Cape Verde eSIM prices: 9 Airalo plans, from $4.70 a gigabyte

What does an eSIM for Cape Verde cost, and who did we price?

Nine Cape Verde eSIM plans from Airalo, every one read off airalo.com on 8 October 2026. We have priced only Airalo here. We have not priced Saily, Holafly, Nomad, eSIMCard or eSIM Go for Cape Verde, so this is one seller's list, not a survey, and we make no claim about the best eSIM across sellers. Airalo lists its Cape Verde plans under the name Fogotel. We treat that as Airalo's own listing label and do not name a host network from it.

The cheapest Cape Verde data plan we hold is 10 GB over 7 days at $47, which is $4.70 a gigabyte. The dearest rate is $9.00 a gigabyte, from 1 GB over 3 days at $9.

Every Cape Verde eSIM plan we hold

Verified 8 October 2026. The per-GB column is price divided by data.

How much does the rate change with size?

The rate runs from $9.00 a gigabyte at 1 GB over 3 days down to $4.70 at 10 GB over 7 days, a 1.9-fold spread inside one seller's own list. Bigger plans are cheaper per gigabyte; the largest metered plan we hold is 10 GB. A heavy user cannot buy a lower rate than this.

Validity moves the price less than size does, but not always trivially. 3 GB costs $22 to $24 depending on the validity window; 5 GB costs $30 to $35 depending on the validity window; 10 GB costs $47 to $49 depending on the validity window. The widest gap within one size is $5.

Which size should you buy for Cape Verde?

These are the plans in our data that fit common trip lengths. They are arithmetic on the table above, not a test of how much data a trip uses.

Very light use. 1 GB over 3 days at $9 is the entry price, and the dearest gigabyte on the list at $9.00.

A weekend or three days. 3 GB over 3 days at $22 ($7.33 a gigabyte).

About a week. 5 GB over 7 days at $30 ($6.00 a gigabyte).

Ten days to a month. 10 GB over 30 days at $49 ($4.90 a gigabyte).

There are no uncapped plans in our Cape Verde data.

Is an eSIM worth it for Cape Verde, or should you use roaming or a local SIM?

We have not priced roaming from US carriers or local SIMs for Cape Verde, so we cannot tell you which is cheaper. The honest comparison needs your carrier's international day-pass price, which you can look up in a minute. What we can say is what the Cape Verde eSIM looks like on price: a cheap Cape Verde data plan costs $4.70/GB at its best rate, and 1 GB costs $9. If your carrier's roaming pass beats those numbers for your days, use that.

We could not read an official source on Cape Verde's carriers, SIM registration or eSIM support, so we say nothing about them. The archipelago has several islands, and we have no data on how coverage varies between them.

What to know before you buy a Cape Verde travel SIM

Install the eSIM before you leave if the seller allows it, and check that your phone is carrier-unlocked and supports eSIM. Airalo's page for the country is the authority on the plan's current price and terms: Airalo's Cape Verde page. Our figures are a snapshot from 8 October 2026 and can change.

For how Cape Verde sits against other countries and sellers, see the cheapest eSIM plans, the provider comparison, the Africa guide and Airalo. We explain how we gather data on how we test. This is desk research from public sources; we did not test the plans on a phone.