The best eSIM for Sierra Leone in 2026. Six eSIM brands priced for Sierra Leone on the same day: Ubigi is cheapest for two weeks and a month, Ringo Light is dearer, and which to buy.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs get most of the traffic for this search, and all six sell something for Sierra Leone. We priced them on the same day, for a few days in Freetown, two weeks along the beaches and up country, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. In Sierra Leone we are far from the cheapest, and this page says plainly who is.
Ringo Light: The only two-week or month plan of the six with no speed cap. Unlimited data for 2 weeks at $192.99 or 30 days at $381.99, one payment each, nothing renews. It is expensive: Ubigi's World plan gives 30 GB for 15 days at $77 and 60 GB for 30 days at $108, then 2 Mbps. That is $115.99 and $273.99 less than ours.
Ubigi: Cheapest two weeks, month and 10 GB. Best World: 15 days at $77 and 30 days at $108, a fixed amount at full speed, then 2 Mbps. 10 GB for 30 days at $30 on its Best Africa plan, or $33 on its Sierra Leone plan.
Airalo: Cheapest 3 days of unlimited. 3 days at $39 on its Sierra Leone plan, 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Its global Discover plan sells 7 days at $45, 15 days at $96 and 30 days at $159 on the same terms.
Nomad: Cheapest 20 GB for a month. 20 GB for 30 days at $75 and 10 GB at $39, on Orange and Africell. No unlimited plan.
Model: Airalo Country plan: buckets or unlimited up to 7 days; global plan for longer; Holafly Unlimited days only: 5 or 7 days; Saily One bucket: 1 GB; Nomad Buckets only; Ubigi Country buckets; Africa and World plans, a fixed amount then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $39; Holafly No 3-day plan; 5 days $60.90; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $84.50; global plan $45; Holafly $84.90; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi Best World 8 days, 25 GB, then 2 Mbps, $49; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $192.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo No country plan; global plan 15 days $96; Holafly No plan; its longest is 7 days; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi Best World 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $77; Ringo Light $192.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo No country plan; global plan $159; Holafly No plan; its longest is 7 days; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi Best World, 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $108; Ringo Light $381.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo No country 10 GB; global plan 10 GB for 180 days, $57; Holafly No buckets; Saily Not sold; 1 GB for 7 days, $24.99; Nomad $39; Ubigi $33; Best Africa plan $30; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $192.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo No country 20 GB; global plan 20 GB for 365 days, $66; Holafly No buckets; Saily Not sold; Nomad $75; Ubigi No 20 GB; Best World 25 GB for 90 days, $59; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $381.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Holafly No daily cap stated; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; 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 Zain, as its page names it, the old name of today's Orange; Holafly Orange, Africell; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad Orange, Africell; Ubigi Not named in its listing; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi Monthly World plans do; the plans above do not; Ringo Light No, one payment; the trip ends when it ends.
App needed: Airalo Yes; Holafly No, QR code; Saily Yes; Nomad Optional; Ubigi Optional; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
No brand sells unlimited data on a Sierra Leone plan for longer than a week. Airalo's country plan stops at 7 days for $84.50 and Holafly's at 7 days for $84.90. For two weeks or a month the rivals sell regional and global plans that cover Sierra Leone, and they are much cheaper than we are. Ubigi's Best World plan gives 30 GB at full speed for 15 days at $77 and 60 GB for 30 days at $108, then 2 Mbps. Airalo's global Discover plan sells 15 days at $96 and 30 days at $159, with 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps.
Ringo Light charges $192.99 for 2 weeks and $381.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews. That is $115.99 more than Ubigi for two weeks and $273.99 more for the month. Ubigi's 30 GB and 60 GB are more than most visitors use. Unless you really need data with no speed cap, Ubigi is the better buy in Sierra Leone. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
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 $192.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $385.98 and a heavy month $574.98. For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $39, and its global plan a week at $45.
Sierra Leone has three mobile networks: Orange, Africell and Qcell. Holafly and Nomad both name Orange and Africell. Airalo's page names Zain, the old name of the network Orange runs today. Coverage is good in Freetown, on the peninsula road and in the big towns such as Bo, Kenema and Makeni. Holafly's own page warns that signal is weaker in the rainforest, the national parks, on Tiwai Island and on the way to the Banana Islands, and that matches what visitors report. Save offline maps before you go up country.
The international airport is at Lungi, across the wide Sierra Leone River estuary from Freetown. Most visitors cross by water taxi or ferry; the road around takes hours. Install your eSIM before you fly, so you can message your hotel or boat and check the crossing as soon as you land. Power cuts happen, so carry a charged power bank.
Ubigi, $30 for 10 GB. On its Best Africa plan for 30 days, or $33 on its Sierra Leone plan. The cheapest 10 GB of the six. For more, its Best World plan sells 25 GB for 90 days at $59.
Nomad, $39 for 10 GB. 20 GB for 30 days at $75, the only 20 GB for a month on a Sierra Leone plan, and small sizes from 1 GB for 7 days at $7. On Orange and Africell.
Airalo, $57 for 10 GB. On its global Discover plan, valid 180 days, or 20 GB for 365 days at $66. Its Sierra Leone plan stops at 5 GB for 30 days, $32. The app is needed.
Saily, $24.99 for 1 GB. Its only Sierra Leone plan, 7 days. Its listing is from May; saily.com would not load for us.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $192.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $381.99. For a fixed amount of data, Ubigi, Nomad and Airalo are all far cheaper in Sierra Leone. Buy Ringo Light only if you want unlimited with no speed cap and are happy to pay for it.
