Travel Data Price Index · October 2026
What 1 GB of mobile data costs travellers in 50 countries
Every month we record the cheapest travel eSIM price per GB in the 50 most visited countries. This is the October 2026 edition.
- Median price per GB$2.31Down 4% since July
- Cheapest countryItaly$1.20 per GB
- Most expensiveMaldives$7.80 per GB
- Gap, cheapest to dearest6.5xSame amount of data
Italy
$1.20
Spain
$1.26
France
$1.32
Germany
$1.40
Thailand
$1.55
United States
$2.05
Japan
$2.20
Median, 50 countries
$2.31
South Korea
$2.40
Iceland
$4.85
Maldives
$7.80
For journalists and researchers
You are free to use these figures with a link to this page. We publish a new edition on the first Monday of each month.
Cite as: eSIM Clarity Travel Data Price Index, October 2026, esimclarity.com/research/data-price-index
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How we build the index
- The 50 countries are the most visited, by [named source, with link].
- For each, we take the cheapest 10 GB local plan from the 14 eSIMs we track.
- Prices are recorded on the same day each month, in US dollars.
- We do not include plans we have found to be unreliable in our own tests.