The best eSIM for Réunion in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Réunion, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $18.99, a month for $28.99.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell data for Réunion and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a long weekend in Saint-Denis, a week on the west coast, two weeks of hiking round the cirques and the volcano, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Réunion is part of France and the EU, so an EU phone plan may already cover you. 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 $18.99 or 30 days at $28.99, one payment each, nothing renews. Airalo asks $49 for 15 days and $73.50 for the month.
Airalo: Cheapest 3 days. 3 days of unlimited at $11.50 on Orange, 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Holafly is 40 cents more.
Ubigi: Cheapest 10 GB, and two networks. 10 GB for 30 days at $12 on Orange and SRR, the only brand here that names two Réunion networks.
Nomad: Cheapest 5 GB. 5 GB for 30 days at $12 on Orange, and 10 GB for 30 days at $21.
Model: Airalo Buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets; unlimited only on its Global plan; Nomad Buckets only; Ubigi Réunion buckets; larger plans are Best World plans; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $11.50; Holafly $11.90; Saily No unlimited for Réunion; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $27.50; Holafly $27.50; Saily No unlimited for Réunion; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi Best World plan, 8 days, 25 GB, then 2 Mbps, $49; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $18.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days $49; Holafly 15 days $50.50; Saily No 2-week plan; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi Best World plan, 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $77; Ringo Light $18.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $73.50; Holafly $73.90; Saily Global plan, 30 GB, then 1 Mbps, $59.99; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi Best World plan, 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $108; Ringo Light $28.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $22.50; Holafly No buckets; Saily $21.99; Nomad $21; Ubigi $12; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $18.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $34; Holafly No buckets; Saily $33.99; Nomad $31; Ubigi Not listed on the day; World 20 GB $44 a month, renews; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $28.99.
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; 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 Orange; Holafly Orange La Réunion; Saily Not named on its listing; Nomad Orange; Ubigi Orange, SRR; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi World monthly plans do; Ringo Light No, one payment; the trip ends when it ends.
App needed: Airalo Yes; Holafly No, QR code; Saily Yes; Nomad Optional; Ubigi No, QR install; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
Réunion is a long flight from almost anywhere, so most people stay two weeks or more: a few days on the west coast beaches, a night or two in each cirque, and a dawn start for the volcano. For 15 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $49 and Holafly $50.50. Ubigi's Best World plan, which covers Réunion, asks $77 for 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Saily and Nomad sell no two weeks of unlimited. Ringo Light charges $18.99 for 2 weeks, one payment, nothing renews.
For a month the gap is wider. Saily's Global plan costs $59.99 for 30 GB at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Airalo asks $73.50, Holafly $73.90 and Ubigi's Best World month $108 for 60 GB. Ringo Light charges $28.99 for 30 days.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi and Saily give a fixed amount, then slow you down. 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 $18.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $37.98, still under every rival's two weeks. A heavy month costs $47.98, still under every rival's month.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $11.50 and Holafly at $11.90. For a week, our 2 weeks at $18.99 costs less than any rival's 7 days: Airalo and Holafly both ask $27.50.
Réunion is about 60 km long, and the coast road that rings it is well covered. Saint-Denis, the airport, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Pierre and the towns in between have good 4G. Orange is the network most travel eSIMs ride here: Airalo, Holafly and Nomad all name it. Ubigi names Orange and SRR, the island's SFR network. Saily does not name its network.
The interior is another story. Holafly's own page names parts of the Cirque de Mafate, Piton de la Fournaise, Piton des Neiges and the inland trails as places where coverage may be weaker or less stable. No travel eSIM changes that, because the mountains block the signal for every network. Download offline maps and your trail before you leave the coast, and tell someone your route.
Mauritius is about 175 km to the east, and many trips combine the two. A Réunion plan stops at the coast. Our Réunion trip covers Réunion only, so for Mauritius you need a second plan.
Ubigi, $12 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB here by a distance, valid 30 days, on Orange and SRR, installed by QR code. Its 3 GB for 15 days costs $6.
Nomad, $21 for 10 GB. 5 GB for 30 days at $12, the cheapest 5 GB, and 20 GB for 30 days at $31, all on Orange. Nomad sells no unlimited for Réunion.
Saily, $21.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $33.99 and 5 GB at $12.99. Its listing is from June; saily.com would not load for us.
Airalo, $22.50 for 10 GB. Its Reunion Mobile plan on Orange: 20 GB for $34, 5 GB for 30 days at $13.50. The app is needed.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $18.99 but lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days, and Ubigi sells 10 GB for a month at $12. Our 30 days starts with 20 GB for $28.99, under every 20 GB bucket here, and keeps going at full speed. For 10 GB or less, Ubigi and Nomad are the better buy. 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 Réunion it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $18.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $28.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $18.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
Our Europe trip does not cover Réunion, so this is the Ringo Light to buy for it. It covers Réunion only, not Mauritius.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A long weekend in Saint-Denis. Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $11.50. Ringo Light sells no 3 days; our 2 weeks is $7.49 more.
A week on the west coast. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $18.99, less than any rival charges for 7 days of unlimited.
