The best eSIM for Latin America in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Latin America, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $29.99, a month for $59.99.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. A trip through Latin America crosses borders: Peru into Bolivia, Argentina into Chile, Mexico down to Costa Rica. Six travel eSIMs sell one regional plan for that, and they do not cover the same countries. We priced all six on the same day, for a week, two weeks and a month, read the fine print on unlimited, and checked which countries each plan leaves out. Here is where each one wins.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed in 18 countries, one eSIM: 2 weeks at $29.99 or 30 days at $59.99, one payment each, nothing renews. Airalo asks $60 for 15 days and $97 for the month.
Airalo: Cheapest 3 days and cheapest 20 GB. Latamlink, 17 countries: 3 days of unlimited at $19.50 with 3 GB a day at full speed, 5 GB for 30 days at $22 and 20 GB at $49.
Holafly: Simplest unlimited, and Belize. Days, not gigabytes, in 18 countries including Belize and Puerto Rico. $39.50 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Ubigi: Long stays. 20 GB a month for $26 on a monthly plan that renews and can be cancelled after 3 months. Its Best LATAM plan leaves out Peru and Costa Rica.
Model: Airalo Latamlink, 17 countries: buckets or unlimited days; Holafly 18 countries: unlimited days only; Saily 12 countries: buckets only; Nomad 17 countries: buckets only; Ubigi Best LATAM, 15 countries: buckets or capped unlimited; Ringo Light 18 countries, one eSIM: unlimited trips, 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $19.50; Holafly $19.90; Saily No unlimited 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 unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $44; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $29.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days $60; Holafly 15 days $60.90; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi No 2-week plan; Ringo Light $29.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $97; Holafly $97.90; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $99; Ringo Light $59.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $36; Holafly No buckets; Saily Not listed; 5 GB $31.99; Nomad $39; Ubigi $39; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $29.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $49; Holafly No buckets; Saily Not listed; Nomad $65; Ubigi 25 GB $58; or 20 GB a month $26, renews, 3-month minimum; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $59.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Holafly No daily cap stated; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily No unlimited plan; 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.
Peru and Costa Rica: Airalo Both; Holafly Both; Saily Both; Nomad Both; Ubigi Neither; Ringo Light Both.
United States and Canada: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi No; Ringo Light Yes, on the same eSIM.
Networks: Airalo Not named on its regional page; Holafly Local networks, not named; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad Claro, Tigo, Telcel and others; Ubigi Not named on its plan list; Ringo Light Local partner networks.
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 No, QR code; Saily Yes; Nomad Optional; Ubigi Optional; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
Most Latin America trips run two weeks to a month, often across two or three countries. For about two weeks of unlimited on a regional plan, Airalo asks $60 and Holafly $60.90, both for 15 days. For a month, Airalo asks $97, Holafly $97.90 and Ubigi $99 for 60 GB at full speed. Ringo Light charges $29.99 for 2 weeks and $59.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews. Our two weeks costs less than any rival's one week of unlimited: Airalo's 7 days is $39, Holafly's $39.50.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi gives 20 GB for 7 days or 60 GB for the month, then 2 Mbps. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Nomad and Saily sell no unlimited plan for the region at all. 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 $28.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $58.98, just under Airalo's $60 for 15 days; a heavy month costs $88.98, still under every rival's month.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $19.50 and Holafly at $19.90.
The regional plans are not the same map. Ringo Light covers 18 countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, then Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile, plus the United States and Canada on the same eSIM, which helps on a connection through Miami, Houston or Toronto. It does not cover Venezuela, Belize or the Caribbean islands.
Airalo's Latamlink and Nomad cover 17 countries each and include Venezuela. Holafly covers 18, including Belize and Puerto Rico. Saily's plan covers 12 and skips Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Ubigi's Best LATAM covers 15 and leaves out Peru and Costa Rica, so it is the wrong plan for Machu Picchu. Check every country on your route against the list before you buy.
Coverage is good in the cities and towns everywhere on this page. It gets thin or stops in the Andes between towns, in the Amazon, in the national parks of Patagonia and at sea around the Galapagos, whichever eSIM you carry. Claro, part of the group that also runs Telcel in Mexico, is in most of these countries, and Tigo, Movistar and Entel cover much of the rest. Download offline maps before you head out of the cities.
Airalo, $36 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB here, and the cheapest 20 GB at $49. Latamlink also sells 5 GB for 30 days at $22.
Ubigi, $39 for 10 GB. 25 GB for 30 days at $58. For a stay of three months or more, its monthly plan gives 20 GB for $26 a month, renewing, with a 3-month minimum. Remember it leaves out Peru and Costa Rica.
Nomad, $39 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $65, on Claro, Tigo, Telcel and other local networks, and it includes Guatemala and Venezuela.
