The best eSIM for Guatemala in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Guatemala, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $34.99, and which to buy.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell a Guatemala plan and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a few days in Antigua, two weeks between Antigua, Lake Atitlán and Tikal, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins, including where we lose.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $34.99, one payment, nothing renews. Ubigi asks $55 for 15 days with 30 GB at full speed, Airalo $63. For a month our $67.99 is well under Airalo and Holafly, but Saily's Global plan is $8 cheaper.
Saily: Cheapest month, on its Global plan. 30 GB at full speed for 30 days at $59.99, then 1 Mbps. It is Saily's Global plan: Saily lists no Guatemala unlimited of its own.
Ubigi: Cheapest 10 GB and a full-speed week. 10 GB for 30 days at $28, 25 GB at $39, and 20 GB at full speed for 7 days at $34, then 2 Mbps. On Tigo.
Airalo: Cheapest 3 days. 3 days of unlimited at $19.50, 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps, on Tigo. Holafly asks $19.90.
Model: Airalo Buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets up to 5 GB for Guatemala; unlimited only on its Global plan; Nomad Buckets only; Ubigi Buckets, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $19.50; Holafly $19.90; Saily No 3-day plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $39; Holafly $39.50; Saily No Guatemala unlimited; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $34; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $34.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days $63; Holafly 15 days $63.50; Saily No Guatemala unlimited; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $55; Ringo Light $34.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $99; Holafly $111.90; Saily Global plan only: 30 GB, then 1 Mbps, $59.99; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi Latin America plan only: 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $99; Ringo Light $67.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $35; Holafly No buckets; Saily Global plan only, $44.99; Nomad $29; Ubigi $28; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $34.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $46; Holafly No buckets; Saily Not listed on the day; Nomad $39; Ubigi 25 GB $39; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $67.99.
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 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 Tigo and one other; Holafly Tigo, Claro; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad Claro, Tigo; Ubigi Tigo; 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.
Guatemala is a loop for most people: Antigua, a volcano hike, Lake Atitlán, then a flight or a long bus north to Flores and Tikal. For about two weeks of unlimited, Airalo asks $63, Holafly $63.50 and Ubigi $55 for 30 GB at full speed. Nomad sells no unlimited for Guatemala and Saily lists none. Ringo Light charges $34.99 for 2 weeks, one payment, nothing renews, the lowest price here for two weeks by $20.
For a month we do not win outright. Saily's Global plan gives 30 GB at full speed for 30 days at $59.99, then 1 Mbps. Our 30 days costs $67.99, $8 more, and well under Airalo at $99, Ubigi's Latin America plan at $99 and Holafly at $111.90. 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 and Saily's Global plan give a fixed amount, then slow you. 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 $34.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $69.98, more than any rival's 15 days; a heavy month costs $102.98, more than Saily, Airalo and Ubigi and less than Holafly. If you stream every day, Ubigi's 30 GB for 15 days at $55 is the better buy.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $19.50, and Ubigi a week with 20 GB at full speed for $34.
Guatemala has two big mobile networks: Tigo, the larger, and Claro, which bought Movistar's Guatemalan business in 2019. Both cover Guatemala City, Antigua, the towns around Lake Atitlán and Flores. Most travel eSIMs here ride Tigo; Holafly and Nomad name Claro as well, which gives you a second network to fall back on.
Signal thins out where many trips go: the volcano trails above Antigua, the forest around Tikal, and the road to Lanquín and Semuc Champey. Download offline maps, your bus or shuttle booking and your hotel address before you leave town, whichever eSIM you buy.
Ubigi, $28 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB, and 25 GB for 30 days at $39, the most data for the money. On Tigo, installed by QR code.
Nomad, $29 for 10 GB. 20 GB for $39, on Claro and Tigo. Nomad sells buckets only for Guatemala, no unlimited.
Airalo, $35 for 10 GB. Its Tikal Mobile plan, 20 GB for $46, buckets from $5 for 1 GB.
Saily, 5 GB for $24.99. Its Guatemala plans stop at 5 GB; 10 GB is its Global plan at $44.99. Its listing is from June; saily.com would not load for us.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $34.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $67.99. For a fixed amount of data over a month, Ubigi, Nomad and Airalo are cheaper in Guatemala. Buy Ringo Light for two weeks of 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 Guatemala it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $34.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $67.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $34.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In Guatemala it is the cheapest two weeks of unlimited in this table. It is not the cheapest month: Saily's Global plan at $59.99 costs $8 less, with 30 GB at full speed. The card to buy it is just below this article.
