; Nomad No 10 GB plan; 5 GB for 30 days $55; Ubigi $39; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $139.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo 20 GB for 365 days, $66; Holafly No 20 GB plan; Saily No 20 GB plan; Nomad No 20 GB plan; Ubigi 25 GB for 30 days, $79; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $277.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Holafly No unlimited plan here; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily No unlimited plan here; Nomad No unlimited plan here; 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 Vini, Vodafone; Holafly Vodafone; Saily Not named on its listing; Nomad Vini; Ubigi Vini, Vodafone; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi Monthly World plans do; 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.
French Polynesia is an expensive place for mobile data, for every brand. Only two rivals sell anything like unlimited here, and both do it through a world plan. Ubigi's Best World gives 30 GB at full speed for 15 days at $77 and 60 GB for 30 days at $108, then 2 Mbps. Airalo's Discover gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps, at $96 for 15 days and $159 for 30 days. Ringo Light charges $139.99 for 2 weeks and $277.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews.
So we lose here. Ubigi is $62.99 cheaper than us for two weeks and $169.99 cheaper for a month, and Airalo is $43.99 and $118.99 cheaper. What our price buys is 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 $139.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $279.98 and a heavy month $417.98. Unless you really want no cap at all, Ubigi is the better buy in French Polynesia. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $24 and 7 days at $45, at 3 GB a day before it slows you.
French Polynesia has two mobile networks, Vini and Vodafone. Airalo and Ubigi name both, Nomad names Vini and Holafly names Vodafone. Both cover Papeete and the coast of Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora and the other Society Islands well. On the atolls of the Tuamotus, such as Rangiroa and Fakarava, and in the Marquesas, signal is strongest around the villages and thins out on the reef and the motus. Ubigi says itself that some very remote areas, such as the Gambier Islands, may not be covered.
French Polynesia belongs to France but is outside the European Union, so the EU rules that let you roam at home prices do not apply here. If you have a European plan, check its rate for French Polynesia before you land, or turn data roaming off and use a travel eSIM.
Ubigi, $39 for 10 GB. For 30 days, on Vini and Vodafone, the cheapest 10 GB of the six. 25 GB for 30 days is $79, and 3 GB for 15 days $22.
Airalo, $66 for 20 GB. Through its Discover global plan, valid 365 days, the cheapest 20 GB. 10 GB is $57 for 180 days. The app is needed, and the same eSIM works in other countries afterwards.
Nomad, $19 for 1 GB. For 7 days on Vini, or 3 GB for 30 days at $39 and 5 GB at $55. Enough for maps and messages, not for photos every day.
Saily, $15.99 for 1 GB. For 7 days, or 3 GB for 30 days at $39.99. Its listing is from May; saily.com would not load for us.
Holafly, $58.90 for 1 GB. For 5 days, or 2 GB for 7 days at $72.90, on Vodafone. Holafly sells no unlimited plan for French Polynesia, so here it is the dearest bucket of the six.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $139.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $277.99. For a fixed amount of data, Ubigi and Airalo are far cheaper in French Polynesia. Buy Ringo Light only if you want unlimited with no speed cap and are happy to pay for it.
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 French Polynesia it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $139.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $277.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $139.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In French Polynesia our prices are high. Ubigi's 10 GB for 30 days at $39, or its Best World 15 days at $77, is the better buy for most visitors. None of our regional trips covers French Polynesia, so there is no cheaper Ringo Light route in.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A few days on Tahiti and Moorea. Nomad, 1 GB for 7 days at $19, or Airalo unlimited, 3 days at $24. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
A week in a Bora Bora bungalow. Ubigi, 10 GB for 30 days at $39. Airalo's 7 days of unlimited at $45 if you want 3 GB every day.
Two weeks island hopping. Ubigi Best World, 30 GB at full speed for 15 days at $77. Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $139.99 only if you want no speed cap at all.
A month, working from Papeete. Ubigi Best World, 60 GB for 30 days at $108, or Airalo's 20 GB for $66 if that is enough. Ringo Light's 30 days is $277.99.
You want no limit at all. Ringo Light, 2 weeks at $139.99 or 30 days at $277.99, one payment, the eSIM by email. The only plan of the six with no speed cap.
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 French Polynesia, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from Tahiti and Moorea to Bora Bora, Raiatea, the Tuamotu atolls and the Marquesas, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The islands are far apart, and most trips link them by Air Tahiti flights and ferries from Papeete.
