The best eSIM for Hungary in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Hungary, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $12.99, a month for $21.99, which to buy.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell a Hungary plan and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a long weekend in Budapest, two weeks out to Lake Balaton and Eger, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $12.99 or 30 days at $21.99, one payment each, nothing renews. Airalo asks $48 for 15 days and $69 for the month.
Ubigi: Cheapest 10 GB and the biggest bucket. 10 GB for 30 days at $11 and 50 GB for 30 days at $34, on Yettel with 5G.
Nomad: Cheapest 20 GB and cheapest 3 days. 20 GB for 30 days at $20 and 3 days of unlimited at $11, on Vodafone and Yettel.
Holafly: Simplest unlimited. Days, not gigabytes, on Yettel and Vodafone, no daily cap stated for your own phone. $27.50 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Model: Airalo Buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets or unlimited days; Nomad Buckets or unlimited days; Ubigi Buckets, some then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $11.50; Holafly $11.90; Saily No 3-day plan; 5 days $18.99; Nomad $11; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $27; Holafly $27.50; Saily No 7-day Hungary plan; Nomad $25; Ubigi 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $24; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $12.99.
Unlimited, 15 days: Airalo $48; Holafly $50.50; Saily $48.99; Nomad No 15-day plan; 10 days $33; Ubigi 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $36; Ringo Light 2 weeks $12.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $69; Holafly $73.90; Saily $71.99; Nomad No 30-day unlimited; Ubigi No 30-day unlimited; 50 GB $34; Ringo Light $21.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $19; Holafly No buckets; Saily $18.99; Nomad $16; Ubigi $11; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $12.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $32; Holafly No buckets; Saily $31.99; Nomad $20; Ubigi No 20 GB; 50 GB $34; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $21.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Holafly No daily cap stated; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily 5 GB a day, then slowed; Nomad 2 GB a day, then slower; 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 Vodafone and Yettel; Holafly Yettel, Vodafone; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad Vodafone, Yettel; Ubigi Yettel; 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 No, QR install; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
Most people give Hungary a long weekend in Budapest, and the ones who stay longer head out to Lake Balaton, Eger and Pecs. For 15 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $48, Saily $48.99 and Holafly $50.50. For a month, $69, $71.99 and $73.90. Ubigi sells 30 GB at full speed for 15 days at $36, then 2 Mbps. Ringo Light charges $12.99 for 2 weeks and $21.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Saily gives 5 GB a day, Nomad 2 GB. Ubigi gives a fixed amount at full speed, 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 $12.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $25.98, still under every rival for 15 days. A heavy month costs $34.98 for 30 GB. Ubigi sells 50 GB for 30 days at $34, so if you know you will go past 30 GB in a month, Ubigi is the better buy.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $11 and a week at $25, and Ubigi a week with 20 GB at full speed for $24. Our 2 weeks at $12.99 still costs less than any of them charge for a week.
Hungary has three networks: Magyar Telekom, Yettel, which was called Telenor until 2022, and One, which was Vodafone Hungary until 2024. Several brands still list it as Vodafone. All three cover Budapest, the lake and the main towns well, with 5G in the cities. Telekom has the widest rural coverage, and none of the rivals here names it; they ride Yettel and Vodafone. For the eight places below, any of them works.
Hungary is in the EU. If your home plan is from an EU country, roaming there is usually included at home prices, and you may not need a travel eSIM at all.
Ubigi, $11 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB here, on Yettel with 5G, installed by QR code. It sells no 20 GB; its 50 GB for 30 days at $34 is the most data for the money.
Nomad, $16 for 10 GB. And the cheapest 20 GB at $20, on Vodafone and Yettel.
Saily, $18.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $31.99. Its listing is from June; saily.com refused the fetch.
Airalo, $19 for 10 GB. Its Szia! plan, 20 GB for $32, buckets from $4 for 1 GB.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $12.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $21.99. For 10 GB that lasts a month, Ubigi at $11 is cheaper, and for 20 GB, Nomad at $20 is $1.99 cheaper than us. 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 Hungary it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $12.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $21.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $12.99. 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 long weekend in Budapest. Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $11. Ringo Light sells no 3 days; its 2 weeks is $12.99 if the trip might run longer.
