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eSIM for one week in Paris / France: what to buy
Prices checked 22 October 2026 · Sources linked in every row
Who this is for
A week in Paris, perhaps with a day trip by train: maps, metro and museum ticket apps, messaging, social media and plenty of photos.
How much data you'll probably need
Moderate use with lots of photos (2 h maps, 1 h browsing, 1 h social feed, 30 min voice calls, 15 photo uploads a day) is about 0.28 GB per day on our calculator assumptions, roughly 2.2 GB for 7 days including a 15% buffer, so a 3 GB plan fits with a little headroom. Your number may be very different, so run your own estimate in the data calculator.
Plans that fit this trip (sorted by price)
| Provider | Data | Validity | Price (USD) | Per day | Notes / source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airalo | 3 GB | 7 days | $7.50 | $1.07 | source |
| Saily | 3 GB | 30 days | $8.99 | $0.30 | source |
| Airalo | 5 GB | 7 days | $10.00 | $1.43 | source |
| Saily | 5 GB | 30 days | $10.99 | $0.37 | source |
| Yesim | 5 GB | 30 days | $11.52 | $0.38 | shown discounted from $15.00 source |
| Airalo | Unlimited | 7 days | $23.50 | $3.36 | source |
| Holafly | Unlimited | 7 days | $27.50 | $3.93 | source |
| Saily | Unlimited | 5–30 days | $41.99 | – | card price; confirm for your validity; one price shown on a card listing 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30-day options source |
Prices checked on 22 October 2026 on the providers' own websites. Prices in USD as displayed on each provider's public website on 22 October 2026. Airalo, Holafly and Yesim pages were read directly from their sites; Saily's pages were read through a web fetch (direct requests were blocked). Providers can show different prices or currencies by location, and they change prices and run promotions often. Always confirm the price at checkout.
Our take
A 3 GB plan is the cheapest fit on the prices we captured: Airalo 3 GB/7 days $7.50 or Saily 3 GB/30 days $8.99 (useful if you come back within a month). For more headroom, 5 GB costs $10.00 (Airalo, 7 days), $10.99 (Saily, 30 days) or $11.52 (Yesim, 30 days, shown discounted from $15.00). Seven-day unlimited plans cost $23.50 (Airalo) and $27.50 (Holafly), about three times the 3 GB price, and only make sense if you stream video or share a hotspot. Saily shows Unlimited at $41.99 on a card that lists 5 to 30-day options, so we could not confirm which validity that price is for. Very light users: Saily 1 GB/7 days is $3.99.
Worth knowing for this destination
Live in the EU/EEA? Under the EU's "roam like at home" rules, using your home mobile plan in another EU country is charged at domestic rates, subject to your operator's fair-use policy (Your Europe, European Commission). Check your own plan's roaming data allowance first: you may not need an eSIM at all. Travellers from outside the EU/EEA (for example the US, UK or Australia) should check their home carrier's roaming charges.
Going on to other countries? Saily's France page also lists a Europe regional plan ("from US$4.99, 35 countries"), which we have not compared here.
How this page was made: we compared the prices and terms that each provider publishes on its own website. We have not tested these eSIMs ourselves on this trip type, and we do not report speed or coverage results. For coverage, check each provider's network list and your phone's eSIM compatibility before buying.
Plan details to know
- Airalo: Unlimited plans and fixed-data plans. Check each package's details on Airalo for fair-use or speed terms; we did not find them stated on the country page.
- Saily: On the Saily pages we read on 22 October 2026, fixed-data plans show one validity each (1 GB: 7 days; 3–20 GB: 30 days). The Unlimited card lists 5 to 30-day options with a single displayed price, so confirm the price for your validity at checkout. These pages state no hotspot restrictions and did not state a daily full-speed limit for Unlimited (Saily's pages for other countries that we read earlier said 5 GB per day at full speed), so check the plan terms before buying.
- Holafly: Unlimited data plans by number of days. Hotspot sharing is limited to 1 GB per day (per Holafly's pages). Data only, no local phone number.
