The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell a Nepal plan and get most of the traffic for this search. I priced all six on the same day, for a few days in Kathmandu, two weeks that add Pokhara and Chitwan, and a month with a trek, and I read the fine print on unlimited. Below is who wins each row, and I say so when it is not Ringo.
30 days at $93.99 or 2 weeks at $74.99, no daily cap, nothing renews. Airalo is $99 for 30 days and $79 for 15 days, so $5.01 and $4.01 more, and it gives 3 GB a day at full speed. Holafly is $288.90 and $126.90. For two weeks, Nomad is cheaper at $39 for 15 days.
3 days at $17 and a week at $35 on Ncell. You get 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. It also sells 15 days at $79 and 30 days at $99.
Unlimited at $11 for 3 days, $25 for a week and $39 for 15 days; its page states no daily allowance. 10 GB for 30 days at $24, level with Airalo, and 20 GB that lasts 45 days for $36, on Ncell.
The only brand here that names both of Nepal's networks. Days, not gigabytes: $65.50 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 11 November 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, 11 November 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, Nomad, Airalo and Holafly 15 days. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps; Nomad's page states no daily allowance. Saily and Ubigi sell no unlimited plan for Nepal.
The 30-day plan at each brand that sells one; Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Airalo slows to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ubigi's 10 GB is its Asia plan, which covers Nepal. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
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What to do in Nepal, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from the Kathmandu Valley to Pokhara, the Everest trail and Chitwan, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The valley and Pokhara have good 4G; on the trails, download before you go.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Most first trips to Nepal run two weeks or longer: Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan, and often a trek. Only four of the brands I priced sell unlimited data for Nepal at all. For about two weeks, Nomad asks $39 for 15 days, Ringo Light $74.99 for 2 weeks, Airalo $79 for 15 days and Holafly $126.90 for 15 days. Nomad is the cheapest by $35.99 under Ringo Light, and Ringo Light is $4.01 under Airalo. For a month, Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited: Ringo Light asks $93.99, Airalo $99 and Holafly $288.90, so Ringo Light is the cheapest, $5.01 under Airalo. I would buy it for a month, and for two weeks only if full speed matters more to you than the $35.99.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps, which is enough for maps, messages and photos but slow for video. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Nomad's page states no daily allowance for its unlimited plans, so I cannot tell you where it slows. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole trip. Most people in Nepal will not pass 3 GB a day, so I think Airalo is a fair choice too, a few dollars dearer.
For 3 days I would not look at Ringo Light, because it sells no 3-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $11, the cheapest I found, and Airalo asks $17. For a week, Ringo Light's 7 days at $19.99 is cheaper than Nomad's $25 and Airalo's $35.
Signal in Nepal, and on the trekking trails
Nepal has two mobile networks: Nepal Telecom, the state operator, and Ncell. Both cover Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan and the towns on the main highways with 4G. Airalo, Nomad and Ubigi ride Ncell. Holafly is the one brand here that names both networks. Saily does not name its network on its listing, which is why I cannot tell you which one it uses.
On the trekking routes, signal is patchy for every brand, Ringo Light included. No travel eSIM builds its own towers: they all ride the same two networks, and in the high valleys those networks come and go. Holafly's own page warns of weak or no coverage on parts of the Everest, Annapurna and Manaslu routes, and I read that as true of every plan in this table. Many teahouses on the main trails sell Wi-Fi. Download offline maps and your trek route before you leave Kathmandu or Pokhara. I would not pay for a month of unlimited on the assumption that you will use it at altitude.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad or Airalo
- Nomad, $24 for 10 GB. Level with Airalo for 10 GB, and the best big bucket I found: 20 GB that lasts 45 days for $36, on Ncell. It suits a long trek where you will be offline for days at a time.
- Airalo, $24 for 10 GB. Its Patancell plan on Ncell, 20 GB for 30 days at $36, with smaller buckets below 10 GB.
- Ubigi, $42 for 10 GB. That is its Asia plan, which covers Nepal; its Nepal plan stops at 3 GB. The Asia plan also sells 20 GB a month for $29, renewing until you cancel, and that renewal is why I would watch it.
- Saily, 1 GB only. Its listing, dated 6 October 2026, shows one Nepal plan, 1 GB for 7 days at $9.99. saily.com would not load when I tried, so I could not read more.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $74.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $93.99. For a fixed amount of data, Nomad, Airalo and Ubigi are all far cheaper in Nepal. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited with no speed cap, not for a bucket. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM Ringo sells to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Nepal it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 7 days at $19.99, 2 weeks at $74.99 and 30 days at $93.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
Nepal is in neither the Ringo Asia plan nor the Global plan, so this trip is the only Ringo Light plan that works here. Ringo Light is $5.01 cheaper than Airalo for a month and $4.01 cheaper for two weeks, and far cheaper than Holafly on both lengths. For two weeks Nomad is cheaper still, at $39 for 15 days. Ringo Light is the only unlimited here that states full speed for the whole trip, which is why I rank it first for a month and for two weeks if you want no cap.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $11, or Airalo at $17. Ringo Light sells no 3 days, so I would skip it for this trip.
Nomad unlimited, 15 days, $39, the cheapest. Ringo Light 2 weeks at $74.99 if you want full speed with no cap, $4.01 under Airalo's 15 days at $79.
Nomad 20 GB for 45 days at $36, or Airalo or Nomad 10 GB for $24. I count on being offline for much of the trail on any plan.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $93.99, with no speed cap. I would buy it over Airalo at $99 and Holafly at $288.90.
None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have, and that is the only route I know for it.
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 Nepal on 11 November 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/nepal-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, read live 11 November 2026; buckets and the 3 GB a day cap from esimdb.com/nepal/airalo, page dated 28 October 2026, not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-nepal/, read live 29 October 2026; dollar prices from the page data, the page shows euros; networks and the trekking coverage warning from the same page; on 11 November 2026 the page showed euros only, figures kept as dated here
- Saily: esimdb.com/nepal/saily, listing dated 6 October 2026, one 1 GB plan; saily.com refused the fetch; not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/nepal-esim, dollar prices on nomadesim.com/nepal-esim, read 11 November 2026, which now lists unlimited plans for Nepal; network Ncell from the same page
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/nepal/ubigi, listing page dated 28 October 2026; cellulardata.ubigi.com/nepal shows only the 1 GB Nepal plan at $18, on Ncell, read 11 November 2026; the Asia and World plans are not on that page and esimdb was not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 11 November 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.
