1 · The short answer
Every travel eSIM sells Los Angeles as part of its United States plan. We priced the six that get most of the traffic on the same day and looked at what a Los Angeles trip asks of your phone: a ride or a rental car from LAX, navigation on every drive, and long days between the beach, Hollywood and the hills.
2 weeks of unlimited data at $17.99, less than any rival here charges for 7 days. 30 days at $22.99. Nothing renews.
3 days of unlimited at $11, 2 GB a day at full speed, on T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan.
10 GB for 30 days at $14 on T-Mobile, and 20 GB a month at $15 on a plan that renews until you cancel.
Days, not gigabytes, on AT&T and T-Mobile, installed from a QR code. $27.50 for a week.
Prices read on 12 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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2 · The prices, charted
US dollars, 12 October 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad's longest United States plan is 7 days, so it has no bar here.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 30-day United States plan.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
3 · Side by side
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4 · What to do in Los Angeles, and what your phone does for you there
Six places most first visits include, from the Hollywood sign to the beach. The city has good 4G and 5G everywhere; the hills and the desert beyond do not.
5 · Getting online at LAX
LAX has 4G and 5G at every terminal. Install your eSIM before you fly and switch it on for data when you land, because the first thing Los Angeles asks of your phone is a ride. Taxis and ride apps do not pick up at the curb: a shuttle takes you to the LAX-it lot next to Terminal 1, and the app shows you where to wait.
Rental cars are collected away from the terminals too, by shuttle. The FlyAway bus runs to Union Station downtown, where the Metro rail lines start.
6 · A city where your phone does the driving
Los Angeles is spread over a huge basin, and most visitors drive or ride between neighbourhoods. Navigation runs the whole day, which is where an unlimited plan earns its keep: maps, traffic, parking apps and music on every drive. Keep a car charger with you.
If you use transit, Metro rail and buses take a TAP card, which you can add to the wallet on your phone. The Metro E Line runs to Santa Monica and the B Line to Hollywood.
7 · Where the signal thins out
Coverage is strong across the city, the beaches and the freeways on every network. It thins in the canyons above Malibu, on hiking trails in the Santa Monica Mountains and on the drive to Joshua Tree. Download those areas in your maps app before you set off.
Every plan here is data only, with no American number. Calls and messages go over WhatsApp, iMessage or FaceTime.
8 · Which plan fits a Los Angeles trip
A long weekend: Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $11 and Airalo at $11.50. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan, so for two or three nights one of those is the better buy.
A week: Seven days of unlimited costs $23 at Nomad, $25 at Airalo, $27.50 at Holafly and $28.99 at Saily. Ringo Light sells no 7-day plan, but its 2 weeks of unlimited data costs $17.99, less than any of those weeks. You simply have days left over.
Two weeks or a month: Ringo Light 2 weeks at $17.99 or 30 days at $22.99. Both cover all of the United States, Los Angeles included, with nothing to change when you leave the city. A road trip up the coast to San Francisco or across to Las Vegas stays on the same eSIM.
9 · What Ringo Light is
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 the United States, Los Angeles included, it sells two trips, both unlimited data: 2 weeks at $17.99 and 30 days at $22.99. Nothing renews. Fair use policy, see Terms. The eSIM arrives by email and installs in one scan, no app.
If a fixed amount of data is enough, Ubigi sells 10 GB for 30 days at $14 and Nomad at $15, both less than our 2 weeks. Ubigi also sells 20 GB a month at $15 on a plan that renews until you cancel it, which beats our 30 days if you remember to cancel. Ringo Light sells no buckets. The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
10 · Pick by trip
Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $11. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $17.99, less than any rival's 7-day plan, with navigation running all day.
Ringo Light 2 weeks at $17.99 covers Los Angeles, the coast and Las Vegas on one eSIM.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $22.99.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $14.
11 · Frequently asked questions
12 · How we compared, and our sources
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Los Angeles on 12 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: esimdb.com/usa/airalo, listing dated 4 October 2026, read 12 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-usa/, dollar price table and networks on the site, 12 October 2026
- Saily: esimdb.com/usa/saily, listing dated 4 October 2026; saily.com refused the fetch
- Nomad: esimdb.com/usa/nomad, listing dated 4 October 2026
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/usa/ubigi, listing dated 4 October 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 12 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.
