The best eSIM for Guinea-Bissau in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Guinea-Bissau, priced the same day: two weeks unlimited for $58.99, and which to buy.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell a Guinea-Bissau plan and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a few days in Bissau, two weeks out to the Bijagós islands, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Only two of the six sell unlimited data for Guinea-Bissau itself, and for a month the other one is cheaper than us. Here is where each one wins.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks. Unlimited data with no speed cap for 2 weeks at $58.99, one payment, nothing renews. Holafly asks $63.50 for 15 days. For a month Holafly is cheaper: $111.90 against our $114.99.
Holafly: Cheapest unlimited month and cheapest 3 days. Days, not gigabytes, on Orange Bissau: 3 days at $19.90 and 30 days at $111.90, $3.09 less than our 30 days. Sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Ubigi: Cheapest 10 GB and the biggest bucket. 10 GB for 30 days at $29 and 25 GB at $59, on Orange and MTN, 4G only. Its BEST WORLD global plan gives 60 GB at full speed for 30 days at $108.
Saily: Second cheapest 10 GB. 10 GB for 30 days at $31.99, $27 less than our 2 weeks, which starts with 10 GB. Its listing is from May.
Model: Airalo Small buckets only, up to 5 GB; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets only; Nomad Buckets only; Ubigi Buckets, or a fixed amount then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo No unlimited; 1 GB for 3 days $9.50; Holafly $19.90; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo No unlimited; 3 GB for 7 days $25; Holafly $39.50; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi 25 GB, then 2 Mbps, $48; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $58.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo No unlimited; 5 GB for 15 days $37, Hello Africa regional plan; Holafly 15 days $63.50; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No country plan; global plan 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $77; Ringo Light $58.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo No unlimited; Holafly $111.90; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No country plan; global plan 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $108; Ringo Light $114.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo Not listed on the day; 5 GB regional $41; Holafly No buckets; Saily $31.99; Nomad $45; Ubigi $29; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $58.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo Not listed on the day; Holafly No buckets; Saily Not listed on the day; Nomad Not listed on the day; Ubigi 25 GB $59; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $114.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo No unlimited sold; Holafly No daily cap stated; speed may be reduced for a day under fair use; 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 Orange; Holafly Orange Bissau; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad Orange; Ubigi Orange, MTN; no 5G; 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 Guinea-Bissau trips run one to two weeks: a few days in Bissau, then a boat to Bubaque and the Bijagós, or a drive north to Cacheu and Varela. Only Holafly sells unlimited data for Guinea-Bissau alone on the day we looked: $63.50 for 15 days and $111.90 for 30 days. Ubigi's BEST WORLD global plan covers the country with 30 GB at full speed for 15 days at $77 and 60 GB for 30 days at $108, then 2 Mbps. Ringo Light charges $58.99 for 2 weeks and $114.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews.
So for two weeks we are $4.51 cheaper than Holafly. For a month we are not: Holafly is $3.09 cheaper, and Ubigi's global month is $6.99 cheaper for 60 GB at full speed. If you are staying a month, buy one of those. 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, says the network may reduce your speed for up to a day under fair use, and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Ubigi slows you to 2 Mbps after its fixed amount. 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 $58.99 top-up.
Do the heavy-use arithmetic. A heavy two weeks with us costs $117.98, far more than Holafly's 15 days at $63.50, so if you will stream every evening, Holafly is the better buy. A heavy month with us costs $173.98, against $111.90 at Holafly. Ringo Light is the cheaper two weeks for normal use: maps, messages, photos and calls over data.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Holafly sells 3 days of unlimited at $19.90 and 7 days at $39.50.
Guinea-Bissau has two mobile networks that travel eSIMs use: Orange Bissau and the network Ubigi lists as MTN. Orange is the one most brands ride: Holafly, Airalo and Nomad all name it. Ubigi can use both. Saily does not name its network. Neither network sells 5G for travel eSIMs here. Bissau, Bafatá, Gabú and the main roads have 4G; on the Bijagós, signal is fair on Bubaque and patchy or absent on the smaller islands, and it thins out in the mangroves around Cacheu and on the track to Varela. Download maps before you leave Bissau.
A local SIM from Orange or MTN is sold against a passport at their shops in Bissau, and has to be set up before it works. A travel eSIM installs at home before you fly and connects when you land at Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, just outside Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau runs on cash, in West African CFA francs. Cards work in a few hotels in Bissau and little else; ATMs are in the capital, not on the islands. Carry what you need for the Bijagós before the boat leaves.
Ubigi, $29 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB, for 30 days, on Orange and MTN, 4G only. It also sells 25 GB for 30 days at $59, the only bucket here above 10 GB, and 25 GB for 7 days, then 2 Mbps, at $48.
Saily, $31.99 for 10 GB. For 30 days. Its listing is from May, so check the price at checkout.
Nomad, $45 for 10 GB. For 30 days, on Orange. Its smaller buckets start at $7 for 1 GB.
