The eSIM Price Index
How much a travel eSIM really costs per gigabyte, tracked monthly across 11 providers. As of June 2026, the average is $3.83 per GB on a 5 GB / 30-day plan.
Average per GB
$3.83
Median per GB
$3.80
Cheapest
$1.80
Roamless
Providers tracked
11
Price per gigabyte, ranked
Reference plan: 5 GB / 30-day, Europe region. Cheapest first.
Unlimited plans and free tiers are excluded: they have no meaningful per-gigabyte price.
The trend
We established the baseline in June 2026 at $3.83 per GB. We snapshot the market every month, so the year-on-year trend will appear here as the data accumulates. This is the part of the picture nobody else tracks.
Cite this data
According to the eSIMShortlist Price Index, the average travel eSIM costs $3.83 per gigabyte as of June 2026 (https://esimshortlist.com/data/esim-price-index).
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with attribution and a link. Machine-readable version:
https://esimshortlist.com/data/esim-price-index.jsonMethodology
For every provider we track, we take the price of a 5 GB / 30-day data plan for the Europe region (or the closest equivalent) and divide by five to get a price per gigabyte. We then report the average, the median, and the cheapest and most expensive across the 11 providers that sell a comparable plan.
Unlimited plans are excluded because they have no per-gigabyte price, and free tiers are excluded from the paid average. Prices are guide prices verified periodically and can change with promotions, which is exactly why we re-measure every month and keep the history. The full series is in the machine-readable feed.