Cheapest eSIM for Mongolia
The cheapest eSIM for Mongolia right now is ASIMGO, 25 GB for 20 Days at $16.23. That is $0.65 per GB.
862 plans from 55 providers, watched and re-ranked by the real price per gigabyte. Every one is a prepaid travel eSIM for Mongolia that you buy online and install before you fly, so it works the moment you land.
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| Rank | Provider | Data | Validity | Price (USD) | Price per GB | Verdict | Get |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid placement. It sits above the ranking and does not change it. Advertise here | SponsoredPaid placement. It sits above the ranking and does not change it. Advertise hereMegaEsim Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
10 GB | 30 Days | $31.44 | $3.14 | Sponsored | Get |
| 1 | ASIMGO Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG10 |
25 GB | 20 Days | $16.23 | $0.65 | Best value | Get |
| 2 | ASIMGO Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG10 |
50 GB | 30 Days | $33.67 | $0.67 | Best value | Get |
| 3 | Wanderly Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOGWILDCARD |
20 GB | 30 Days | $14.99 | $0.75 | Great | Get |
| 4 | Wanderly Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOGWILDCARD |
10 GB | 30 Days | $9.99 | $1.00 | Good | Get |
| 5 | eSIModo Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
20 GB | 7 Days | $39.03 | $1.95 | Expensive | Get |
| 6 | eSIModo Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
30 GB | 10 Days | $60.23 | $2.01 | Expensive | Get |
| 7 | Tourist eSIM | 40 GB | 180 Days | $86.96 | $2.17 | Expensive | Get |
| 8 | eSIMzio Coupon: WATCHDOG15 |
20 GB | 30 Days | $44.75 | $2.24 | Expensive | Get |
| 9 | Tourist eSIM | 20 GB | 30 Days | $44.80 | $2.24 | Expensive | Get |
| 10 | Lempart Flex Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
40 GB | 180 Days | $91.99 | $2.30 | Expensive | Get |
| 11 | AirPlans Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
20 GB | 30 Days | $46.44 | $2.32 | Expensive | Get |
| 12 | AirPlans Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
30 GB | 30 Days | $69.78 | $2.33 | Expensive | Get |
| 13 | Airalo | 20 GB | 15 Days | $47.00 | $2.35 | Very expensive | Get |
| 14 | Lempart Flex Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
30 GB | 30 Days | $72.49 | $2.42 | Very expensive | Get |
| 15 | Nomad | 20 GB | 30 Days | $49.00 | $2.45 | Very expensive | Get |
| 16 | Airalo | 20 GB | 30 Days | $49.00 | $2.45 | Very expensive | Get |
| 17 | Yatelo Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
20 GB | 30 Days | $49.76 | $2.49 | Very expensive | Get |
| 18 | Telekonek Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
50 GB | 20 Days | $140.00 | $2.80 | Very expensive | Get |
| 19 | Telekonek Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
50 GB | 30 Days | $141.00 | $2.82 | Very expensive | Get |
| 20 | AlpineSIM | 20 GB | 30 Days | $57.28 | $2.86 | Very expensive | Get |
| 21 | MobiMatter Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
26 GB | 365 Days | $74.99 | $2.88 | Very expensive | Get |
| 22 | eSIMzio Coupon: WATCHDOG15 |
10 GB | 30 Days | $29.50 | $2.95 | Very expensive | Get |
| 23 | Travel eSIM | 10 GB | 30 Days | $29.54 | $2.95 | Very expensive | Get |
| 24 | Travel eSIM | 20 GB | 30 Days | $59.08 | $2.95 | Very expensive | Get |
| 25 | SparkRoam Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG5 |
10 GB | 30 Days | $29.80 | $2.98 | Very expensive | Get |
| 26 | SparkRoam Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG5 |
20 GB | 30 Days | $60.60 | $3.03 | Very expensive | Get |
| 27 | AdventureSIMs Charged in AUD Coupon: WATCHDOG |
10 GB | 30 Days | $31.31 | $3.13 | Very expensive | Get |
| 28 | MegaEsim Coupon: SUMMER10 |
10 GB | 30 Days | $31.44 | $3.14 | Very expensive | Get |
| 29 | SimSmash | 20 GB | 30 Days | $62.99 | $3.15 | Very expensive | Get |
| 30 | Yatelo Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
10 GB | 30 Days | $31.68 | $3.17 | Very expensive | Get |
| 31 | MegaEsim Coupon: SUMMER10 |
3 GB | 1 Day | $9.69 | $3.23 | Very expensive | Get |
| 32 | MobiMatter Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
13 GB | 365 Days | $41.99 | $3.23 | Very expensive | Get |
| 33 | AdventureSIMs Charged in AUD Coupon: WATCHDOG |