One more thing we would rather tell you here than let you find at checkout: our own Latin America trip covers Guatemala as well, and on the same day it cost $29.99 for 2 weeks and $59.99 for 30 days, against $34.99 and $67.99 for the Guatemala trip. It is the same unlimited data with no speed cap, on one eSIM that also works in Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and the rest of the region, and its 30 days matches Saily's Global plan at $59.99. It is cheaper than our Guatemala trip on both lengths, so it is the Ringo Light to buy today, even if you only visit Guatemala. The Latin America page at /blog/best-esim-for-latin-america compares it with the same brands.
A long weekend in Antigua. Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $19.50. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
A week, light to normal use. Ubigi, 20 GB at full speed for 7 days, $34, then 2 Mbps.
Two weeks from Antigua to Atitlán and Tikal. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $34.99, under Ubigi at $55 and Airalo at $63 for 15 days. Ubigi's 30 GB if you will stream every evening.
A month, heavy use. Saily's Global plan, 30 GB for $59.99, or Ubigi's Latin America plan, 60 GB for $99. Ringo Light's 30 days at $67.99 starts with 20 GB.
A month, light use. Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $28, or 25 GB at $39.
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 Guatemala, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from the capital and Antigua to Lake Atitlán, the highland markets, the Petén forest and the pools of Semuc Champey, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The towns have good 4G; the trails and the forest often do not.
Santa Catalina Arch, Antigua Guatemala. The yellow arch over Fifth Avenue North, with Volcán de Agua behind it, in the colonial town most trips start from. Come early in the morning, before the street fills. Shuttles from Antigua to Lake Atitlán and the airport are booked by WhatsApp. Keep the confirmation on your phone.
Acatenango and Volcán de Fuego, Near Antigua. An overnight hike up Acatenango to a camp facing Fuego, one of the most active volcanoes in Central America, which often erupts after dark. The dry season, from November to April, gives the clearest views. Signal comes and goes on the trail. Save the route offline, and bring a power bank: the cold at camp drains batteries.
Lake Atitlán, Sololá. A deep lake ringed by three volcanoes and Maya villages, from Panajachel to San Pedro and San Marcos. Mornings are calm; the wind picks up in the afternoon. Public boats link the villages. Carry cash for the fare, and a map app shows which dock you are heading for.
Chichicastenango market, El Quiché highlands. One of the largest markets in Central America fills the streets around the white church of Santo Tomás on Thursdays and Sundays, with textiles, masks and food. Camera translation reads the Spanish on signs and menus. Stalls take cash, so find an ATM in town first.
Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, Guatemala City. The green stone palace on the main square of Zona 1, finished in 1943, across from the cathedral. Most flights land in the capital, so give it half a day. Uber works in Guatemala City and is the easy way from the airport or between zones.
Semuc Champey, Near Lanquín, Alta Verapaz. A limestone bridge of turquoise pools above the Cahabón river, reached from Lanquín by pickup truck on a rough road. Climb to the viewpoint first, then swim. Expect little or no signal. Download your map and booking before you leave Lanquín, and carry cash.
Tikal, Petén. A Maya city in the rainforest, with temples rising above the canopy around the Great Plaza. Go early for the cooler hours and the howler monkeys. Signal is weak among the ruins. Save the site map offline before you walk in.
Flores, Lake Petén Itzá. A small island town of painted houses joined to the shore by a causeway, the usual base for Tikal. Walk the lakeside path at sunset. Shuttles and tours to Tikal leave before dawn. Book them the day before and keep the pickup time on your phone.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Guatemala 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/guatemala-esim?currency=USD (unlimited in dollars on the site; buckets from esimdb.com/guatemala/airalo, 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-guatemala/.
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/guatemala/saily (listing dated 26 June 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/guatemala/nomad (listing dated 21 September 2026; networks from nomadesim.com/guatemala-esim, which served euro prices).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/guatemala/ubigi (listing dated 24 September 2026; network from cellulardata.ubigi.com).
For two weeks of unlimited data, Ringo Light at $34.99 on 28 September 2026, against $55 at Ubigi and $63 at Airalo for 15 days. For a month, Saily's Global plan at $59.99 with 30 GB at full speed; our 30 days is $67.99. For 3 days, Airalo at $19.50. For 10 GB, Ubigi at $28.
Airalo and Ubigi ride Tigo, and Holafly and Nomad both Tigo and Claro. Saily does not name its network on its listing. Both networks cover Guatemala City, Antigua, Lake Atitlán and Flores.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Ubigi and Saily's Global plan after a fixed amount. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone. Nomad sells no unlimited for Guatemala. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
Only in patches. The forest around Tikal, the road to Lanquín and the pools at Semuc Champey have weak or no signal, and no eSIM changes that. Download offline maps, tickets and bookings before you go, and expect signal back in Flores and the towns.
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