The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell a Saudi Arabia plan and get most of the traffic for this search. I read all six prices on the same day, for a few days in Riyadh, two weeks of Umrah between Makkah and Madinah, and a month for Hajj or work, and read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins, from my reading of the pages.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $22.99 or 30 days at $50.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $54 for 15 days and $97 for the month.
3 days of unlimited at $12, 10 GB for 30 days at $18 and 20 GB at $31, on stc, the largest Saudi network.
15 days of unlimited at $54 on its Saudi Arabia plan, 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps.
Days, not gigabytes, no daily cap stated for your own phone, on Mobily. $28.50 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 10 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, 10 November 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, the others 15 days. Nomad stops at 10 days ($33). Ubigi sells no Saudi unlimited; its bar is its Middle East plan, 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Airalo and Saily give 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi's month is its Middle East plan, 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited.
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 Saudi Arabia, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from Makkah and Madinah to Riyadh, AlUla, Jeddah and the Asir mountains, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The cities and holy sites have strong 4G and 5G; the desert roads do not always.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Most trips to Saudi Arabia are an Umrah of ten days to two weeks, a Hajj of three to five weeks, or a week of business in Riyadh or Jeddah. For about two weeks of unlimited, Airalo asks $54, Saily $54.99 and Holafly $58.90 for 15 days. Nomad stops at 10 days, at $33, and Ubigi sells unlimited only on its Middle East plan. For a month, $97 to $108.90. Ringo Light charges $22.99 for 2 weeks and $50.99 for 30 days, nothing renews.
I check the limits behind the word unlimited before I compare prices. Airalo and Saily give 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Nomad gives 2 GB a day, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi's Middle East plan 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 not choose Ringo Light, which sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $12 and a week at $25; Airalo charges $12.50 and Holafly $13.50 for 3 days. For anything longer than a week, I would take the 2 weeks of Ringo Light at $22.99, which costs less than any rival's week.
Umrah and Hajj: Makkah and Madinah
Umrah and Hajj run on your phone now. The Nusuk app, from the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, is where you get the Umrah permit and book a slot to pray in the Rawdah at the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah. I would install it and sign in before you fly, while you still have your home connection for the verification codes, and keep your permits on the phone, not only in an email.
All three Saudi networks cover Makkah, Madinah and the Haramain train between them well. The strain comes from crowds, not coverage: in Ramadan and during the Hajj days in Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah, millions of phones share the same masts and data slows for everyone, whatever eSIM you carry. I would download your maps, prayer times and group chat photos when the crowds are thin, and carry a power bank.
For an Umrah of up to two weeks, Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $22.99 is the cheapest unlimited on this page. For Hajj, most packages run three to five weeks; the 30 days of Ringo Light at $50.99 covers most of them, against $97 at Airalo. If your group stays longer than 30 days, buy the 30 days and a 2 weeks when it ends.
Which network works best in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has three networks: stc, the largest, Mobily and Zain. All three have 5G in Riyadh, Jeddah, Makkah, Madinah and Dammam. stc reaches furthest along the desert highways and into small towns; out on the road to AlUla, the Edge of the World or the Asir villages, signal thins out on every network. Nomad and Airalo name stc, Ubigi Zain, Holafly Mobily; Saily does not name its network. For the cities and the holy sites, I would be happy with any of them.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad
- Nomad, $18 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB and the cheapest 20 GB at $31, on stc with 5G.
- Airalo, $25.50 for 10 GB. Its Saudi Arabia plan on stc, 20 GB at $42, buckets from $4.50 for 1 GB.
- Saily, $26.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $42.99.
- Ubigi, $27 for 10 GB. On Zain, installed by QR code. It sells no 20 GB Saudi plan.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $22.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $50.99. For a fixed amount of data, Nomad is cheaper: $18 for 10 GB over 30 days and $31 for 20 GB. Ringo Light earns its place on unlimited, so for a bucket I send you to Nomad.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM of the company I write for, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Saudi Arabia it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $50.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In Saudi Arabia I count it the cheapest two weeks and the cheapest month of unlimited on this page. For 3 days or for a data bucket, Nomad is cheaper. The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $12. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $22.99, less than any rival charges for a week. Install Nusuk before you fly.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $50.99. Airalo asks $97 for the month.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $18, on stc.
None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Saudi Arabia on 10 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/saudi-arabia-esim?currency=USD, unlimited read on the site in dollars, 10 November 2026; buckets from the esimdb listing dated 5 October 2026, read the same day; network stc
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-saudi-arabia/, read on the site in dollars, 10 November 2026; network Mobily from the same page
- Saily: esimdb.com/saudi-arabia/saily, listing dated 5 October 2026, read 25 October 2026; prices confirmed in dollars on saily.com the same day; not readable on 10 November 2026, figures kept from 25 October
- Nomad: esimdb.com/saudi-arabia/nomad, listing dated 5 October 2026, read 10 November 2026; prices in dollars and network stc read on nomadesim.com/saudi-arabia-esim the same day
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/saudi-arabia/ubigi, listing dated 5 October 2026, read 25 October 2026; its Middle East plan is used for unlimited; not readable on 10 November 2026, figures kept from 25 October
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 10 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.