20 GB | 30 Days | $64.71 | $3.24 | Very expensive | Get |
| 34 | AlpineSIM | 10 GB | 30 Days | $32.58 | $3.26 | Very expensive | Get |
| 35 | SogdiaRoam Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
6 GB | 10 Days | $19.90 | $3.32 | Very expensive | Get |
| 36 | SimSmash | 10 GB | 30 Days | $33.99 | $3.40 | Very expensive | Get |
| 37 | GigSky | 50 GB | 180 Days | $169.99 | $3.40 | Very expensive | Get |
| 38 | Connect Me Guru Coupon: hello-saun |
10 GB | 30 Days | $34.09 | $3.41 | Very expensive | Get |
| 39 | eSIM Hero | 10 GB | 30 Days | $34.25 | $3.42 | Very expensive | Get |
| 40 | eSIMfly | 20 GB | 30 Days | $68.85 | $3.44 | Very expensive | Get |
| 41 | Connect Me Guru Coupon: hello-saun |
20 GB | 30 Days | $69.63 | $3.48 | Very expensive | Get |
| 42 | eSIM Hero | 20 GB | 30 Days | $69.75 | $3.49 | Very expensive | Get |
| 43 | Nomad | 10 GB | 30 Days | $35.00 | $3.50 | Very expensive | Get |
| 44 | CloudOn | 20 GB | 30 Days | $72.99 | $3.65 | Very expensive | Get |
| 45 | CloudOn | 50 GB | 30 Days | $193.99 | $3.88 | Very expensive | Get |
| 46 | eSIMfly | 10 GB | 30 Days | $42.47 | $4.25 | Very expensive | Get |
| 47 | Lumbus Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG10 |
20 GB | 30 Days | $85.99 | $4.30 | Very expensive | Get |
| 48 | Saily Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
1 GB | 7 Days | $4.49 | $4.49 | Very expensive | Get |
| 49 | Lumbus Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG10 |
10 GB | 30 Days | $44.99 | $4.50 | Very expensive | Get |
| 50 | Govora | 10 GB | 30 Days | $44.99 | $4.50 | Very expensive | Get |
| 51 | Earth Esim Coupon: ESIMWD5 |
10 GB | 30 Days | $45.00 | $4.50 | Very expensive | Get |
| 52 | Earth Esim Coupon: ESIMWD5 |
20 GB | 30 Days | $90.00 | $4.50 | Very expensive | Get |
| 53 | RoameSIM Coupon: ESMWD10 |
20 GB | 30 Days | $91.25 | $4.56 | Very expensive | Get |
| 54 | Govora | 20 GB | 30 Days | $92.49 | $4.62 | Very expensive | Get |
| 55 | Skyalo Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
20 GB | 30 Days | $92.99 | $4.65 | Very expensive | Get |
| 56 | Saily Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
3 GB | 30 Days | $13.99 | $4.66 | Very expensive | Get |
| 57 | Yesim Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
10 GB | 30 Days | $46.60 | $4.66 | Very expensive | Get |
| 58 | Gigago | 10 GB | 30 Days | $47.50 | $4.75 | Very expensive | Get |
| 59 | HiRoaming Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG20FIRST |
20 GB | 30 Days | $97.65 | $4.88 | Very expensive | Get |
| 60 | Soovia | 10 GB | 30 Days | $49.41 | $4.94 | Very expensive | Get |
556 of these 862 plans were checked against the seller's own shop on 17 October 2026. The rest come from the seller's own feed or plan pages and are not yet independently checked.
The Watchdog Pick is chosen automatically: the lowest real price per GB of the 862 plans in this view. Bulk data pools above 50 GB cannot win it, because their per GB rate only exists if you use data no traveller uses. Providers cannot pay for it, and a commission never changes the ranking. Prices are shown in USD and can change at checkout.
Price per GB counts only data you can use inside the validity, at most 3 GB a day, so a big pool on a short validity cannot buy the top spot. Every provider's best two plans come first, then the rest. A plan marked Unverified price undercuts every other provider here by more than half and waits at the end until we have checked it on the seller's site. How we rank
Unlimited rows show the daily amount at full speed. Some rows also show the speed after that amount. A row with no speed does not mean the plan stays fast, so check the plan on the seller's site.
Some links here earn us a commission. It never changes the order. How we make money The row marked Sponsored is a paid placement shown above the ranking, not part of it. Advertise here.
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Cheapest eSIM for Mongolia: the numbers
As of 17 October 2026, 06:01 GMT, the cheapest eSIM for Mongolia is ASIMGO with 25 GB for 20 Days at $16.23. That is $0.65 per GB, the best rate of the 862 plans we compare from 55 providers. 414 support top ups. That timestamp is the exact moment of our latest price check, and the table above always shows the live order.
