The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell a Portugal plan and get most of the traffic for this search. I read all six price pages on the same day, for a week in Lisbon and Porto, two weeks down to the Algarve, and a month of remote work, and went through the fine print on unlimited. Here is the row I would pay for in each case.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $16.99 or 30 days at $26.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $48 for 15 days and $69 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $11 and 20 GB at $19 on its Fofo Mobil plan, which rides NOS.
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.
Days, not gigabytes, no daily cap stated for your own phone, on MEO, NOS and Vodafone. $27.50 for a week.
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. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 15-day unlimited.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps.
Holafly sells no buckets. 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 Portugal, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from Lisbon and Porto down to the Algarve and out to Madeira, with the one thing your data does for you at each. MEO, NOS and Vodafone cover all of them, the islands included.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Portugal is where people come for a week and stay for a month, especially in Lisbon. I looked at 15 days first: 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 $16.99 for 2 weeks and $26.99 for 30 days, nothing renews.
What unlimited means is the first thing I check, and it differs a lot here. 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 is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 2 weeks or 30 days.
For a short trip I would skip the rivals: Ringo Light sells 3 days of unlimited data at $8.99, with no 7-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $11, and Ubigi a week with 20 GB at full speed for $19.
If you want a data bucket: Airalo or Ubigi
- 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 that does not renew. 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, read on saily.com today.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. The 2 weeks is unlimited for $16.99 and the 30 days unlimited for $26.99. For 10 GB that lasts a month, Airalo or Ubigi at $11 is the better buy, and Airalo sells 20 GB for $19. Say so plainly: that is the rival win in this table.
What Ringo Light is
A note on who I write for: Ringo Light is Ringo's data eSIM, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Portugal it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $16.99 and 30 days at $26.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light unlimited, 3 days, $8.99, against $11 at Nomad; its 2 weeks is $16.99 if the trip might run longer.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $16.99, less than any rival charges for one week.
Airalo or Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $11.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $26.99.
None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
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How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Portugal 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/portugal-esim?currency=USD, unlimited and buckets in dollars on the site, 22 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 where the page showed dollars, unchanged; the rest is kept as dated here
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-portugal/, dollar price table on its own page, 22 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Saily: saily.com/esim-portugal/, unlimited and buckets in dollars on its own page, 22 October 2026; not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/portugal-esim/, dollar prices and networks on its own page, 22 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/data-plans-and-coverage/ubigi-esim-data-plans/?destination=prt, dollar prices on its plan pages, 22 October 2026; 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.