Two weeks round the island, heavy use. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $18.99, against $49 to $77 for two weeks at the rivals. Even with one top-up it is $37.98.
A month, light use. Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $12, or Nomad 5 GB at $12 if you mostly stay on Wi-Fi.
A month working from Réunion. Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $28.99, starting with 20 GB and adding 10 GB once for $18.99.
Hiking Mafate or the volcano. Any plan works on the coast and none works everywhere inland. Save offline maps first, whichever eSIM you buy.
Your phone plan is from an EU country. Check your roaming first. Réunion is in the EU, so you may already be covered at home prices.
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 Réunion, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from Saint-Denis and the lagoon at Saint-Gilles to the three cirques, the two great volcanoes and the wild south coast, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The coast has good signal all the way round; up in the cirques and on the volcano, offline maps earn their keep.
Piton de la Fournaise, Southeast, above Le Tampon. One of the most active volcanoes in the world. A road climbs through the Plaine des Sables to the Pas de Bellecombe viewpoint, and a marked trail crosses the old lava floor past the small Formica Léo cone towards the summit crater; start early, before the cloud rolls in. Access to the crater closes whenever the volcano stirs. Check the prefecture's access notice on your phone before you drive up, and save the trail offline.
Cirque de Mafate, Interior, west of Piton des Neiges. A vast volcanic amphitheatre with no road in: its small hamlets, the îlets, are reached only on foot or by helicopter. The view from the Maïdo lookout on the rim is the easy way to see it; the hike in is two days or more. Holafly names Mafate as a place where the signal may be weak. Book the gîtes ahead and download the trails and the map before you walk in.
Cilaos, Southern cirque, above Saint-Louis. A mountain town in the cirque of the same name, known for its hot springs, its lentils and its local wine. The road up from Saint-Louis has about 400 bends, so allow time. Mountain roads can close after heavy rain. Check the road status before you set off and keep the directions offline for the climb.
Salazie and the Voile de la Mariée, Northeastern cirque, above Saint-André. The greenest and wettest of the three cirques. The road in passes the Voile de la Mariée waterfalls and ends at Hell-Bourg, a village of Creole houses listed among the most beautiful villages of France. Salazie gets the most rain on the island. A weather radar app tells you when the waterfalls are worth the stop and when the clouds have closed in.
Saint-Denis, North coast. The capital, with Creole villas along the rue de Paris, the cathedral and the old cannons on the Barachois seafront. The trails above the city look down over its rooftops to the sea. The airport is on the edge of Saint-Denis. Car hire desks are there, and a route app plans the Car Jaune island buses if you are not driving.
Saint-Gilles-les-Bains, West coast. The island's beach town, with a coral lagoon at L'Hermitage, a harbour for boat trips and the busiest evenings on the island. Humpback whales pass offshore in the southern winter, from about June to October. Swim only in the lagoon and at supervised beaches, where the local rules allow it. Whale watching trips from the harbour book up; reserve online.
Piton des Neiges, Centre of the island. The highest point in the Indian Ocean, a little over 3,000 metres. Most people walk up from Cilaos to the Caverne Dufour refuge, sleep there and climb the last stretch in the dark to see the sunrise from the summit. The refuge must be booked ahead. Holafly names Piton des Neiges as a place where the signal may be weak, so save the route offline.
Cap Méchant, Saint-Philippe, wild south. Black lava cliffs where the ocean swell breaks hard, with a screw pine forest and picnic tables behind them. It is the best known stop on the wild south coast, well away from the beach towns. It is a long drive from the west coast. A live traffic map tells you when the coast road around Saint-Pierre is jammed.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Réunion 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/reunion-esim?currency=USD (unlimited and network in dollars on the site; buckets from esimdb.com/reunion/airalo, 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-reunion/ (dollar prices, network and coverage notes on its own page, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/reunion/saily (listing dated 27 June 2026, including its Global plans; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/reunion/nomad (listing dated 17 September 2026; network from nomadesim.com/reunion-esim).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/reunion/ubigi (listing dated 17 September 2026, including the Best World plans it lists for Réunion; 10 GB price and networks from cellulardata.ubigi.com).
For two weeks or a month of unlimited data, Ringo Light: $18.99 for 2 weeks and $28.99 for 30 days on 28 September 2026, against $49 for 15 days and $73.50 for 30 days at Airalo. For 3 days, Airalo at $11.50. For a 10 GB bucket that lasts 30 days, Ubigi at $12.
Airalo, Holafly and Nomad ride Orange. Ubigi lists Orange and SRR. Saily does not name its network. All of them cover Saint-Denis, the airport and the coast road; the Cirque de Mafate, the volcano and the high trails are weaker for everyone.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Ubigi and Saily after a fixed full-speed amount. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone. Nomad sells no unlimited for Réunion. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
Yes. Réunion is an overseas department of France and part of the European Union, so a phone plan from any EU country roams there at home prices under the EU rules, within the usual fair use limit. Some operators still list the French overseas departments on a separate page of their price list, so check yours before you fly. Plans from the US, the UK, Mauritius or South Africa usually charge roaming there, and that is where a travel eSIM saves money. A Europe travel eSIM does not always include Réunion; our Europe trip does not, so check that your plan names it.
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