Which is the best eSIM for Mongolia?
There is no single best eSIM for Mongolia, because the right plan depends on how long you stay and how much data you use. What we can do is rank the 862 plans on the numbers, as they stand on 17 October 2026:
- Best value overall ASIMGO, 25 GB for 20 Days at $16.23. That is $0.65 per GB, the lowest real rate of every Mongolia plan we track.
- Best for a short trip MegaEsim, 1 GB for 1 Day at $3.67. The cheapest ticket that still gives you at least 1 GB for a week or less.
- Best for a long stay ASIMGO, 50 GB for 30 Days at $33.67, $0.67 per GB. The best rate among plans that last 30 days or more.
- Highest daily cap on an unlimited plan SimSmash, 1 Day at $26.99, full speed up to 10 GB a day. Set that daily cap against the fixed plan above before you pay for the word unlimited.
None of these picks is chosen by a person. Each one is the first row of a sort on live prices, so it changes whenever a provider moves a price, and ASIMGO did not pay to be named here.
Which mobile networks does Mongolia have?
MobiCom claims 95% population coverage and Unitel about 88%, but Mongolia is the least densely populated country on earth and large areas between towns have no signal at all. All provincial capitals have at least 3G.
- MobiCom: MobiCom is Mongolia's biggest operator, founded in 1996 with Japan's KDDI, holding over a third of the market and claiming network coverage of 95% of the population.
- Unitel: Unitel is the second operator with about a third of the market, covers roughly 88% of the population, and ran the country's first 5G test station on Sukhbaatar Square in 2022.
- Skytel: Skytel is a smaller operator that historically ran 3G in Ulaanbaatar plus a CDMA network in the countryside, and it was included in the 5G licence handout.
- G-Mobile: G-Mobile is the smallest operator, built on CDMA to serve remote countryside areas, and holds only a minor market share together with Skytel.
Mongolia has no notable MVNOs, so travel eSIMs connect through the main networks, usually MobiCom or Unitel.
The eSIM plans we compare on this page connect to:
The list above is Mongolia's operator market. The badges are the networks our tracked plans actually roam onto, which can be a subset of it, and the same network is sometimes sold to roaming partners under a different brand name. So a guide praising an operator you do not see badged here is describing a local SIM, not the travel eSIMs compared above.
Is 5G available in Mongolia?
Mongolia officially launched 5G in May 2025 after the regulator distributed licences to MobiCom, Unitel and Skytel, with a target of 70% population coverage by 2027. For now 5G works mainly in Ulaanbaatar.
How much data do you need in Mongolia?
Light use is about 500 MB a day. That covers maps, messages, and some browsing. Normal use with photos, social apps, and short videos runs 1 to 1.5 GB a day. Streaming and hotspot use can eat 2 to 3 GB a day. Here is what each size costs in Mongolia right now:
Are unlimited eSIMs for Mongolia really unlimited?
Not always. 322 of the 862 plans above are sold as unlimited, and most of them carry a daily fair use cap. A further 5 plans are unlimited in a different way: one capped speed for the whole plan, shown next to the word Unlimited in the table. For Mongolia the caps we can see published are 0.5 to 10 GB a day: past that the speed drops, often to 1 Mbps or less, until the clock resets. That is fine for messages and maps, slow for video. At $0.65 per GB from ASIMGO, a fixed plan often works out cheaper than unlimited unless you genuinely burn several GB a day. That is why we rank by price per GB and not by the word on the label.
Here is what each seller on this page actually allows per day before it slows you down. No seller publishes this next to its rivals, which is exactly why it is worth showing.
Every seller that publishes a daily allowance is listed on our daily data caps page, with the cheapest plan at each one. The gap between the top and bottom of that table is the whole point. Two plans both sold as unlimited can differ several times over in what you actually get at full speed, and the cheaper one is not always the smaller allowance.
eSIM or a local SIM card at the airport in Mongolia?
An eSIM is ready before you land. No queue, no shop, no handing over your passport at a counter for a tourist SIM card. Data for Mongolia starts at $2.00 on this page, which is hard for airport kiosks to beat. A local SIM still makes sense if you need a local phone number or plan to stay for months. For a normal trip, the eSIM wins on price and effort.
Setting up your Mongolia eSIM
Pick the plan, not the brandThe cheapest rate in Mongolia today is $0.65 per GB from ASIMGO, against a median of $4.70. The QR code arrives by email within minutes of paying.
Install before you flyScan the QR code on wifi at home. Installation needs a connection, and the one thing you will not have when you land in Mongolia is a working connection.