Saily, up to 5 GB. Its Latin America plan stops at 5 GB for 30 days at $31.99, and 3 GB at $20.99. Its listing is from July; saily.com would not load for us.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $29.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $59.99. For 10 GB over two weeks we cost less than any bucket here, but the trip ends at 14 days. For 20 GB across a month, Airalo at $49 and Ubigi at $58 for 25 GB are cheaper. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket. 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 Latin America it sells two trips on one eSIM across 18 countries, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $29.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $59.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $28.99. 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 one city. Airalo Latamlink unlimited, 3 days, $19.50, with 3 GB a day at full speed. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Two weeks from Peru to Bolivia to Chile. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $29.99, less than any rival charges for one week of unlimited, in every country on that route.
A month, light use, budget first. Airalo 5 GB for 30 days at $22, or 20 GB at $49.
A month or more, backpacking and working from hostels. Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $59.99, starting with 20 GB and adding 10 GB once for $28.99. Ubigi's 20 GB a month at $26 if you are staying three months and skipping Peru and Costa Rica.
Belize or Venezuela on the route. Holafly for Belize, Airalo Latamlink or Nomad for Venezuela. Ringo Light covers neither.
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 Latin America, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips to Latin America include, from Mexico to Patagonia, with the one thing your data does for you at each. All eight are in countries Ringo Light covers. Signal is good in the towns and thin in the national parks, so a few tips are about going offline.
Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. The stepped pyramid of El Castillo stands in the middle of a Maya city in the Yucatan jungle. Arrive at opening, before the tour buses from Cancun. It is a long drive from Cancun or Merida. Book the ADO bus in its app, or download the route offline if you drive.
Sugarloaf and Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Two cable cars climb Sugarloaf above Botafogo Bay, and Christ the Redeemer looks down from Corcovado across the water. Go late in the day for sunset over the city. Uber and 99 both work across Rio and are the easy way back to the hotel after dark.
Machu Picchu, Cusco region, Peru. The Inca citadel on a ridge above the Urubamba, reached by train to Aguas Calientes and a bus up the mountain. Entry is by timed ticket, and the dry season sells out. Signal at the ruins is patchy. Save your entry ticket and train ticket offline, and carry the passport they were booked with.
Caminito, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. A short street of painted tin houses in the old port district, with tango on the pavement. Go by day and pair it with San Telmo nearby. Much of Buenos Aires takes bookings by WhatsApp, from tango shows to parrillas, so keep your data on.
The walled city, Cartagena, Colombia. Colonial streets and balconies inside the old city walls, entered through the Clock Tower gate. Walk the walls in the late afternoon, when the heat eases. Boats to the Rosario Islands leave from the dock next to the walls; keep the booking on your phone.
Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile. Three granite towers above a glacial lake, at the end of a long day hike in the national park. The season runs from spring to autumn, October to April. There is almost no signal on the trails. Buy the park entry online and download offline maps before you leave Puerto Natales.
Kicker Rock, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador. A split volcanic rock off San Cristobal where boats stop to snorkel with sea lions, turtles and rays. Most visitors see it on a day trip from the island's port. Signal reaches the island towns but fades at sea. Download your boat details and offline maps before you sail.
Arenal Volcano, La Fortuna, Costa Rica. A near perfect cone above rainforest and hot springs. The summit hides in cloud much of the day; early morning is your best chance to see it. Costa Ricans drive with Waze. Addresses are rare and it knows the gravel roads.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Latin America 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/latin-america-esim?currency=USD (Latamlink unlimited in dollars on the site, 28 September 2026; buckets from esimdb.com/region/latin-america/airalo, 21 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-latin-america/ (prices in dollars and the 18 countries on its own page, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/region/latin-america/saily (listing dated 2 July 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/region/latin-america/nomad (listing dated 18 September 2026; plans, countries and networks checked on nomadesim.com/latin-america-esim).
Source for Ubigi: https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/data-plans-and-coverage/ubigi-esim-data-plans/ (Best LATAM prices and countries on its own site, 28 September 2026; full-speed amounts from esimdb.com/region/latin-america/ubigi, 21 September 2026).
For two weeks or a month of unlimited data, Ringo Light: $29.99 for 2 weeks and $59.99 for 30 days on 28 September 2026, against $60 for 15 days and $97 for 30 days at Airalo. For 3 days, Airalo at $19.50. For a 20 GB bucket, Airalo at $49.
A regional eSIM joins a local partner network in each country as you cross the border. Nomad names Claro, Tigo and Telcel among its partners; Airalo, Holafly, Saily and Ubigi do not name networks on their regional pages. In every country here, the big networks cover the cities and main roads, and none reaches far into the Andes, the Amazon or Patagonia's parks.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Ubigi after 20 GB on the week or 60 GB on the month. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone. Nomad and Saily sell no unlimited plan for the region. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
Only if every country is on its list, and the lists differ. Ringo Light covers 18 countries including the United States and Canada, but not Venezuela or Belize. Ubigi's regional plan leaves out Peru and Costa Rica, Saily's leaves out most of Central America, and none of the six covers Cuba. Check your route against the list before you buy.
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