The best eSIM for Nigeria in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Nigeria, priced the same day: two weeks unlimited for $63.99, and who wins the month.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell a Nigeria plan and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a few days in Lagos, two weeks between Lagos and Abuja, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Nigeria is not a cheap country for data, and only two of the six sell a Nigeria unlimited plan. Here is where each one wins.
Ringo Light: Cheapest Nigeria unlimited for two weeks, by a cent. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $63.99, one payment, nothing renews. Airalo asks $64 for 15 days and Holafly $64.90. For a month we are the dearest: Airalo's 30 days is $99, $25.99 less than our $124.99.
Airalo: Cheapest unlimited month and cheapest 3 days. 30 days of unlimited at $99 and 3 days at $24, with 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps, on Airtel, MTN and Glo.
Ubigi: Cheapest data buckets. 10 GB for 30 days at $27 and 25 GB at $48, on MTN, Nigeria's largest network.
Saily: Cheapest month if 30 GB is enough. Its Global plan covers Nigeria: 30 GB at full speed for 30 days at $59.99, then 1 Mbps. The listing is from June, so check the price at checkout.
Model: Airalo Buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets for Nigeria; unlimited only on its Global plan; Nomad Buckets only; Ubigi Buckets for Nigeria; regional and global plans with a fixed amount, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $24; Holafly $24.50; Saily No 3-day unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $40.50; Holafly $40.90; Saily No 7-day unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No Nigeria unlimited; Best Africa 7 days, 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $49 (regional plan); Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $63.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days $64; Holafly 15 days $64.90; Saily No two-week unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No Nigeria unlimited; Best World 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $77 (global plan); Ringo Light $63.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $99; Holafly $113.90; Saily No Nigeria unlimited; Global plan, 30 GB, then 1 Mbps, $59.99; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No Nigeria unlimited; Best World, 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $108 (global plan); Ringo Light $124.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $49; Holafly No buckets; Saily $48.99; Nomad $35; Ubigi $27; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $63.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo Not listed on the day; Holafly No buckets; Saily Not listed on the day; Nomad 20 GB for 45 days $57; Ubigi 25 GB $48; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $124.99.
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 sold; 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 Airtel, MTN, Glo; Holafly Airtel, MTN; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad Airtel; Ubigi MTN; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi Monthly plans do; Ringo Light No, one payment; the trip ends when it ends.
App needed: Airalo Yes; Holafly Optional, QR code; Saily Yes; Nomad Optional; Ubigi Optional; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
Most Nigeria trips run one to two weeks, often split between Lagos and Abuja, with a family visit or a few days of work in between. Only Airalo and Holafly sell a Nigeria unlimited plan. For 15 days, Airalo asks $64 and Holafly $64.90. Ringo Light charges $63.99 for 2 weeks, one payment, nothing renews. That is one cent less than Airalo, not a big saving, and we would rather say so plainly.
For a month the order turns against us. Airalo sells 30 days of unlimited at $99, Holafly at $113.90, and our 30 days costs $124.99, the most of the three. Saily's Global plan, which covers Nigeria, sells 30 GB at full speed for 30 days at $59.99, then 1 Mbps; its listing is from June, so check the price at checkout. Ubigi's Best World month is 60 GB at full speed for $108, then 2 Mbps. If you are staying a month, buy Airalo, or Saily if 30 GB will do.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. 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 $63.99 top-up.
That top-up is expensive in Nigeria, and the arithmetic should be plain. A heavy two weeks with us costs $127.98, twice Airalo's 15 days at $64, which gives up to 3 GB a day at full speed. A heavy month costs $188.98, against $99 at Airalo. If you will stream every night, Airalo is the better buy for two weeks and for a month. If you will use under 10 GB in two weeks, Ringo Light costs least for unlimited, by a cent.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $24 and a week at $40.50, both less than our 2 weeks.
Nigeria has three big mobile networks, MTN, Airtel and Glo, and a much smaller fourth. MTN is the largest and reaches furthest; Airtel is second and strong in the cities; Glo covers the cities and main roads. Airalo can use Airtel, MTN and Glo, Holafly Airtel and MTN, Nomad Airtel, and Ubigi MTN. Saily does not name its network. In Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan and Calabar, any of them works. On the long roads between cities and in the parks, signal thins out on every network, so download maps before you leave town.
Every Nigerian SIM has to be registered to its owner with an identity document before it works, and the rules have been tightened more than once. A visitor registers with a passport at an MTN or Airtel shop, which can take time. A travel eSIM installs at home before you fly, needs no shop, and connects when you land at Murtala Muhammed in Lagos or Nnamdi Azikiwe in Abuja.
Nigeria pays in naira, and much of daily life runs on bank transfers made in a banking app, which a visitor without a Nigerian account cannot use. Cards work in hotels, malls and larger restaurants in Lagos and Abuja; carry some naira for the rest. Uber and Bolt both run in Lagos and Abuja and are the easy way to get around, and both need data.
Ubigi, $27 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB, for 30 days on MTN, and 25 GB for 30 days at $48. It also sells 10 GB for a week at $24.
Nomad, $35 for 10 GB. For 30 days on Airtel, and 20 GB for 45 days at $57.
