DriftAmericas Data · Open

eSIM price per GB
across the Americas

What a gigabyte actually costs, priced across a fixed panel of 11 international resellers, ranked cheapest first, with the monthly trend so you can see where prices are heading.

Cheapest Ecuador $5.12Median $7.12/GBAverage $7.31/GBas of September 2026

Regional price trend

Median price per GB across 26 American destinations, month by month.

Jun 26 $3.60Jul 26 $3.49Aug 26 $3.49Sep 26 $3.48$3.48Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26Sep 26
Median $7.12/GBTrend down $0.01 vs Aug 26Cheapest EcuadorPriciest Belize26 destinations
DestinationPrice/GB3-month trendMain operator
Ecuador$5.12stableClaroView →
United States$6.14stableT-MobileView →
Argentina$6.44stableClaroView →
Brazil$6.48stableVivoView →
Colombia$6.61stableClaroView →
Peru$6.64stableClaroView →
Chile$6.67stableEntelView →
Costa Rica$6.72stableKolbiView →
Guyana$6.72stableDigicelView →
Mexico$6.87stableTelcelView →
Honduras$6.97stableTigoView →
Uruguay$7.01stableAntelView →
El Salvador$7.04stableTigoView →
Puerto Rico$7.19stableClaroView →
Paraguay$7.22stableTigoView →
Canada$7.26stableTelusView →
Nicaragua$7.26stableClaroView →
Guatemala$7.28stableTigoView →
Dominican Republic$7.51stableClaroView →
Jamaica$7.80stableDigicelView →
Panama$7.91stableTigoView →
Bolivia$8.42stableEntelView →
Trinidad and Tobago$8.66stableDigicelView →
Bahamas$8.83stableBTCView →
Haiti$9.01stableDigicelView →
Belize$10.35stableDigiCell (BTL)View →

Methodology

Each figure is the price of one gigabyte of prepaid eSIM data across a fixed panel of 11 international resellers (eSIM Voyage, Airalo, Nomad, Saily, Ubigi, Yesim, BNESIM, Jetpac, aloSIM, Instabridge, Maya Mobile). Our sister observatory esimvoyage.fr records retail prices every week from public catalogues and the esimdb aggregator. For every plan we compute the price per gigabyte, average those readings per destination, then take the regional median across the 26 American destinations that DriftAmericas sells and that the panel prices. Prices are collected in EUR and converted to USD at the European Central Bank reference rate frozen on the publication date.

Snapshots from June 2026. Next refresh: October 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How is price per GB calculated in the Americas?

It is the median price per GB of mid-tier travel eSIM plans, normally 2 to 49 GB, across a fixed panel of 11 international resellers. 1 GB teasers and 50 GB or larger bulk bundles are excluded.

Does this index show local SIM prices?

No. It measures travel-eSIM retail prices. Local tourist SIM references are shown separately in the operator reference.

How often is the the Americas dataset updated?

The dataset is refreshed monthly. Each page shows its current update month and links to the open data-americas.json source file.

Can I cite or reuse these american connectivity figures?

Yes. The dataset and derived figures are published under CC BY 4.0. Credit DriftAmericas and link to the relevant page or source file.

Cite this data
DriftAmericas, "eSIM Price-per-GB Index, the Americas", September 2026. https://driftamericas.com/data/data-americas.json

Open data under CC BY 4.0. Free to reuse with attribution.

DriftAmericas Price-per-GB Index · open data: data-americas.json · updated September 2026