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 Sierra Leone it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $192.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $381.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $192.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In Sierra Leone our prices are high. Ubigi's World plan at $77 for 15 days or $108 for 30 days is the better buy for most visitors. None of our regional trips covers Sierra Leone, so there is no cheaper Ringo Light route in.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A few days in Freetown. Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $39. For maps and messages only, Nomad or Ubigi 1 GB for 7 days at $7. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
A week on the peninsula beaches. Ubigi Best World, 8 days, 25 GB, then 2 Mbps, $49, or Airalo's global plan, 7 days unlimited at $45.
Two weeks around the country. Ubigi Best World, 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $77. Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $192.99 only if you need no speed cap.
A month in Sierra Leone. Ubigi Best World, 30 days, 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $108. Nomad 20 GB for $75 if you use less. Ringo Light's 30 days is $381.99.
You want no limit at all. Ringo Light, 2 weeks at $192.99 or 30 days at $381.99, one payment, the eSIM by email. The only plan of the six for two weeks or a month with no speed cap.
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 Sierra Leone, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from Freetown and the beaches of the peninsula to Bunce Island in the estuary, the chimpanzees above the city, Tiwai Island in the south east and Outamba-Kilimi in the north, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The dry season, roughly November to April, is the easiest time to travel. Before you go, check your government's travel advice.
Freetown, The capital, on the peninsula. The city climbs green hills above one of the largest natural harbours in the world. The National Museum stands by the spot where the old Cotton Tree grew until a storm brought it down in 2023. Freetown has no metro or city trains. Agree the fare before a keke or okada ride, and follow the route on a maps app.
Lumley Beach, Aberdeen and Lumley, west Freetown. A long sand beach at the west end of the city, with bars and restaurants along the beach road. Busiest at sunset and at weekends. Most hotels are in Aberdeen and Lumley. Save your hotel as a pin so a driver can find it without an address.
River No. 2 beach, Freetown Peninsula, south of the city. White sand where a river meets the sea, with the peninsula's forested hills behind it. The community runs the beach and a guesthouse, and boats go up the river. Signal comes and goes on the peninsula road. Download the offline map before you leave Freetown.
Tokeh beach, Freetown Peninsula. A long palm-lined beach just south of River No. 2, with a few resorts. Kent, a little further south, is where boats leave for the Banana Islands. Boatmen for the Banana Islands are booked by phone or WhatsApp. Check the sea and weather on the day before you go.
Bunce Island, Sierra Leone River, upriver from Freetown. The ruins of a British slave trading fort from the eighteenth century, on a small island in the estuary. A sober, important visit, reached by boat from Freetown. Signal is patchy on the river. Load what you want to read about the fort before the boat leaves.
Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Western Area Peninsula National Park, above Freetown. A sanctuary that takes in rescued chimpanzees, in the rainforest on the hills behind the city. Visits are by guided tour. Tours are booked ahead. Send the sanctuary a message and share its location with your driver, as the road up is steep and winding.
Tiwai Island, Moa River, south east. A wildlife sanctuary on a river island covered in rainforest, known for its many kinds of monkeys and for rare pygmy hippos. Most visitors stay a night or two in the island's camp. Expect little or no signal on the island. Download offline maps and tell someone your plans before you cross.
Outamba-Kilimi National Park, The north, near the Guinea border. Savanna and forest along the Little Scarcies river, with hippos, chimpanzees and many birds. Canoe trips on the river are the best way to see it. Carry cash in leones: cards are rarely taken outside Freetown. A currency app helps you check prices.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Sierra Leone 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/sierra-leone-esim?currency=USD (unlimited 3, 5 and 7 days read on the site in dollars, 28 September 2026; country buckets and the global Discover plan from esimdb.com/sierra-leone/airalo, updated 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-sierra-leone/ (dollar prices and networks from the page, 28 September 2026; unlimited 5 and 7 days only).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/sierra-leone/saily (listing dated 16 May 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://www.nomadesim.com/sierra-leone-eSIM (dollar prices and networks from the page data, 28 September 2026; matches esimdb.com/sierra-leone/nomad, listing dated 17 September 2026).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/sierra-leone/ubigi (listing dated 17 September 2026; no network named for Sierra Leone).
It depends on the length. On 28 September 2026, Airalo was cheapest for 3 days of unlimited at $39. For two weeks and a month, Ubigi's Best World plan: 30 GB for 15 days at $77 and 60 GB for 30 days at $108, then 2 Mbps. For 10 GB, Ubigi's Best Africa plan at $30. Ringo Light charges $192.99 for 2 weeks and $381.99 for 30 days, far more than Ubigi.
Sierra Leone has three networks: Orange, Africell and Qcell. Holafly and Nomad use Orange and Africell. Airalo names Zain, the old name of the network Orange runs today. Saily and Ubigi do not name one. Coverage is good in Freetown and the big towns and thinner in the forests and parks.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, to 1 Mbps. Ubigi gives a fixed amount at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone but sells only 5 or 7 days. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $192.99.
Orange, Africell and Qcell all sell prepaid SIMs, and a SIM has to be registered with your ID. A local SIM needs a physical slot and replaces your home SIM while it is in. We did not price them on the day. An eSIM installs before you fly and works the moment you land at Lungi, before the crossing to Freetown.
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