The short answer
This trip runs from Oaxaca or the Yucatan over the border at Chetumal or Tapachula and into Antigua, Lake Atitlan and Tikal. I priced the Latin America regional plans of six brands on the same day and checked which ones leave Guatemala out. For two weeks or a month across the two I would buy Ringo Light. For three days or a bucket, a rival is cheaper.
One eSIM for Mexico and Guatemala, unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $47.99 or 30 days at $65.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $60 for 15 days and $97 for the month.
For a few days in Mexico City or Antigua: 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.
Days, not gigabytes, from Cancun down to Flores. $40.90 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
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, neither of which is on this route.
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
US dollars, 25 October 2026. Ringo Light sells 14 days, Airalo and Holafly 15. Ubigi sells unlimited for 7 or 30 days only. Nomad and Saily sell no unlimited plan for the region.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps.
Holafly sells no buckets and Saily's regional plan stops at 10 GB, $44.99. Ubigi also sells 20 GB a month for $26 on a plan that renews, with a 3-month minimum. Ringo Light sells no bucket: its 30 days is unlimited.
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What to do in Mexico and Guatemala, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places that first trips to Mexico and Guatemala often include, from Mexico City and Oaxaca to Lake Atitlan and Tikal, with the one thing your phone does for you at each. The cities have good signal. The jungle and the volcano trails do not always, so I would save tickets and maps offline.
One plan for both countries: Ringo Light
I would buy one regional eSIM for this trip, not two country ones. The overland crossing is slow and the buses are long, and my phone should work from the first village after the border without my touching it. Ringo Light's Latin America eSIM costs $47.99 for 2 weeks and $65.99 for 30 days, unlimited data at full speed, nothing renews. Airalo asks $60 for 15 days and $97 for the month. Holafly asks $62.90 and $99.90.
I added up Ringo Light's country plans from their own pages. Mexico's 2 weeks is $42.99 and Guatemala's $42.99, $85.98 together, against $47.99 for the Latin America trip that covers both. For a month, Mexico is $57.99 and Guatemala $56.99, $114.98 together, against $65.99.
The exception favours the country plans. A whole month in one of the two, Mexico at $57.99 or Guatemala at $56.99, costs less than the regional $65.99. I would take that route only if you will not cross.
Which plans cover both countries
Ringo Light covers Mexico and Guatemala on its 18-country eSIM, with Honduras, El Salvador and the rest of the list in the Latin America post, though not Belize. Airalo's Latamlink and Nomad cover 17 countries and Nomad includes Guatemala. Holafly covers 18. I could not confirm Guatemala on every other list on the day.
Saily is the one to watch. Its plan covers 12 countries and skips Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, so it is out for this route. Ubigi leaves out Peru and Costa Rica, which does not matter here. Coverage is good in the cities and along the highways. It thins out in the Petén jungle, around Semuc Champey and on the volcano trails, whichever eSIM you carry, so I would keep maps offline.
If you want a data bucket: Airalo or Nomad
- Airalo, $36 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB on the list, 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 three months or more, its monthly plan gives 20 GB for $26 a month, renewing, with a 3-month minimum.
- Nomad, $39 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $65, on Claro, Tigo, Telcel and other local networks, and Guatemala is on its list.
- Saily, up to 10 GB. 10 GB for 30 days at $44.99, with 5 GB at $31.99 and 3 GB at $20.99. It skips Guatemala, and there is no 20 GB or unlimited plan for the region.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. For 10 GB, Airalo at $36, Nomad at $39 and Ubigi at $39 all cost less than Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $47.99. For 20 GB across a month, Airalo at $49 is under its $65.99. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket. I would rather say that here than have you find out at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM Ringo sells to fund the full Ringo, a plan with your own number ported onto it. I write for Ringo, so weigh that. For Mexico and Guatemala it sells two trips on one eSIM across 18 countries, both unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $47.99 and 30 days at $65.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM comes by email and installs with one scan, no app.
The card to buy it is higher up the page, after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Airalo Latamlink unlimited, 3 days, $19.50, with 3 GB a day at full speed. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Airalo, 7 days of unlimited at $39, or Holafly at $40.90. Both are under Ringo Light's 2 weeks.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $47.99, against $60 for 15 days at Airalo.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $65.99, against $97 at Airalo.
Airalo 5 GB for 30 days at $22, or 20 GB at $49.
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 Mexico and Guatemala 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/latin-america-esim?currency=USD, Latamlink unlimited in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; buckets from esimdb.com/region/latin-america/airalo, listing dated 6 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-latin-america/, prices in dollars and the 18 countries on its own page, 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-latin-america/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026; no unlimited plan for the region
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/latin-america-esim, prices in dollars, plans, countries and networks on its own page, 25 October 2026
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/data-plans-and-coverage/ubigi-esim-data-plans/, Best LATAM prices and countries on its own site, 25 October 2026; full-speed amounts from esimdb.com/region/latin-america/ubigi, listing dated 6 October 2026
- 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.