A week or two out to Balaton and Eger. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $12.99, less than any rival charges for one week.
Light use, budget first. Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $11.
A month in Budapest. Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $21.99, starting with 20 GB and adding 10 GB once for $12.99. Ubigi 50 GB for $34 if you will use more than 30 GB.
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 Hungary, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from Budapest out to the Danube Bend, Lake Balaton, Eger, Pecs and the Great Plain, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Telekom, Yettel and One cover all of them.
The Hungarian Parliament, Budapest. The largest building in Hungary runs along the Pest bank of the Danube. See it from the Buda side at dusk, then take the guided tour inside to see the Holy Crown. Tours run by timed slot and sell out. Book on your phone and show the ticket at the visitor centre.
Fisherman's Bastion, Castle Hill, Budapest. White turrets and terraces next to Matthias Church, with the best view of Parliament across the river. Go early in the morning, before the tour groups. The BudapestGO app plans the bus up Castle Hill and sells the transit ticket.
Szechenyi Thermal Bath, City Park, Budapest. Yellow neo-baroque halls around outdoor pools fed by hot springs, open all year. The steam over the water on a winter morning is the reason to go then. Buy the ticket online and skip the queue at the door.
Esztergom Basilica, Danube Bend. The largest church in Hungary sits on a hill above the Danube, with Slovakia on the other bank. An easy day trip from Budapest by train or by boat in summer. By the river your phone may pick up a Slovak network. On a Hungary-only eSIM, choose the Hungarian network by hand.
Tihany and Lake Balaton, Tihany peninsula. The twin-towered abbey stands on a peninsula that reaches into the largest lake in central Europe. Swim in summer; in autumn the lake is quiet. A car ferry crosses from Tihany to Szantod. Driving on motorways needs an e-vignette, bought online before you set off.
Eger Castle, Eger. The castle where a small garrison held off an Ottoman army in 1552 stands over a baroque town. Afterwards, the wine cellars of the Valley of the Beautiful Women pour Egri Bikaver. Hungarian is close to nothing you know. Camera translation reads the menus and cellar lists.
Pecs Cathedral, Pecs. A four-towered cathedral in a warm southern town, next to early Christian burial chambers on the UNESCO list. Worth a night on the way to or from the south. Hungary uses the forint. Cards work almost everywhere; your banking app shows the rate you actually pay.
The Nine-arch Bridge, Hortobagy National Park. A long white stone bridge on the Great Plain, in Hungary's oldest national park, home to grey cattle and horse herds. In autumn tens of thousands of cranes stop here. Signal is thinner on the open plain. Download the offline map before you drive out from Debrecen.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Hungary 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/hungary-esim?currency=USD (unlimited in dollars on the site; buckets from esimdb.com/hungary/airalo, 23 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-hungary/.
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/hungary/saily (listing dated 15 June 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/hungary/nomad (listing dated 20 September 2026; getnomad.app served euro prices; networks from its Hungary page).
Source for Ubigi: https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/hungary/ (10 GB and network on the site, 22 September 2026; other plans from esimdb.com/hungary/ubigi, 16 September 2026).
For two weeks or a month of unlimited data, Ringo Light: $12.99 for 2 weeks and $21.99 for 30 days on 28 September 2026, against $48 for 15 days and $69 for 30 days at Airalo. For 3 days, Nomad at $11. For 10 GB over 30 days, Ubigi at $11; for 20 GB, Nomad at $20.
Airalo, Holafly and Nomad list Vodafone and Yettel, and Ubigi lists Yettel. Vodafone Hungary now trades as One. Saily does not name its network on its listing. All of them cover Budapest, Lake Balaton and the main towns.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Saily after 5 GB, Nomad after 2 GB, Ubigi after its fixed full-speed amount. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
Hungary is in the EU, so a plan from an EU country usually roams there at home prices, within a fair use limit. Travellers from the US, the UK, Canada or Australia usually pay a daily roaming fee, and that is where a travel eSIM saves money.
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