The best eSIM for the US Virgin Islands in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for the USVI, 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 the US Virgin Islands and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a long weekend on St Thomas, two weeks between St Thomas, St John and St Croix, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. If your phone plan is from the US, read the first question at the bottom before you buy anything: you may need nothing. 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. Holafly asks $50.50 for 15 days and $73.90 for the month, Airalo $59 and $99.
Holafly: Cheapest 3 days of unlimited. 3 days at $11.90 on T-Mobile, no daily cap stated for your own phone; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Ubigi: Cheapest 10 GB. Its USA plan covers the US Virgin Islands on T-Mobile: 10 GB for 30 days at $14, and 25 GB at full speed for 7 days at $25, then 2 Mbps.
Nomad: Cheapest one-off 20 GB. A USVI plan on Liberty: 20 GB for 30 days at $35, 50 GB at $49. No unlimited plan.
Model: Airalo Buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets only for the USVI; Nomad Buckets only for the USVI; Ubigi Its USA plan, which covers the USVI: buckets, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $20.50; Holafly $11.90; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $36.50; Holafly $27.50; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi 25 GB, then 2 Mbps, $25; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $18.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days $59; Holafly 15 days $50.50; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $39; Ringo Light $18.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $99; Holafly $73.90; Saily No unlimited plan; Nomad No unlimited plan; Ubigi 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $65; Ringo Light $28.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $26; Holafly No buckets; Saily $22.99; Nomad $25; Ubigi $14; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $18.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $42; Holafly No buckets; Saily $36.99; Nomad $35; Ubigi 25 GB $32, or 20 GB a month $15, 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 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 T-Mobile; Holafly T-Mobile; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad Liberty; Ubigi T-Mobile; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi 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 Optional; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
Most trips to the US Virgin Islands split time between St Thomas and St John, a short ferry apart, and some add St Croix, forty miles to the south. For 15 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $59, Holafly $50.50 and Ubigi $39 for 30 GB at full speed on its USA plan. For a month, $65 to $99. Saily and Nomad sell no unlimited plan for the islands. Ringo Light charges $18.99 for 2 weeks and $28.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi gives 25 GB for 7 days, 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 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, just under Ubigi's $39 for 15 days; a heavy month costs $47.98, under every rival for the month.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Holafly sells 3 days of unlimited at $11.90, the one to buy for a long weekend. For a week, our 2 weeks at $18.99 already costs less than Ubigi's 7 days at $25 or Holafly's at $27.50.
The US Virgin Islands are a US territory and use the US dollar. If your phone plan is from AT&T, Verizon or T-Mobile in the US, it usually treats the islands as home: calls, texts and data at your normal rates, no roaming charge. Check your own plan, but most US travellers need no eSIM here. Everything else on this page is for travellers whose plan is from outside the US.
St Thomas, St John and St Croix all have 4G, and the towns and main beaches are well covered. Signal thins in the national park on St John, on the hills and in some north shore bays. The islands' own networks include Liberty, which took over AT&T's network here in 2020, and Viya. Airalo, Holafly and Ubigi name T-Mobile, Nomad names Liberty, and Saily does not name its network.
The British Virgin Islands are a mile or two away across the channel from St John's north and east shore. There your phone can latch onto a BVI mast on its own, which a US plan bills as international roaming and a USVI eSIM may not work on at all. If the bars look strange at Leinster Bay or on the East End, check the network name in your settings and pick a US network by hand.
Our Caribbean trip does not cover the US Virgin Islands, so for these islands buy the US Virgin Islands trip.
Ubigi, $14 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB here, sold as its USA plan, which covers the US Virgin Islands on T-Mobile with 5G. Check the coverage list before you buy. Its 20 GB a month for $15 is cheaper still, but it renews every month until you cancel.
Saily, $22.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $36.99. Its listing is from May.
Nomad, $25 for 10 GB. 20 GB for $35 on Liberty, the cheapest 20 GB that does not renew, and 50 GB for $49.
Airalo, $26 for 10 GB. Its Magens Mobile plan on T-Mobile, 20 GB for $42, buckets from $10 for 3 GB.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $18.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $28.99. For 10 GB over a month, Ubigi is cheaper in the US Virgin Islands, and its renewing 20 GB a month is cheaper than our 30 days if you remember to cancel it. Our 30 days costs less than any one-off 20 GB here, but it is a trip of 30 days, not a bucket you keep. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket. 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 the US Virgin Islands 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.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
Your phone plan is from the US. You probably need nothing: AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile usually treat the US Virgin Islands as home. Check your plan before you go.
