The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell a Sri Lanka plan and get most of the traffic for this search. I priced all six on the same day, for a loop from the Cultural Triangle through the hill country to the south coast in two weeks, and for a month on the beach. I also read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $22.99 or 30 days at $42.99, and nothing renews. I found Airalo at $49 for 15 days and $72 for the month.
I read 10 GB for 30 days at $11 on Mobitel and Hutch, installed by QR code. Ubigi sells no plan without a data cap here.
I read 20 GB for 30 days at $18. Its Ella+ plans on Hutch add a Sri Lankan +94 number with minutes and texts, from $5.50.
It sells days, not gigabytes, on Mobitel, Dialog and Hutch. I read $13.50 for 3 days and $27.90 for a week, with 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. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad stops at 10 days for $45.
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. 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 Sri Lanka, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from the rock fortress at Sigiriya through Kandy and the tea country to the south coast, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The towns all have 4G; the hill country valleys and the national parks are where signal drops.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Sri Lanka is small on the map and slow on the road, so most first trips take two weeks: the rock temples in the north, the train through the tea country, a safari and the south coast. For 15 days, I read Airalo at $49, Saily at $48.99 and Holafly at $50.50. Ubigi asks $44 for 30 GB at full speed, and Nomad stops at 10 days for $45. For a month, the range is $65 to $73.90. Ringo Light charges $22.99 for 2 weeks and $42.99 for 30 days, and nothing renews.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. I did, brand by brand. Airalo and Saily give 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Nomad gives 2 GB a day. 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 7 days, 2 weeks or 30 days.
For a short stay, Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan; its 7 days is $10.99. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $12.50 and Holafly at $13.50, and Saily 5 days at $18.99, all more than Ringo Light's 7 days. I count Ringo Light's 7 days at $10.99 as cheaper than any rival's week.
Which network works best in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has three main networks: Dialog, the largest, Mobitel and Hutch. All three cover Colombo, Kandy, Galle and the main towns on 4G. Coverage thins out in the hill country valleys and inside the national parks, whatever the network. I found that most travel eSIMs here ride Mobitel or Hutch, and Holafly is the one brand in this comparison that lists Dialog as well.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Airalo
- Ubigi, $11 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days I found, on Mobitel and Hutch, installed by QR code with no app needed. Its next size up is 50 GB for $39.
- Airalo, $11.50 for 10 GB. And the cheapest 20 GB here at $18, or 50 GB at $36 for the month. Its Ella+ plans cost a little more, 10 GB for $13.50, and add a local +94 number with minutes and texts.
- Nomad, $15 for 10 GB. 20 GB for $21 on Mobitel and Hutch.
- Saily, $19.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $30.99, which I read on saily.com in dollars.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $22.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $42.99. For 10 GB that lasts a month, I would buy Ubigi at $11 or Airalo at $11.50, and Airalo sells 20 GB for $18, $24.99 less than the month on Ringo Light. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM from the company I write for, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Sri Lanka it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 7 days at $10.99, 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $42.99. 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. I would read the table first.
Pick by trip
I would buy Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $12.50. Ringo Light sells no 3 days, but its 2 weeks is $22.99 if the trip might run longer.
I would buy Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $22.99, less than any rival charges for one week.
My pick is Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $11, or Airalo at $11.50.
I would buy Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $42.99. I would take Airalo's 50 GB for 30 days at $36 if you want a fixed amount.
I would pick Airalo Ella+, which adds a +94 number with minutes and texts, from $5.50.
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 Sri Lanka 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/sri-lanka-esim?currency=USD, in dollars on the site; unlimited and Ella+ read 10 November 2026; Sri Lanka buckets from esimdb.com/sri-lanka/airalo, listing dated 5 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-sri-lanka/, read on its own site in dollars, 10 November 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-sri-lanka/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026; unlimited 5 to 30 days, no 7-day plan; not readable on 10 November 2026, figures kept from 25 October
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/sri-lanka-esim, prices in dollars from the page's own data, read 10 November 2026; networks Mobitel and Hutch
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/sri-lanka/, 10 GB read on its own site in dollars 10 November 2026; other plans from esimdb.com/sri-lanka/ubigi, listing dated 5 October 2026
- 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.
