1 · The short answer
Every travel eSIM sells Madrid as part of its Spain plan. We priced the six that get most of the traffic on the same day, for a long weekend, a week and two weeks with day trips out of the city, and looked at what your phone has to do between Barajas, the Metro and the high-speed trains.
Unlimited data for 2 weeks at $14.99, less than any rival here charges for one week. 30 days at $26.99. Nothing renews.
3 days of unlimited at $11. Nomad matches it at $11. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan.
10 GB for 30 days at $12 and 25 GB at $19, on Orange Spain with 5G.
Days, not gigabytes, on Movistar, Orange, Vodafone and Yoigo. $23.90 for a week.
Prices read on 27 September 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, 27 September 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Nomad sells no 15-day unlimited.
The 30-day unlimited plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited.
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 Madrid, and what your phone does for you there
Six places for a first week in Madrid, from the Royal Palace to the Atletico stadium. All are on the Metro or a short walk from it, with good 4G and 5G.
5 · Getting online at Barajas
Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas, code MAD, has 4G and 5G in all its terminals. Switch your eSIM on when you land, before you reach the train or the taxi rank.
Metro line 8 runs from the airport to Nuevos Ministerios, where you change for lines 6, 10 and the Cercanias trains. Cercanias line C1 also stops at Terminal 4. The Exprés Aeropuerto bus runs to Atocha station day and night. The Metro charges a supplement from the airport stations, so check the ticket machine before you tap through.
6 · Signal on the Madrid Metro
The Madrid Metro has mobile coverage in the stations and on most lines, so your data keeps working on the train. The Metro de Madrid app and a maps app show lines, exits and live arrival times. A route app open on every trip is the main use of data in the city.
Madrid is compact in the centre. Sol, the Royal Palace, the Prado and the Retiro are all within a 30 minute walk of each other, and the Metro covers the rest.
7 · Day trips from Madrid by AVE
Toledo is about half an hour from Atocha by Avant high-speed train, and Segovia about the same from Chamartin. Seville and Barcelona are each a little over two and a half hours by AVE, so many visitors go for a day. Your Spain plan covers all of them with nothing to change.
Keep your train ticket on your phone. Stations have Wi-Fi, but it is slow when a platform is full, and a mobile connection gets you the platform number the minute it is posted.
8 · Cards, Bizum and your phone
Cards and phone payments are accepted almost everywhere in Madrid, from taxis to tapas bars. Bizum, the app Madrileños use to pay each other, needs a Spanish bank account, so visitors pay by card or Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Wi-Fi in cafes and hotels is common, but it is shared and often asks for a form. Mobile data is quicker for maps, translation and ride apps.
9 · Which plan fits a Madrid trip
A long weekend: Airalo and Nomad both sell 3 days of unlimited at $11. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan, so for two or three nights one of those is the better buy.
A week: unlimited costs $23.50 at Airalo, $23.90 at Holafly and $25 at Nomad. Ringo Light sells no 7-day plan, but its 2 weeks of unlimited data costs $14.99, less than any of those weeks. You simply have days left over.
Two weeks or a month: Ringo Light 2 weeks at $14.99 or 30 days at $26.99. Both cover all of Spain, Madrid included, so Toledo, Seville or Barcelona need no change of plan.
10 · 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 Spain, Madrid included, it sells two trips, both unlimited data: 2 weeks at $14.99 and 30 days at $26.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
If a fixed amount of data is enough, Ubigi sells 10 GB for 30 days at $12, a little under our 2 weeks. Ringo Light sells no buckets. The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
11 · Pick by trip
Airalo or Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $11. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan; its 2 weeks is $14.99 if the trip might run longer.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $14.99, less than a 7-day plan at Airalo ($23.50), Holafly ($23.90) or Nomad ($25).
Ringo Light 2 weeks at $14.99 covers all of Spain.
Ringo Light 2 weeks at $14.99, or 30 days at $26.99 for a longer loop.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $12.
12 · Frequently asked questions
13 · How we compared, and our sources
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Madrid on 27 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.
- Airalo: esimdb.com/spain/airalo, listing dated 23 September 2026; airalo.com served euro prices
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-spain/
- Saily: esimdb.com/spain/saily, listing dated 14 June 2026; saily.com refused the fetch
- Nomad: esimdb.com/spain/nomad, listing dated 20 September 2026; nomadesim.com served euro prices
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/spain/, and esimdb.com/spain/ubigi, 16 September 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 27 September 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.