- Yesim: Fixed-data plans are 30-day plans; on 22 October 2026 the 5–30 GB plans were shown discounted from a higher list price (we record the price shown and note the list price; discounts can end at any time). Unlimited is sold per day; the page we read showed $4.20 for 1 day and no prices for longer durations. Plan details list hotspot as 'Depends on operator' and say speed may be limited under the network operator's Fair Usage Policy.
Full price list for France (all plans we captured)
| Provider | Data | Validity | Price (USD) | Per day | Notes / source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airalo | 1 GB | 3 days | $4.00 | $1.33 | source |
| Airalo | 3 GB | 3 days | $7.00 | $2.33 | source |
| Airalo | 3 GB | 7 days | $7.50 | $1.07 | source |
| Airalo | 5 GB | 7 days | $10.00 | $1.43 | source |
| Airalo | 5 GB | 15 days | $10.50 | $0.70 | source |
| Airalo | 5 GB | 30 days | $11.00 | $0.37 | source |
| Airalo | 10 GB | 7 days | $16.00 | $2.29 | source |
| Airalo | 10 GB | 15 days | $16.50 | $1.10 | source |
| Airalo | 10 GB | 30 days | $17.00 | $0.57 | source |
| Airalo | 20 GB | 15 days | $22.50 | $1.50 | source |
| Airalo | 20 GB | 30 days | $23.00 | $0.77 | source |
| Airalo | 50 GB | 30 days | $35.00 | $1.17 | source |
| Airalo | Unlimited | 3 days | $11.00 | $3.67 | source |
| Airalo | Unlimited | 5 days | $17.00 | $3.40 | source |
| Airalo | Unlimited | 7 days | $23.50 | $3.36 | source |
| Airalo | Unlimited | 10 days | $29.00 | $2.90 | source |
| Airalo | Unlimited | 15 days | $42.00 | $2.80 | source |
| Airalo | Unlimited | 30 days | $59.00 | $1.97 | source |
| Holafly | Unlimited | 3 days | $11.90 | $3.97 | source |
| Holafly | Unlimited | 5 days | $20.50 | $4.10 | source |
| Holafly | Unlimited | 7 days | $27.50 | $3.93 | source |
| Holafly | Unlimited | 10 days | $36.50 | $3.65 | source |
| Holafly | Unlimited | 15 days | $50.50 | $3.37 | source |
| Holafly | Unlimited | 30 days | $73.90 | $2.46 | source |
| Saily | 1 GB | 7 days | $3.99 | $0.57 | source |
| Saily | 3 GB | 30 days | $8.99 | $0.30 | source |
| Saily | 5 GB | 30 days | $10.99 | $0.37 | source |
| Saily | 10 GB | 30 days | $16.99 | $0.57 | source |
| Saily | 20 GB | 30 days | $22.99 | $0.77 | source |
| Saily | Unlimited | 5–30 days | $41.99 | – | card price; confirm for your validity; one price shown on a card listing 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30-day options source |
| Yesim | 1 GB | 30 days | $3.00 | $0.10 | source |
| Yesim | 5 GB | 30 days | $11.52 | $0.38 | shown discounted from $15.00 source |
| Yesim | 10 GB | 30 days | $19.20 | $0.64 | shown discounted from $30.00 source |
| Yesim | 20 GB | 30 days | $26.40 | $0.88 | shown discounted from $60.00 source |
| Yesim | 30 GB | 30 days | $33.60 | $1.12 | shown discounted from $90.00 source |
| Yesim | Unlimited (fair-usage limit applies) | 1 days | $4.20 | $4.20 | sold per day; the page showed only the 1-day price, confirm longer durations at checkout source |
Prices checked on 22 October 2026 on the providers' own websites. Prices in USD as displayed on each provider's public website on 22 October 2026. Airalo, Holafly and Yesim pages were read directly from their sites; Saily's pages were read through a web fetch (direct requests were blocked). Providers can show different prices or currencies by location, and they change prices and run promotions often. Always confirm the price at checkout.
Before you buy
- Check that your phone supports eSIM and is not carrier-locked (each provider has a compatibility list).
- Install the eSIM on Wi-Fi before you fly; turn on data roaming for the eSIM line on arrival.
- Download offline maps of the places you'll visit to cut data use.