Travel eSIM Price Index

Methodology

• Scope: 1,026 plans on sale across 51 destinations, starting at $2.99.
• Best $/GB: the lowest price-divided-by-gigabytes across every metered plan in that country. Unlimited plans have no denominator and are excluded from this column.
• The four tiers: the data amount must equal the tier and the validity must be at least the stated window (1GB ≥ 7d, 3GB ≥ 15d, 5GB ≥ 30d, 10GB ≥ 30d); we take the cheapest such plan, ties going to the longer validity. Our two suppliers disagree on what a gigabyte is — one counts 1,000MB, the other 1,024MB — and both conventions count towards the same tier.
• A dash means that country has no plan matching that tier right now — not that the price is unknown.
• Prices are MyeSIM.vip retail prices in USD, sourced from whichever of our two GSMA-certified wholesale suppliers is cheaper for that plan. The catalog syncs every six hours and this page follows it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a travel eSIM cost?

It depends far more on where you are going than on how much data you buy. The cheapest plan of any size in this table starts at $2.99, but the per-gigabyte rate differs by a large multiple between the cheapest and most expensive destinations — the exact spread is shown at the top of this page and recomputed on every visit. Sort the table by $/GB to see where your destination falls.

Why is the price per gigabyte so different between countries?

Wholesale roaming rates are negotiated per network, and a destination with several competing operators and heavy tourist traffic is cheaper to buy capacity in than a small or remote market. The retail price follows the wholesale rate, which is why the ranking in this table barely resembles a ranking by national income.

Can I reuse this data?

Yes. The table is published under CC BY 4.0 — quote any figure, chart it, or reproduce the whole table, as long as you credit MyeSIM.vip and link to this page. It is compiled from our own live catalog, so the numbers change as suppliers reprice; cite the date you retrieved them.

Are these prices for one provider or an average of many?

They are MyeSIM.vip's own retail prices, aggregated from two GSMA-certified wholesale suppliers with the cheaper of the two chosen per plan. This is a price list, not a market survey — treat it as one competitively-priced data point per country, not as an industry average.