Turn it on when you landEnable the eSIM and turn on data roaming for it, then give it a minute to attach to MobiCom, Mobicom, Unitel. Expect 4G.
Know what happens when it runs out414 of the 862 plans here can be topped up, so running out is not the end of the trip. If you would rather over buy than top up, the cheapest plan with at least 5 GB is Wanderly at $6.99.
Good to know before you land in Mongolia
SIM registration is mandatory, so you need your passport or another ID at the point of purchase.
MobiCom, Unitel and Skytel all run counters in the arrivals area at Chinggis Khaan International Airport, with tourist packages roughly 5 to 20 US dollars. Counters close in the evening, so late arrivals may find them shut.
For Gobi trips and countryside tours expect long stretches with zero signal between towns, so download offline maps before leaving Ulaanbaatar. MobiCom sells tourist combo bundles with data and calling credit that can be extended up to 90 days.
Mongolia Travel eSIM FAQ
Everything you need to know about using an eSIM in Mongolia
What is the cheapest eSIM for Mongolia?
Right now the cheapest option ranked by price per GB is ASIMGO with 25 GB for 20 Days at $16.23. That works out to $0.65 per GB. Prices change often, so the table above is re-sorted at every price check.
Which is the best eSIM for Mongolia?
It depends on the trip, so we rank rather than pick a favourite. On today's prices the best value for Mongolia is ASIMGO at $0.65 per GB, the lowest real rate of the 862 plans we compare. For heavy daily use there are 322 unlimited plans, most with a daily fair use cap, and they only win if you genuinely burn several GB a day. Every pick on this page is the first row of a sort on live prices. No provider can pay to be named best.
Is eSIM available in Mongolia?
Yes. We track 862 prepaid travel eSIM plans from 55 providers that work in Mongolia, roaming onto MobiCom, Mobicom, Unitel. You need a phone that supports eSIM and is not locked to a carrier; most iPhones from the XS onward and most flagship Android phones from 2019 on qualify.
Which networks will my eSIM connect to in Mongolia?
The plans we compare connect to MobiCom, Mobicom, Unitel. The exact network depends on the plan you pick. Check the plan details before you buy if one network matters to you.
Do Mongolia eSIMs support 5G?
The networks our plans use in Mongolia currently run on 4G. That is enough for maps, messaging, video calls, and streaming in most cases.
Can I buy a Mongolia eSIM online before I travel?
Yes, and you should. Every plan on this page is sold online and delivered by email as a QR code within minutes. Install it on wifi at home, leave the line switched off, and turn on data roaming for it when you land in Mongolia. The validity clock on most plans only starts when the eSIM first connects.
Can I top up my Mongolia eSIM if I run out?
Yes. 414 of the 862 plans here support top ups, so you can add data without buying a new eSIM. The rest need a fresh plan once the data ends.
Is an eSIM cheaper than a local SIM card in Mongolia?
For a trip of days or weeks, usually yes. Data for Mongolia starts at $2.00 for 300 MB on this page, with no queue, no shop and no passport handed over at a counter. A local SIM card can still win if you stay for months or need a local phone number.
Will I still receive bank SMS and OTP codes?
Yes, if you keep your home SIM active. Travel eSIMs are data only. Your phone can hold both at once, so leave your normal SIM on for SMS and use the eSIM for data. Turn off roaming data on the home SIM to avoid charges.
Do these eSIMs include a phone number or calls?
The plans we compare are data only, so there is no local number. Calls work fine over WhatsApp, FaceTime, or any app that uses data. If you need a real local number, a local SIM is the better tool.
Does a Mongolia eSIM work on iPhone and Android?
Yes, on any carrier unlocked phone with eSIM support: iPhone XS or newer, Google Pixel 3 or newer, Samsung Galaxy S20 or newer and most recent flagships. The plans are identical on both; only the install steps differ, and both take about a minute on wifi.
How many GB do I need for a week in Mongolia?
Around 3 to 5 GB covers a week of maps, messaging, and normal browsing. Heavy video or hotspot use needs 1 to 2 GB per day. Today the cheapest plan with at least 5 GB is Wanderly at $6.99.
Which Mongolia eSIM gives the most data per day?
Of the plans sold as unlimited here, SimSmash allows the most at full speed, 10 GB a day from $26.99. The smallest allowance on this page is ASIMGO at 500 MB a day. Every one of them is advertised as unlimited, and past the daily allowance the speed drops, often to 1 Mbps or less, until the next day. Check the allowance, not the word.
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How we rank
Prices last checked on 17 October 2026, 06:01 GMT across 862 plans. Every plan is ranked by the true cost per gigabyte, not marketing claims. We do not take money for rankings, and providers cannot pay for a higher position. Read the full method on our how we rank page.
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