Saily, $48.99 for 10 GB. For 30 days. Its listing is from June; saily.com would not load for us, so check the price at checkout.
Airalo, $49 for 10 GB. For 30 days on its Nigercell line. airalo.com showed us only the unlimited days; the buckets come from esimdb, updated the same day.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $63.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $124.99. For a fixed amount of data, Ubigi, Nomad, Saily and Airalo are all cheaper in Nigeria, Ubigi by $36.99 on 10 GB. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
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 Nigeria it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $63.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $124.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $63.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
For a month in Nigeria our 30 days is not the cheapest: Airalo sells 30 days of unlimited for $99, $25.99 less, and Saily's Global 30 GB month is $59.99. For two weeks of unlimited, ours is the cheapest by one cent over Airalo.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A few days in Lagos. Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $24. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Two weeks, Lagos and Abuja. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $63.99, one cent under Airalo's 15 days at $64. Airalo if you will stream every evening: 3 GB a day at full speed.
Two weeks, light use, budget first. Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $27 on MTN.
A month in Lagos, working remotely. Airalo unlimited, 30 days, $99, or Saily's Global plan at $59.99 if 30 GB is enough. Both cost less than our 30 days at $124.99.
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 Nigeria, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from Lagos and Abuja to the hills of Cross River, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Lagos, Abuja and Calabar have good 4G; the roads and parks between them often do not. Some regions carry travel warnings, so check your government's travel advice before you book.
Lagos Island and the Marina, Lagos. The old heart of Lagos, with the office towers of the Marina and Broad Street, the Anglican cathedral and Balogun market a few streets away. Go on a Sunday morning, when the traffic is lightest. Lagos traffic decides your day. Check live traffic in maps before you book an Uber or Bolt across the bridges.
Lekki Conservation Centre, Lekki, Lagos. A patch of forest and wetland on the Lekki Peninsula, run by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, with one of the longest canopy walkways in Africa. Go early, before the heat. Book your ride back from inside the gate; taxis do not wait on the Lekki road.
The National Mosque, Abuja. A golden dome and four minarets in the centre of the capital, opened in 1984. Visitors can see it from the outside at any time; ask at the gate outside prayer times and dress modestly. Abuja is spread out and built for cars. Bolt and Uber are the easy way between districts.
Zuma Rock, Niger State, near Abuja. A granite monolith that rises about 300 metres above the road from Abuja to Kaduna, the rock on the 100 naira note. It looks its best in the late afternoon light. Save the route offline; you see it best from the roadside near Madalla, and signal varies along the highway.
Olumo Rock, Abeokuta, Ogun State. A rock outcrop that sheltered the Egba people in the wars of the nineteenth century, now climbed by steps or a lift for a view over Abeokuta. About two hours by road from Lagos, traffic allowing. Share your live location with someone when you set off from Lagos; the drive time changes a lot with traffic.
Yankari and the Wikki Warm Spring, Bauchi State. Nigeria's best known game reserve, with elephants, baboons and antelope, and a clear warm spring you can swim in near the camp. Game viewing is best in the dry season, roughly November to April. Signal is thin inside the reserve. Download the maps offline and send your plans before you drive in.
Obudu Mountain Resort, Obudu Plateau, Cross River State. Green hills on a high plateau near the Cameroon border, cooler than the rest of the country, with a cable car, walking trails and a canopy walk. The road up climbs through a long run of bends. Coverage is weak on the plateau. Download maps and anything you want to watch before you start the climb.
The Old Residency, Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State. A colonial government house built in the 1880s from parts shipped from Britain, now the National Museum of Calabar, above the Calabar River. The Calabar Carnival fills the city every December. Cards are not taken everywhere in Calabar. Carry naira and use maps to find the museum on its hill above the river.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Nigeria 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/nigeria-esim?currency=USD (unlimited days in dollars on the site, 28 September 2026; buckets and the 3 GB daily cap from esimdb.com/nigeria/airalo, updated 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-nigeria/ (read on the site in dollars, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/nigeria/saily (listing dated 23 June 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/nigeria/nomad (listing dated 17 September 2026; network from nomadesim.com/nigeria-esim).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/nigeria/ubigi (listing dated 17 September 2026; network from cellulardata.ubigi.com/nigeria).
For two weeks of unlimited data, Ringo Light at $63.99 on 28 September 2026, one cent under Airalo's 15 days at $64. For a month, Airalo at $99, or Saily's Global plan at $59.99 for 30 GB. For 3 days, Airalo at $24. For a 10 GB bucket, Ubigi at $27.
Airalo can use Airtel, MTN and Glo, Holafly Airtel and MTN, Nomad Airtel, and Ubigi MTN, Nigeria's largest network. Saily does not name its network. All cover Lagos, Abuja and the big cities; signal thins out on the long roads and in the parks on every network.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Saily's and Ubigi's global plans give a fixed amount at full speed, then slow you down. Nomad sells no unlimited for Nigeria. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
A local Nigerian SIM, yes: it has to be registered with an identity document, which for a visitor means a passport at an operator's shop. A travel eSIM is installed before you fly and works the moment you land, with no shop. It carries data only, so it gives you no Nigerian number.
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