The short answer
The trip is London to Dublin, or Belfast down the island by road, and it crosses between two countries that sit under different rules for roaming. I priced the Europe plans that list the UK and Ireland on 25 October 2026. My pick is Ringo Light, $22.99 for 2 weeks or $35.99 for 30 days of unlimited data at full speed. For 3 days Airalo is cheapest at $11.50, and for a 10 GB bucket Ubigi at $15.
One eSIM for both islands: unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $22.99 or 30 days at $35.99, nothing renews. Airalo Eurolink asks $49 for 15 days and $71 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $15 across 38 countries. Its 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps, for $35.
Eurolink covers 41 countries, a long list around the two islands. 3 days of unlimited at $11.50, 5 GB a day at full speed.
Days, not gigabytes, in 33 countries including the UK and Ireland. No daily cap stated for your own phone; sharing limited to 1 GB a day. $27.50 for a week.
Prices read on 25 October 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
Regional Europe plans that cover the UK and Ireland, US dollars, 25 October 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 unlimited past 10 days in Europe.
The 30-day regional 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 for Europe.
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 the UK and Ireland, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places that often fill a trip from London and Edinburgh across to Dublin and the west of Ireland, with the one thing your data does for you at each. One regional eSIM follows you over the sea between them.
One plan for both countries: Ringo Light
The UK and Ireland are next to each other on the map and far apart in the paperwork. The UK left the EU, Ireland stayed in, and a Europe plan has to list both. One regional eSIM goes on before you fly and carries on across the Irish Sea or the border at Newry. Two country eSIMs mean two installs, two bills, and a switch of the data line on the ferry. For a loop that starts in London and ends in Galway, one plan is less to look after.
It is cheaper too. Ringo Light's Europe trips are $22.99 for 2 weeks and $35.99 for 30 days, unlimited data at full speed. The rivals' regional unlimited runs $49 for 15 days at Airalo Eurolink, $49.99 at Saily and $51.50 at Holafly, and $71 to $76.50 for a month. Ubigi charges $35 for 15 days and slows to 2 Mbps after 30 GB.
The sum I made: the United Kingdom's 2 weeks is $14.99 and Ireland's $14.99 on their own pages, $29.98 together, against $22.99 for the Europe trip that covers both. For a month it is $26.99 and $26.99, $53.98 together, against $35.99. Country plans only make sense if you stay on one side of the sea.
Which plans cover both countries
Ireland is an EU country and sits in the core of each Europe plan. The UK is the one that catches people out, because it is no longer in the EU. From the Europe page I priced: Ringo Light covers 33 countries, the EU plus the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Gibraltar, so both are in. Holafly lists 33 countries and names both the UK and Ireland. Airalo Eurolink covers 41 countries, and Nomad includes the UK, both in.
Saily lists 35 countries and Ubigi 38. I could not confirm a country by country list for those two on the day, so check that the UK and Ireland both appear at checkout. If your route reaches Northern Ireland, remember it is part of the UK, and the plan that covers the UK covers it.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $15 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days across 38 countries. 25 GB is $29, and a 20 GB monthly plan at $19 that renews until you cancel it.
- Nomad, $23 for 10 GB. And 20 GB for 30 days at $27, the cheapest one-off 20 GB here.
- Airalo, $31 for 10 GB. Eurolink 20 GB for 30 days is $48, and Eurolink covers the most countries.
- Saily, $35.99 for 10 GB. From saily.com, 25 October 2026.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. If your UK and Ireland trip is mostly maps and messages, Ubigi's 10 GB at $15 is $7.99 under Ringo Light's 2 weeks, and Nomad's 20 GB at $27 is $8.99 under its 30 days. I would pick Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket. Better you read that here than at the till.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM Ringo sells to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. I write for Ringo, so weigh that. For the UK and Ireland it sells the Europe trip across 33 countries, unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $35.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app. On the far side of the Irish Sea it joins a local network on its own.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light sells no 7-day Europe plan, so I would take its 2 weeks at $22.99, which is less than any rival's 7 days. For a long weekend, Airalo Eurolink 3 days at $11.50.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $22.99. The whole trip on one eSIM, $6.99 under the two country plans at $29.98.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $35.99. Ubigi at $62 if you want a fixed 60 GB.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $15, valid in both countries.
Both sit inside the plans I read, but check the list at checkout. I did not confirm a rival's full list for either one.
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 UK and Ireland on 25 October 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/europe-esim?currency=USD, Eurolink unlimited in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; buckets, daily cap and 41 countries from esimdb.com/region/europe/airalo, listing updated 6 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-europe/, dollar prices and 33 countries on its own page, 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-europe/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026
- Nomad: esimdb.com/region/europe/nomad, listing updated 6 October 2026; every price, daily cap and unlimited length re-read on nomadesim.com/europe-esim, 25 October 2026 (20 GB is on sale at $27, regular $37)
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/region/europe/ubigi, listing updated 6 October 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 25 October 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.
