The best eSIM for Ivory Coast in 2026. Six eSIM brands checked for Ivory Coast on the same day: Holafly is the cheapest unlimited, Ubigi the cheapest 10 GB, and where Ringo Light fits.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs get most of the traffic for this search, and all six sell data for Ivory Coast, which you will also see written Côte d'Ivoire. We priced them on the same day, for a long weekend in Abidjan, two weeks out to Yamoussoukro and the west, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. In Ivory Coast our prices are high and we lose on every price row. This page says plainly who wins.
Ringo Light: Unlimited with no speed cap, one payment, and the only plan that tops itself up. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $192.99 or 30 days at $381.99, one payment each, nothing renews. It is expensive here: Holafly sells 15 days of unlimited at $63.50, $129.49 less, and 30 days at $111.90, $270.09 less.
Holafly: Cheapest unlimited for any length, on Orange. Days, not gigabytes, on Orange: 3 days at $19.90, 7 days at $39.50, 15 days at $63.50, 30 days at $111.90. Sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Ubigi: Cheapest 10 GB and the cheapest big bucket. 10 GB for 30 days at $27 and 25 GB for 30 days at $48, on MTN and Orange. Its global plan gives 60 GB for 30 days, then 2 Mbps, at $108.
Nomad: A 10 GB country plan on two networks. 10 GB for 30 days at $45 on MTN and Orange, 4G. Its 20 GB only comes on its Global plan, at $103.
Model: Airalo Buckets on its country page; unlimited only on its Discover global plan; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Small buckets only; Nomad Buckets only; Ubigi Buckets, or a fixed amount then 2 Mbps on its global plan; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo Discover global plan, $24; Holafly $19.90; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo Discover global plan, $45; Holafly $39.50; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi Africa plan: 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $49; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $192.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days, Discover global plan, $96; Holafly 15 days $63.50; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi 15 days, global plan: 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $77; Ringo Light $192.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo Discover global plan, $159; Holafly $111.90; Saily No unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi Global plan: 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $108; Ringo Light $381.99.
10 GB: Airalo Not on its country page (largest 5 GB, 30 days, $32); Discover global 10 GB, 180 days, $57; Holafly No buckets; Saily Not listed on the day; 3 GB for 30 days $21.99; Nomad 30 days $45; Ubigi 7 days $24; 30 days $27; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $192.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo Not on its country page; Discover global 20 GB, 365 days, $66; Holafly No buckets; Saily Not listed on the day; Nomad Only on its Global plan, $103; Ubigi 25 GB $48; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $381.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo Discover: 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; 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; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad MTN, Orange; Ubigi MTN, Orange; 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 Ivory Coast trips start in Abidjan and add Grand-Bassam, Assinie or Yamoussoukro; a longer one heads west to Man. Only Holafly sells unlimited days for Ivory Coast alone: $19.90 for 3 days, $39.50 for a week, $63.50 for 15 days and $111.90 for 30 days. Airalo sells unlimited only on its Discover global plan, $96 for 15 days and $159 for the month. Ubigi's global plan gives 30 GB for 15 days at $77 and 60 GB for 30 days at $108, then 2 Mbps. Ringo Light charges $192.99 for 2 weeks and $381.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews.
That makes us the most expensive unlimited of the six in Ivory Coast. Holafly's 15 days costs $129.49 less than our 2 weeks, and its 30 days $270.09 less than our month. 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. Airalo's Discover gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. 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 $192.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $385.98 and a heavy month $574.98, several times Holafly's price either way.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Holafly sells 3 days of unlimited at $19.90 and a week at $39.50.
Ivory Coast has three mobile networks: Orange, the largest, MTN and Moov Africa. All three cover Abidjan, the coast road to Grand-Bassam and Assinie, and the motorway to Yamoussoukro well. Holafly and Airalo ride Orange; Nomad and Ubigi can use MTN and Orange, which helps where one of them is weak. Saily does not name its network. Signal thins out in the west around Man, and in the Taï and Comoé parks it is patchy or absent on every network, so download maps before you leave town.
A local SIM in Ivory Coast has to be registered with an identity document before it works. A visitor shows a passport at an Orange, MTN or Moov shop. A travel eSIM installs at home before you fly, needs no shop, and connects when you land at Félix Houphouët-Boigny International in Port-Bouët, south of central Abidjan.
Much of the country pays by phone, with Orange Money, MTN MoMo and Wave, from taxis to market stalls. Those wallets need a local number, which a travel data eSIM does not give you. Cards work in hotels, larger restaurants and supermarkets in Abidjan; carry CFA francs for the rest.
Ubigi, $27 for 10 GB. For 30 days on MTN and Orange, the cheapest 10 GB here, or $24 for 10 GB over 7 days. It also sells 25 GB for 30 days at $48, the cheapest big bucket. Its listing is from 17 September.
Nomad, $45 for 10 GB. For 30 days on MTN and Orange, 4G, with smaller sizes from $7 for 1 GB. Its 20 GB only comes on its Global plan, at $103.
Airalo, 5 GB for $32. Its Nouchi! Mobile line on Orange tops out at 5 GB for 30 days, with small sizes from $9 for 1 GB over 3 days. Its Discover global plan sells 10 GB for 180 days at $57 and 20 GB for 365 days at $66.