Airalo, up to 5 GB. On airalo.com it sells three small Orange packages for Guinea-Bissau: 1 GB for 3 days at $9.50, 3 GB for 3 days at $24 and 3 GB for 7 days at $25. Its Hello Africa regional plan goes up to 5 GB for 30 days at $41.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $58.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $114.99. For a fixed amount of data, Ubigi, Saily and Nomad are all cheaper in Guinea-Bissau: Ubigi by $29.99 on 10 GB, and Ubigi's 25 GB costs $55.99 less than our 30 days. 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 Guinea-Bissau it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $58.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $114.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $58.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A few days in Bissau. Holafly unlimited, 3 days, $19.90, on Orange. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Two weeks, Bissau and the Bijagós. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $58.99, $4.51 less than Holafly's 15 days. Holafly at $63.50 if you will stream every evening.
Two weeks, light use, budget first. Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $29.
A month in Guinea-Bissau. Holafly unlimited, 30 days, $111.90, $3.09 less than our 30 days. Ubigi's global plan at $108 if 60 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 Guinea-Bissau, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from Bissau out to the Bijagós islands and Bolama, north to Cacheu and Varela, and east to the Corubal River at Saltinho, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Bissau has good 4G; the islands and the far north often do not.
Bissau Velho, Bissau. The old Portuguese quarter by the port, with faded colonial houses, balconies and the Pidjiguiti quay where the boats to the islands leave. Walk it in the cooler hours of the morning. Street names are few and often unmarked. Drop a pin on your hotel in a map app before you set out.
Fortaleza de São José da Amura, Bissau. The 18th century Portuguese fort above the port, now the armed forces headquarters and home to the tomb of Amílcar Cabral. It is a working military site, so ask at the gate before you walk in or take pictures. Save a translation app with Portuguese offline: it is the official language, and Kriol is what you hear in the street.
Bubaque and Bruce Beach, Bijagós islands. The main island of the Bijagós, a UNESCO biosphere reserve, with a small town, guesthouses and long empty beaches such as Bruce Beach on the south shore. The boat from Bissau takes several hours, and departures depend on the day and the tide. Boats run by the tides. Check the tide times and confirm the departure the day before you travel.
Rubane, Bijagós islands. A small island across a narrow channel from Bubaque, with a few lodges and sandbanks at low tide. A pirogue crosses in a few minutes. Signal fades between the islands. Download the Bijagós offline in your map app while you still have 4G on Bubaque.
Bolama, Bolama island. The capital of Portuguese Guinea until 1941, now a quiet island town of columned colonial buildings slowly taken back by trees. Stay a night to see it without rushing the boat back. There is no ATM on Bolama. Carry CFA francs for the boat, food and your room.
Cacheu fortress, Cacheu. One of the oldest Portuguese trading posts in West Africa, a small white fort on the river where colonial statues now stand, and a memorial to the slave trade in the town. The Cacheu River mangroves natural park begins just outside. Cacheu is a few hours by road from Bissau. Share your live location and save the route offline before you leave.
Varela beach, Near the Senegal border. A long, empty Atlantic beach in the far northwest, backed by dunes and a small village with a few places to stay. The last stretch of road is rough, so most people come in the dry season, from about November to May. Signal is weak at Varela. Tell someone your plans and download what you need in São Domingos on the way.
Saltinho falls on the Corubal, Eastern Guinea-Bissau. Rapids on the wide Corubal River, crossed by a bridge on the road south-east, with forest on both banks. Best in the dry season, when the rocks show. Distances out east are long and fuel stops few. Check the route and distance on your map before you drive.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Guinea-Bissau 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/guinea-bissau-esim?currency=USD (packages in dollars on the site, 28 September 2026; Hello Africa regional buckets from esimdb.com/guinea-bissau/airalo, updated 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-guinea-bissau/ (read on the site in dollars, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/guinea-bissau/saily (listing dated 15 May 2026).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/guinea-bissau/nomad (listing dated 17 September 2026; network from nomadesim.com/guinea-bissau-esim).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/guinea-bissau/ubigi (listing dated 17 September 2026, including its BEST WORLD global plan; networks from cellulardata.ubigi.com).
For two weeks of unlimited data, Ringo Light at $58.99 on 28 September 2026, against $63.50 for 15 days at Holafly. For a month, Holafly at $111.90, $3.09 less than our $114.99. For 3 days, Holafly at $19.90. For a 10 GB bucket, Ubigi at $29.
Holafly rides Orange Bissau, and Airalo and Nomad name Orange too. Ubigi can use Orange and MTN. Saily does not name its network. All work in Bissau and the main towns; signal is patchy on the smaller Bijagós islands.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone, but its fair use lets the network slow you for up to a day, and sharing stops at 1 GB a day. Ubigi slows you to 2 Mbps after its fixed amount. Airalo, Saily and Nomad sell no unlimited for Guinea-Bissau. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
A local SIM, yes: you show your passport at an Orange or MTN shop in Bissau and wait for the line to be set up. A travel eSIM is installed before you fly and works when you land at Osvaldo Vieira airport, with no shop. It carries data only, so it gives you no local number for mobile money.
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