Mount Otemanu and the lagoon, Bora Bora, Society Islands. The old volcano of Otemanu rises over a turquoise lagoon ringed by motus, the small reef islands where most of the overwater bungalows stand. A boat or a lagoon tour shows it from every side. The airport sits on a motu and hotels send boats to meet flights, so message your hotel your flight number before you land.
The Belvedere lookout, Moorea, across from Tahiti. From the lookout you see Opunohu Bay and Cook's Bay on either side of Mount Rotui. Moorea is a short ferry ride from Papeete, easy as a day trip or a few nights. Check the ferry times from Papeete on the operators' websites before you go, and book a car on Moorea ahead in high season.
Papeete harbour and market, Papeete, Tahiti. The capital's marina sits a short walk from the covered market, Marché de Papeete, where stalls sell fruit, flowers, fish and pareos. In the evening the food trucks, the roulottes, gather on the waterfront. The currency is the CFP franc. A currency app checks prices, and small stalls and roulottes often prefer cash.
The wave at Teahupo'o, Tahiti Iti, south west Tahiti. One of the heaviest surf waves in the world breaks on the reef off the village where the coast road ends. It was the surfing venue of the Paris 2024 Olympics, and boats take visitors out to watch from the channel. A surf forecast app tells you when the big swells arrive; on a flat day there is little to see.
Taputapuatea marae, Raiatea, with Taha'a across the lagoon. A great stone temple platform on the coast of Raiatea, a sacred centre of Polynesian voyaging, listed by UNESCO in 2017. Taha'a, known for vanilla, shares the same lagoon. Buses are few on Raiatea. Rent a car and save an offline map of the coast road.
The lagoon of Rangiroa, Rangiroa, Tuamotu atolls. One of the largest atolls in the world, a ring of reef and motus around a lagoon so wide you cannot see across it. Divers come for the Tiputa pass, where dolphins often play in the current. Dives in the pass are timed with the tide. Keep your dive centre's messages on WhatsApp, as plans change with the current.
Fakarava, Fakarava, Tuamotu atolls. A long quiet atoll inside a UNESCO biosphere reserve, with the village of Rotoava in the north and the famous south pass, known for its sharks, a boat ride away. Signal is best around Rotoava. Download maps and anything you need before you head south.
Hatiheu Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands. Basalt spires rise above the bay on the north coast of Nuku Hiva, the largest of the Marquesas, green, steep and far from the lagoon islands. Most visitors fly in from Papeete or arrive on the Aranui cargo cruise. Coverage is thin between valleys. Save offline maps and the trail before you drive over the island.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for French Polynesia 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 compared the brands that get most of the traffic for this search and did not price Maya Mobile on the day.
Source for Airalo: https://esimdb.com/french-polynesia/airalo (Discover global plan, listing updated 28 September 2026; airalo.com has no French Polynesia page (not found), 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-french-polynesia/ (dollar prices and network from the page data, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/french-polynesia/saily (listing dated 16 May 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://www.nomadesim.com/french-polynesia-eSIM (dollar prices and network from the page data, 28 September 2026; matches esimdb.com/french-polynesia/nomad, listing dated 17 September 2026).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/french-polynesia/ubigi (listing dated 17 September 2026, including the World and Best World plans it lists for French Polynesia; 10 GB plan and Vini and Vodafone networks on cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/french-polynesia/, 28 September 2026).
Ubigi, for most trips. On 28 September 2026 it sold 10 GB for 30 days at $39, 15 days with 30 GB at full speed for $77 and 30 days with 60 GB for $108. Airalo's Discover plan is the cheapest 20 GB at $66. Ringo Light costs $139.99 for 2 weeks and $277.99 for 30 days, more than both.
French Polynesia has two networks, Vini and Vodafone. Airalo and Ubigi use both, Nomad uses Vini and Holafly Vodafone. Saily does not name its network on its listing. Both networks cover Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora; on the atolls and in the Marquesas signal is best near the villages.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day, and Ubigi to 2 Mbps after its fixed full-speed amount. Holafly, 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 at $139.99.
No. French Polynesia is part of France but outside the European Union, so the EU roam at home rules do not cover it. Check your own plan's rate for French Polynesia before you land, or use a travel eSIM for data.
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