Saily, 3 GB for $21.99. Its largest Ivory Coast plan, for 30 days. Its listing is from May; saily.com would not load for us, so check the price at checkout.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $192.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $381.99. For a fixed amount of data, Ubigi, Nomad and Airalo are all far cheaper in Ivory Coast: Ubigi's 10 GB costs $165.99 less than our 2 weeks, and its 25 GB costs $333.99 less than our 30 days.
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 Ivory Coast it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $192.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $381.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $192.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In Ivory Coast our prices are high. Holafly's unlimited days and Ubigi's buckets are the better buy for most visitors. None of our regional trips covers Ivory Coast, so there is no cheaper Ringo Light route in.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A long weekend in Abidjan. Holafly unlimited, 3 days, $19.90, on Orange. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
A week or two, Abidjan to Yamoussoukro and the coast. Holafly unlimited, 15 days, $63.50, or 7 days at $39.50. Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $192.99 costs $129.49 more.
Two weeks, light use, budget first. Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $27, on MTN and Orange.
A month in Abidjan, working remotely. Holafly unlimited, 30 days, $111.90, or Ubigi 25 GB for $48 if a fixed amount is enough. Ringo Light's 30 days is $381.99.
You want no speed cap and one payment, whatever it costs. Ringo Light, 2 weeks at $192.99 or 30 days at $381.99, the eSIM by email. Know that Holafly's unlimited costs far less.
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 Ivory Coast, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from Abidjan along the coast to Grand-Bassam and Assinie, inland to Yamoussoukro, west to Man and the Taï forest, and north to Comoé, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Abidjan and the coast have good 4G; the west and the parks often do not. Before you go, check your government's travel advice, especially for the north.
The Plateau skyline, Abidjan. The business district of Abidjan, its towers standing over the Ébrié Lagoon. The best view is from across the water at dusk, or from a lagoon bridge. Ride-hailing apps such as Yango and Heetch work in Abidjan and show the fare before you get in.
St Paul's Cathedral, Plateau, Abidjan. A modernist cathedral by the lagoon, designed by the Italian architect Aldo Spirito and consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1985. Its tower is shaped like Saint Paul, leaning forward with a cross. French is the language you will hear most. A translation app helps with signs, menus and drivers.
Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Yamoussoukro. One of the largest churches in the world, finished in 1989, with a dome modelled on St Peter's in Rome and a great ring of columns. Yamoussoukro is about three hours up the motorway from Abidjan. Save the route offline before you leave Abidjan, and share your live location on the long drive.
Grand-Bassam, East of Abidjan. The first colonial capital, whose old quarter of faded colonial houses is listed by UNESCO, next to a long Atlantic beach with fishing pirogues. The sea has strong currents, so swim only where locals say it is safe. Most people come for the day from Abidjan. A ride-hailing app or a shared taxi with a map open gets you back.
Assinie, Near the Ghana border. A thin strip of land between the lagoon and the ocean, with palm-lined beaches and small hotels, the weekend escape for Abidjan. Pirogues cross the lagoon to the beach hotels. Boatmen and beach stalls take cash. Carry CFA francs, and book your room by message before you drive out.
Man and the Dent de Man, Tonkpi, in the west. A town ringed by green mountains, watched over by the tooth-shaped peak of the Dent de Man, with La Cascade, a waterfall in the forest, just outside town. Walk up early, before the heat and the cloud. Signal comes and goes in the hills. Download the area offline before you set off on foot.
Taï National Park, Southwest. One of the last large stretches of primary rainforest in West Africa, listed by UNESCO, home to chimpanzees and pygmy hippos. Visits are guided and arranged in advance. Expect no signal in the forest. Keep the guide's number and your bookings saved offline.
Comoé National Park, Northeast. The largest protected area in West Africa, listed by UNESCO: savannah, gallery forest and the Comoé River. Go in the dry season, when animals gather near the water. Signal is rare in the park. Download maps and check your government's advice for the north before you go.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Ivory Coast 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/cote-divoire-esim?currency=USD (Nouchi! Mobile packages in dollars on the site, 28 September 2026; Discover global plans from esimdb.com/ivory-coast/airalo, updated 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-ivory-coast/ (read on the site in dollars, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/ivory-coast/saily (listing dated 15 May 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/ivory-coast/nomad (listing dated 17 September 2026; nomadesim.com showed no Ivory Coast page).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/ivory-coast/ubigi (listing dated 17 September 2026; networks from the same listing).
For unlimited data, Holafly: on 28 September 2026 it sold 3 days at $19.90, 15 days at $63.50 and 30 days at $111.90. For a 10 GB bucket, Ubigi at $27 for 30 days. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks at $192.99 and 30 days at $381.99, the most expensive unlimited of the six here.
Holafly and Airalo ride Orange, the largest network. Nomad and Ubigi can use MTN and Orange. Saily does not name its network. All cover Abidjan and the coast; coverage thins out in the west and in the national parks.
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. Airalo's Discover global plan slows you after 3 GB a day. Ubigi slows you to 2 Mbps after its fixed amount. Saily and Nomad sell no unlimited here. 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, MTN or Moov shop. A travel eSIM is installed before you fly and works when you land in Abidjan, with no shop. It carries data only, so it does not give you Orange Money, MTN MoMo or Wave.
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