The best eSIM for Portugal in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Portugal, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $12.99, a month for $21.99, which to buy.
Prices read on 27 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell a Portugal plan and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a week in Lisbon and Porto, two weeks down to the Algarve, and a month of remote work, and read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $12.99 or 30 days at $21.99, one payment each, nothing renews. Airalo asks $48 for 15 days and $69 for the month.
Airalo: Cheapest buckets. 10 GB for 30 days at $11 and 20 GB at $19 on its Fofo Mobil plan, which rides NOS.
Ubigi: Big full-speed allowance for a week. 20 GB at full speed for 7 days at $19, then 2 Mbps, and 10 GB for 30 days at $11. On MEO with 5G.
Holafly: Simplest unlimited, three networks. Days, not gigabytes, no daily cap stated for your own phone, on MEO, NOS and Vodafone. $27.50 for a week.
Model: Airalo Buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets or unlimited days; Nomad Buckets or unlimited days; Ubigi Buckets, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $11.50; Holafly $11.90; Saily No 3-day plan; Nomad $11; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $27; Holafly $27.50; Saily No 7-day plan; Nomad $25; Ubigi 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $19; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $12.99.
Unlimited, 15 days: Airalo $48; Holafly $50.50; Saily $48.99; Nomad No 15-day plan; 10 days $33; Ubigi 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $34; Ringo Light 2 weeks $12.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $69; Holafly $73.90; Saily $71.99; Nomad No 30-day unlimited; Ubigi 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $48; Ringo Light $21.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $11; Holafly No buckets; Saily $16.99; Nomad $16; Ubigi $11; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $12.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $19; Holafly No buckets; Saily $27.99; Nomad $20; Ubigi $14 a month, renews; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $21.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo A daily allowance, then 1 Mbps; Holafly No daily cap stated; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily 5 GB a day, then slowed; Nomad 2 GB a day, then slower; 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 NOS and two others; Holafly MEO, NOS, Vodafone; Saily MEO, Vodafone, NOS; Nomad Vodafone, MEO; Ubigi MEO; 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 For the data balance; Saily Yes; Nomad Yes; Ubigi No, QR install; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
Portugal is where people come for a week and stay for a month, especially in Lisbon. For 15 days, Airalo asks $48, Saily $48.99 and Holafly $50.50. For a month, $69, $71.99 and $73.90. Ubigi is cheaper at $34 and $48 for a fixed amount at full speed. Ringo Light charges $12.99 for 2 weeks and $21.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives a daily allowance at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Saily gives 5 GB a day, Nomad 2 GB. Ubigi gives 30 GB for 15 days or 60 GB for the month, then 2 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 $12.99 top-up. A heavy month with us costs $34.98, still under every rival for the month.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $11, and Ubigi a week with 20 GB at full speed for $19.
Airalo, $11 for 10 GB. Its Fofo Mobil plan: 10 GB for 30 days at $11 and 20 GB at $19, the cheapest 20 GB here. The app is needed.
Ubigi, $11 for 10 GB. The same price on MEO with 5G, installed by QR code, no app needed.
Nomad, $16 for 10 GB. 20 GB for $20 on Vodafone and MEO.
Saily, $16.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $27.99. Its listing is from June; saily.com would not load for us.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $12.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $21.99. For 10 GB that lasts a month, Airalo or Ubigi at $11 is the better buy, and Airalo sells 20 GB for $19. 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 Portugal it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $12.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $21.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $12.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
A plan over $10 makes you a Ringo Pioneer with €5 off the full Ringo at launch. The card to buy it is just below this article.
A long weekend in Lisbon or Porto. Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $11. Ringo Light sells no 3 days; its 2 weeks is $12.99 if the trip might run longer.
A week or two down to the Algarve. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $12.99, less than any rival charges for one week.
Two weeks, light use, budget first. Airalo or Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $11.
A month of remote work in Lisbon. Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $21.99, starting with 20 GB and adding 10 GB once for $12.99. Ubigi at $48 for 60 GB at full speed if you move big files every day.
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.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Portugal 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.
Source for Airalo: https://www.airalo.com/portugal-esim?currency=USD (unlimited in dollars on the site; buckets from esimdb.com/portugal/airalo, 23 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-portugal/.
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/portugal/saily (listing dated 14 June 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/portugal/nomad (listing dated 20 September 2026; nomadesim.com served euro prices).
Source for Ubigi: https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/portugal/ (and esimdb.com/portugal/ubigi, 16 September 2026).
For two weeks or a month of unlimited data, Ringo Light: $12.99 for 2 weeks and $21.99 for 30 days on 27 September 2026, against $48 for 15 days and $69 for 30 days at Airalo. For 3 days, Nomad at $11. For 10 GB over 30 days, Airalo and Ubigi at $11; for 20 GB, Airalo at $19.
Holafly lists MEO, NOS and Vodafone. Airalo rides NOS, Nomad Vodafone and MEO, and Ubigi MEO. All three networks cover Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve well.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after its daily allowance, Saily after 5 GB a day, Nomad after 2 GB, Ubigi after its fixed full-speed amount. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
If your home plan is from an EU country, roaming in Portugal is usually included at home prices, within a fair use limit. Travellers from the US, the UK, Canada or Brazil usually pay a daily roaming fee, and that is where a travel eSIM saves money.
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