The short answer
India and Sri Lanka are one short flight apart from Kochi or Chennai, and many trips use both. India is also where a missing country on a plan list is most likely to catch you out. I priced six regional eSIMs for a week, two weeks and a month, and read what is on each list. For two weeks or more, my pick is Ringo Light.
One eSIM with unlimited data at full speed in India, Sri Lanka and 18 more countries, 2 weeks at $34.99 or 30 days at $59.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $49 for 15 days and $73.50 for the month.
Asialink, 18 countries: 3 days of unlimited at $11.50, with 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Cheapest for a few days, if both countries are on its list.
APAC plan, 14 countries: 10 GB for 30 days at $21 and 20 GB for 45 days at $35 (on sale, regular $40).
Best Asia, 17 countries: 7 days with 25 GB at full speed for $25, then 2 Mbps. 20 GB a month for $19, on a plan that renews.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi on their own sites or listings, Ringo Light from its catalogue. All in US dollars unless stated. Treat every number as a snapshot.
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The prices, charted
Regional plans, US dollars, 25 October 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, the others 15 days. Holafly's Asia plan does not list India. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no two-week unlimited; its longest is 10 days at $29.
The 30-day regional plan at each brand. Holafly's Asia plan does not list India. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited, so it lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
Side by side
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What to do in India and Sri Lanka, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places that fill a first trip across the Palk Strait, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Both countries are on Ringo Light's Asia plan, so one eSIM covers every stop.
One plan for both countries: Ringo Light
India and Sri Lanka make a natural pair: the forts and the Taj in the north, the backwaters in Kerala, then a short flight south to Colombo, Kandy and the tea country. One regional eSIM is installed once, before you leave, and works on landing in both. Two country eSIMs mean installing a second one in an airport on the way.
For about two weeks of unlimited on one plan, I read Ubigi at $45 for a fixed 30 GB at full speed, Airalo at $49, Holafly at $51.50 and Saily at $54.99. Ringo Light is $34.99 for 2 weeks. For a month the rivals run $66 to $86.99 and Ringo Light is $59.99. Nothing renews.
Here is what two country plans cost. India's 2 weeks is $21.99 and Sri Lanka's is $22.99 on their own pages, $44.98 together, against $34.99 for the Asia trip that covers both. For 30 days India's $36.99 plus Sri Lanka's $42.99 is $79.98, against $59.99.
Which plans cover both countries
Ringo Light's Asia plan lists India and Sri Lanka among its 20 countries. Each brand's own page is linked under Sources.
Holafly's Asia plan covers 16 countries and does not include India, so it cannot carry this trip. For the others my Asia comparison does not say whether India and Sri Lanka are both in. Airalo's Asialink has 18 countries, Saily's Asia and Oceania plan 22, Nomad's APAC plan 14 and Ubigi's Best Asia 17. I could not confirm on the day that each lists both, so I would open the list before you buy.
India has one extra tip. A local SIM there means showing your passport and waiting for activation, and a travel eSIM skips that, so I would install it at home before you fly.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad or Airalo
- Nomad, $21 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB on its 14-country APAC plan, and 20 GB for 45 days at $35 (on sale, regular $40). Confirm that India and Sri Lanka are on its list.
- Airalo, $25 for 10 GB. Asialink, 18 countries, 20 GB for 30 days at $39, with buckets from $4 for 1 GB.
- Ubigi, $28 for 10 GB. Best Asia, 17 countries. The 20 GB for $19 is a monthly plan that renews until you cancel it.
- Saily, $35.99 for 10 GB. Asia and Oceania, 22 countries, with no 20 GB bucket on its listing, read on 25 October 2026.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. The 2 weeks is unlimited for $34.99 and the 30 days unlimited for $59.99. For a fixed 10 GB, Nomad and Airalo are cheaper, and for 20 GB so are Nomad, Airalo and Ubigi's monthly plan. I would buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket, and I prefer you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is Ringo's own data eSIM, and I write this guide for Ringo, so weigh that. It is sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For India and Sri Lanka it is the Asia plan: 20 countries, unlimited data at full speed, 2 weeks at $34.99 or 30 days at $59.99. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
The card to buy it is above, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
I would buy Airalo's Asialink 3 days at $11.50, if it lists India on the day. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
My pick is Ringo Light, unlimited, 2 weeks, $34.99. I found no rival that charges less for two weeks on one plan.
The same Asia plan. For a short Sri Lanka leg alone, I would otherwise add a second eSIM and install it in transit.
I would buy Ringo Light, 30 days, $59.99, against $79.98 for the two country months.
I would buy Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $21, once I had confirmed its list covers both.
None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for India and Sri Lanka on 25 October 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.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/asia-esim?currency=USD, Asialink unlimited, 18 countries and the 3 GB daily cap read on the site in dollars, 25 October 2026; 10 GB and 20 GB buckets from esimdb.com/vietnam/airalo, listing dated 4 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-asia/, prices in dollars and the 16-country list on the site, 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-asia-and-oceania/, Asia and Oceania plans, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/apac-esim, Regional APAC plans, prices in dollars from the page itself, read 25 October 2026; 20 GB for 45 days is on sale, $40 regular
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/best-asia-data-plans/best-asia-unlimited-30-days/, Best Asia plan pages on cellulardata.ubigi.com, 25 October 2026: 7 days $25, 15 days $45, 30 days $66, 10 GB $28, 20 GB a month $19
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 25 October 2026.
Written and priced by the Ringo team. Prices change often; if you spot one that has moved, tell us through the contact page and we will update the table.
