Best eSIM for Chile (2026): Prices, Networks and Which Plan to Buy for Santiago, the Atacama and Patagonia

The best eSIM for Chile on price is Airalo for unlimited plans and Nomad for fixed data, with Wayfarro level at the two most popular sizes. Seven days of unlimited costs $27.50 at Airalo against $35 at Wayfarro, and 5 days costs $20.50 at Airalo, $25 at Wayfarro and $26 at Nomad. On fixed data, 1GB is $5 at both Wayfarro and Nomad, 10GB for 30 days is $25 at both, and Nomad is a dollar cheaper at 3GB and 5GB. Wayfarro's prices come straight from its store; Nomad's and Airalo's were checked in October 2026.

Chile is a very long, thin country with a city in the middle and two deserts of signal at the ends. You'll land in Santiago, fly north to the Atacama or south to Patagonia, and spend the best days of the trip somewhere a phone doesn't work. The plan that fits is a mid-size fixed plan for the city days, and for a trip that crosses into Argentina, a regional plan that doesn't stop at the border.

Best eSIM for Chile: prices compared

These are the plans from each provider's own Chile page, confirmed in US dollars. Providers change prices and run sales often, so check before you buy.

Plan	Wayfarro	Nomad	Airalo
1GB · 7 days	$5	$5	—
2GB · 15 days	$10	—	—
3GB · 30 days	$11	$10	—
5GB · 30 days	$15	$14	—
10GB · 30 days	$25	$25	—
20GB · 30 days	$61	$39	—
50GB · 30 days	$136	—	—
Unlimited · 1 day	$7	—	—
Unlimited · 3 days	$16	—	$12.50
Unlimited · 5 days	$25	$26	$20.50
Unlimited · 7 days	$35	—	$27.50
Unlimited · 10 days	$45	$45	$35
Unlimited · 15 days	$74	—	$50
Unlimited · 30 days	$147	—	$92
Networks	Not named on the plan page	Movistar	Movistar + 1 more

How to read this table: Wayfarro and Nomad charge the same at 1GB and 10GB; Nomad is a dollar cheaper at 3GB and 5GB and much cheaper at 20GB. Airalo's Chile page listed unlimited plans only, and it's the cheapest unlimited at every length from 3 to 30 days. Wayfarro is level with Nomad at 10 days of unlimited and the only one of the three with a 1-day unlimited plan, a 2GB plan and a 50GB plan. A dash means the provider doesn't sell that exact plan, or we couldn't confirm its US-dollar price.

Wayfarro's unlimited rows are its Unlimited Lite plans: 1GB a day at full speed, then 512 kbps until the next day. It also sells Unlimited Essential (1GB a day, then 1.25 Mbps) and Unlimited Plus (2GB a day, then 2 Mbps). Seven days costs $42 on Essential and $84 on Plus. Neither Nomad nor Airalo publishes a daily high-speed allowance for its Chile unlimited plans. Nomad says its eSIMs support hotspot.

Which is the best eSIM for Chile for your trip?

The best eSIM for Chile for you depends on how many days are in Santiago and how many are in a park:

• Santiago and Valparaíso long weekend (3 days): 1GB at $5, the same as Nomad, covers Uber, the metro and the funiculars. For a weekend of video, Airalo's 3-day unlimited at $12.50 is cheaper than Wayfarro's $16.
• One week, Santiago plus the Atacama: 3GB at Nomad's $10 or Wayfarro's $11 is enough, since the desert days use almost nothing. For unlimited, Airalo's 7-day plan at $27.50 beats Wayfarro's $35.
• Ten days to two weeks, the Atacama and the Lake District or Patagonia: 10GB at $25 from Wayfarro or Nomad. For unlimited, Airalo's 10-day plan at $35 is $10 under both Wayfarro and Nomad.
• Three weeks to a month, or working from Santiago: Nomad's 20GB at $39 is far cheaper than Wayfarro's $61. Airalo's 30-day unlimited at $92 beats Wayfarro's $147. Wayfarro's 50GB at $136 is the only 50GB plan here, for a month of laptop tethering.
• A Santiago layover on the way to Easter Island or Patagonia: Wayfarro's 1-day unlimited at $7 covers a night in the city without buying a week; nobody else here sells a 1-day plan.
• Chile plus Argentina (Torres del Paine to El Calafate, or Santiago to Mendoza): Wayfarro's Latin America regional plan covers both countries on one eSIM, from $25 for 5GB and $39 for 10GB, with Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico included for a longer loop.

Networks and coverage in Chile

Chile has four operators, all with 4G and 5G: Entel, Movistar (now trading as Tigo), WOM and Claro. Entel is the largest with about 8.1 million subscribers; the other three each have around 5 million. Nomad's and Airalo's Chile eSIMs both run on Movistar, and Wayfarro's plan page doesn't name its partner network.

Where it matters:

• Santiago, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar and the central valley: 4G and 5G on every operator.
• The Atacama: San Pedro de Atacama, at about 2,400 m, has coverage in town. The desert is sparsely populated and the tour circuit (the geysers about 80 km out, the salt flats, the lagoons, the road toward the ALMA observatory) is mostly open country where signal drops for long stretches.
• Patagonia: Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas are fine. Torres del Paine, 112 km north of Puerto Natales, is a multi-day trek without reliable signal, and plan for long gaps on the ferry and bus routes along the Carretera Austral.
• Easter Island (Rapa Nui): Check that your plan covers it before you fly; it's far offshore and not every roaming agreement reaches it.

How to set up an eSIM for Chile

Install at home, turn it on when you land. It takes about two minutes:

1. Check your phone is unlocked and supports eSIM. iPhone XS and later, Google Pixel 3 and later, and most recent Samsung Galaxy phones do.
2. Install over Wi-Fi before you fly. Scan the QR code or use the one-tap install link. Step-by-step install guide.
3. Label it "Chile" so it's easy to pick in settings.
4. When you land in Santiago, set the Chile eSIM as your mobile-data line and turn on Data Roaming for it. Travel eSIMs technically roam, so data won't connect without this setting.
5. Keep your home SIM on for calls and texts (turn its data roaming off to avoid charges) so you still get bank verification codes.

With Wayfarro, your plan's validity starts when the eSIM first connects in Chile, not when you install it.

Planning for the offline days

Chile rewards the traveler who downloads everything the night before. In San Pedro, tours leave in the dark for the geysers and you'll want the pickup point and the operator's WhatsApp saved, not loading. In Puerto Natales, the refugio bookings, the bus ticket and the park map all go offline before you board, because the W trek is three to five days and the O circuit seven to nine, and none of it has reliable signal.

That changes the plan you need. A two-week Chile trip with five days in parks is really nine days of data use, so a 5GB or 10GB plan goes further than the calendar suggests. Buy the fixed plan, keep a little in reserve for the day you come back to town and everything syncs at once, and top up if you run low.

Bottom line

For unlimited plans buy Airalo, which is cheapest at every length. For fixed data Wayfarro and Nomad are level at 1GB and 10GB, and Nomad is cheaper at 3GB, 5GB and 20GB. Wayfarro is the pick for a 1-day layover, a 50GB month, and for any trip that crosses into Argentina, where its Latin America plan covers both sides of the border. Whichever you choose, install it at home and turn on data roaming when you land. See Wayfarro's Chile eSIM plans, read the Argentina eSIM guide for the other half of Patagonia, or put both legs in the Trip Builder.