A long weekend on St Thomas. Holafly unlimited, 3 days, $11.90. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
A week between St Thomas and St John. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $18.99, less than any rival charges for 7 days. Ubigi 7 days at $25 if you want T-Mobile by name.
Two weeks across all three islands. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $18.99, and $37.98 even if you use it hard enough to need the top-up, still under Ubigi's $39 for 15 days.
Light use, budget first. Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $14 on its USA plan.
A month, working from a villa. Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $28.99, starting with 20 GB and adding 10 GB once for $18.99. Ubigi at $65 for 60 GB at full speed if you will use far more.
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 the US Virgin Islands, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, across St Thomas, St John and St Croix, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The towns and main beaches have good 4G; St John's park and the hills are patchier. Cars drive on the left here.
Trunk Bay, St John. A white beach inside Virgin Islands National Park, with an underwater snorkel trail around the small cay just offshore. Go early, before the day trips from St Thomas arrive. The park charges a small entry fee at Trunk Bay. Save the North Shore Road on an offline map; signal comes and goes on the bends.
Magens Bay, North shore of St Thomas. A long, calm curve of sand in a deep sheltered bay, the best known beach on St Thomas. The lookout on the road above gives the view in the photo. The beach is a park with an entry fee and set opening hours. Book a taxi back by message before you settle in for the afternoon.
Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas. The capital, a harbour town of Danish warehouses, stepped streets and duty-free shops, where the cruise ships dock. Walk it in the morning before the day heats up. Safari taxis charge a set fare per person, usually in cash. A map on your phone tells you how far the next stop really is.
Cruz Bay, St John. St John's small harbour town, where the ferries from St Thomas arrive, with bars, restaurants and the park visitor centre a short walk from the dock. Ferries run to Cruz Bay from Red Hook and from Charlotte Amalie. Check the day's timetable before you leave the beach for the last boat.
Annaberg Sugar Plantation, St John. The stone ruins of an eighteenth century sugar plantation, with its windmill tower over Leinster Bay and the British Virgin Islands across the water. Snorkellers walk on to Waterlemon Cay from here. Here your phone may pick a BVI network on its own. Check the network name and choose a US one by hand.
Christiansted, St Croix. St Croix's old Danish town, with yellow Fort Christiansvaern, a national historic site, and a boardwalk of restaurants along the harbour. Boats to Buck Island leave from here. St Croix is forty miles from St Thomas. Compare the seaplane and the ferry on your phone; both are booked online.
Point Udall, East End of St Croix. The easternmost point of the United States, a headland with a sundial monument built for the year 2000. People drive out for the sunrise. Look up the sunrise time the night before and save the route offline: the East End road is quiet and signal thins.
Frederiksted, West End of St Croix. A quiet town of arcaded streets around red Fort Frederik and a long pier where cruise ships call. The beaches north of town face the sunset. Check which days a cruise ship is in: the town and the pier are busiest then.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for US Virgin Islands 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/virgin-islands-esim?currency=USD (Magens Mobile plan, unlimited, buckets and network read in dollars on the site, 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-us-virgin-islands/ (prices, network and sharing limit read on the site in US dollars, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/united-states-virgin-islands/saily (listing dated 16 May 2026).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/united-states-virgin-islands/nomad (listing dated 17 September 2026; network from getnomad.app/united-states-virgin-islands-esim).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/united-states-virgin-islands/ubigi (listing dated 17 September 2026; its USA plan, which the listing shows covering the US Virgin Islands on T-Mobile).
Usually not. The US Virgin Islands are a US territory, and US phone plans from AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile usually treat them as home, so your calls, texts and data work at your normal rates with no roaming charge. Check your own plan before you go, and watch for a British Virgin Islands network near St John, which counts as roaming. A travel eSIM is for visitors whose phone plan is from outside the US.
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 $50.50 for 15 days and $73.90 for 30 days at Holafly. For 3 days, Holafly at $11.90. For a 10 GB bucket, Ubigi at $14 on its USA plan.
Airalo, Holafly and Ubigi ride T-Mobile, Nomad rides Liberty, and Saily does not name its network on its listing. The towns and main beaches on St Thomas, St John and St Croix are covered; signal thins in St John's national park and on the hills.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Ubigi after its fixed full-speed amount. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Saily and Nomad sell no unlimited plan here. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
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