The best eSIM for Nicaragua in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Nicaragua, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $40.99, and which to buy.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell a Nicaragua plan and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a few days in Granada, two weeks from León to Ometepe and San Juan del Sur, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins, including where we lose.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $40.99, one payment, nothing renews. Ubigi asks $66 for 15 days with 30 GB at full speed, Airalo $68. For a month our $78.99 is well under Airalo, Ubigi and Holafly, but Saily's Global plan is $19 cheaper.
Saily: Cheapest month, on its Global plan. 30 GB at full speed for 30 days at $59.99, then 1 Mbps. It is Saily's Global plan: Saily lists no Nicaragua unlimited of its own.
Ubigi: Cheapest 10 GB and a full-speed week. 10 GB for 30 days at $24, and 20 GB at full speed for 7 days at $36, then 2 Mbps. On Tigo.
Nomad: Cheapest 20 GB. 20 GB for 30 days at $29 and 10 GB at $25, on Claro. Buckets only: Nomad sells no unlimited for Nicaragua.
Model: Airalo Buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets up to 10 GB for Nicaragua; unlimited only on its Global plan; Nomad Buckets only; Ubigi Buckets, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $19.50; Holafly $19.90; Saily No 3-day plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $36.50; Holafly $36.50; Saily No Nicaragua unlimited; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $36; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $40.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days $68; Holafly 15 days $68.90; Saily No Nicaragua unlimited; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $66; Ringo Light $40.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo Latin America plan only, $97; Holafly $111.90; Saily Global plan only: 30 GB, then 1 Mbps, $59.99; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi Latin America plan only: 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $99; Ringo Light $78.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $34; Holafly No buckets; Saily $32.99; Nomad $25; Ubigi $24; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $40.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo Latin America plan only, $49; Holafly No buckets; Saily Not listed on the day; Nomad $29; Ubigi 25 GB $44; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $78.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Holafly No daily cap stated; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily Global plan: 30 GB, then 1 Mbps; 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.
Networks: Airalo Claro and one other; Holafly Tigo; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad Claro; Ubigi Tigo; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi No; 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.
Nicaragua is a loop for most people: Granada and the Masaya volcano, León and Cerro Negro, the ferry to Ometepe, then the Pacific beaches around San Juan del Sur. For about two weeks of unlimited, Airalo asks $68, Holafly $68.90 and Ubigi $66 for 30 GB at full speed. Nomad sells no unlimited for Nicaragua and Saily lists none. Ringo Light charges $40.99 for 2 weeks, one payment, nothing renews, the lowest price here for two weeks by $25.
For a month we do not win outright. Saily's Global plan gives 30 GB at full speed for 30 days at $59.99, then 1 Mbps. Our 30 days costs $78.99, $19 more, and well under Airalo's Latin America plan at $97, Ubigi's at $99 and Holafly at $111.90. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi and Saily's Global plan give a fixed amount, then slow you. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. 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 $40.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $81.98, more than any rival's 15 days; a heavy month costs $119.98, more than every rival's month. If you stream every day, Ubigi's 30 GB for 15 days at $66 is the better buy.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $19.50, and Ubigi a week with 20 GB at full speed for $36.
Nicaragua has two mobile networks: Claro and Tigo. Both cover Managua, Granada, León, Masaya and the Pacific coast around San Juan del Sur. Airalo and Nomad ride Claro; Holafly and Ubigi ride Tigo. Airalo names a second network as well, which gives you something to fall back on.
Signal thins out where many trips go: the trails on Ometepe's volcanoes, the far beaches north and south of San Juan del Sur, and the Corn Islands off the Caribbean coast. Download offline maps, your ferry and shuttle bookings and your hotel address before you leave town, whichever eSIM you buy.
Ubigi, $24 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB, and 25 GB for 30 days at $44. On Tigo, installed by QR code.
Nomad, $25 for 10 GB. The cheapest 20 GB at $29, and 50 GB at $69, on Claro. Nomad sells buckets only for Nicaragua, no unlimited.
Saily, $32.99 for 10 GB. Its Nicaragua plans stop at 10 GB; more is its Global plan. Its listing is from June; saily.com would not load for us.
Airalo, $34 for 10 GB. Its Nicarcell plan; 20 GB for 30 days is only on its Latamlink Latin America plan, at $49.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $40.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $78.99. For a fixed amount of data over a month, Ubigi, Nomad, Saily and Airalo are all cheaper in Nicaragua. Buy Ringo Light for two weeks of unlimited, not for a bucket.
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 Nicaragua it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $40.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $78.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $40.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In Nicaragua it is the cheapest two weeks of unlimited in this table. It is not the cheapest month: Saily's Global plan at $59.99 costs $19 less, with 30 GB at full speed. The card to buy it is just below this article.
One more thing we would rather tell you here than let you find at checkout: our own Latin America trip covers Nicaragua as well, and on the same day it cost $29.99 for 2 weeks and $59.99 for 30 days, against $40.99 and $78.99 for the Nicaragua trip. It is the same unlimited data with no speed cap, on one eSIM that also works in Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico and the rest of the region, and its 30 days matches Saily's Global plan at $59.99. It is cheaper than our Nicaragua trip on both lengths, so it is the Ringo Light to buy today, even if you only visit Nicaragua. The Latin America page at /blog/best-esim-for-latin-america compares it with the same brands.
A long weekend in Granada. Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $19.50. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
A week, light to normal use. Ubigi, 20 GB at full speed for 7 days, $36, then 2 Mbps.
Two weeks from León to Ometepe and San Juan del Sur. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $40.99, under Ubigi at $66 and Airalo at $68 for 15 days. Ubigi's 30 GB if you will stream every evening.
A month, heavy use. Saily's Global plan, 30 GB for $59.99, or Ubigi's Latin America plan, 60 GB for $99. Ringo Light's 30 days at $78.99 starts with 20 GB.
A month, light use. Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $24, or Nomad 20 GB at $29.
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 Nicaragua, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from the colonial towns of Granada and León to the volcanoes, Lake Nicaragua, the Pacific surf and the Caribbean islands, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The towns have good 4G; the trails and the islands often do not.
Granada Cathedral, Granada. The yellow cathedral on the Parque Central, in the colonial town on the shore of Lake Nicaragua. Walk the square in the late afternoon, then down Calle La Calzada to the lake. Shuttles between Granada, León and San Juan del Sur are booked by WhatsApp. Keep the confirmation on your phone.
Masaya Volcano, Between Managua and Granada. A national park where a road climbs almost to the rim of the Santiago crater, one of the most active in the country. Evening visits show the glow of the lava lake when it is visible. Evening entry is limited and short. Check the park's current hours online the same day before you drive out.
Laguna de Apoyo, Near Granada. A warm, clear lake filling an old volcanic crater, with a few small lodges on its shore. Come for a day of swimming and kayaking. The road down into the crater loses signal on the way. Save the lodge's pin offline before you leave Granada.
León Cathedral, León. The largest cathedral in Central America and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its white roof is open to visitors, with a view over the city to the volcanoes. Camera translation reads the Spanish on signs and menus in the markets around the square.
Cerro Negro, Near León. One of the youngest volcanoes in Central America, first erupting in 1850. Tours from León hike up the black gravel slope and ride down it on a board. There is little shade and patchy signal on the slope. Save your tour pickup time and meeting point before you go.
Ometepe, Lake Nicaragua. An island made of two volcanoes, Concepción and Maderas, reached by ferry from San Jorge near Rivas. Most people rent a scooter and stay two or three nights. Look up the ferry times the day before and keep them offline. Signal on the island is patchy away from the villages.
San Juan del Sur, Pacific coast, Rivas. A fishing town on a curved bay, the base for the surf beaches north and south of it. Sunset from the beach is the daily ritual. A tide and surf app tells you which beach is working today, and the beach shuttles leave from town.
Little Corn Island, Caribbean Sea. A small island with no cars, white sand and reef, reached by a flight from Managua to Big Corn and then a boat. Calmer seas make the crossing easier in the dry months. Carry cash in córdobas or US dollars from the mainland or Big Corn; card payments and signal are both limited here.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Nicaragua 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/nicaragua-esim?currency=USD (unlimited up to 15 days in dollars on the site; buckets and the 30-day Latamlink plan from esimdb.com/nicaragua/airalo, 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-nicaragua/.
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/nicaragua/saily (listing dated 24 June 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/nicaragua/nomad (listing dated 21 September 2026; network from nomadesim.com/nicaragua-esim, which served euro prices).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/nicaragua/ubigi (listing dated 24 September 2026; network from cellulardata.ubigi.com).
For two weeks of unlimited data, Ringo Light at $40.99 on 28 September 2026, against $66 at Ubigi and $68 at Airalo for 15 days. For a month, Saily's Global plan at $59.99 with 30 GB at full speed; our 30 days is $78.99. For 3 days, Airalo at $19.50. For 10 GB, Ubigi at $24; for 20 GB, Nomad at $29.
Airalo and Nomad ride Claro, and Holafly and Ubigi ride Tigo. Saily does not name its network on its listing. Both networks cover Managua, Granada, León and the Pacific coast.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Ubigi and Saily's Global plan after a fixed amount. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone. Nomad sells no unlimited for Nicaragua. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
In the villages, usually; on the volcano trails and the far beaches, only in patches, and no eSIM changes that. Download offline maps, ferry times and bookings before you go, and carry cash, since card machines are fewer on the islands.
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