Hong Kong's verified eSIM floor is $0.98 a gigabyte, and the rungs above it are unusually soft
Airalo's 50 GB Hong Kong plan is $49, or $0.98 a gigabyte. Unlike most markets we hold, the mid-sized plans here are close behind. Eighteen prices, all read off the checkout on 17 August 2026.
One seller, eighteen prices, one date
We hold plan data for exactly one eSIM provider in Hong Kong: Airalo. Eighteen plans, all verified, read off airalo.com on 17 August 2026. That is the whole of our Hong Kong coverage and it is not a market survey. Saily, Holafly, Nomad, eSIMCard and eSIM Go all sell travel eSIMs; none of them has been priced here yet, so none appears below with a figure beside it.
Airalo lists its Hong Kong plans under the name Hkmobile. That is Airalo's own retail label, not a carrier. Airalo publishes no host network for Hong Kong, or for anywhere else, so we cannot tell you which operator the eSIM attaches to once it is running.
The metered ladder
| Data | Days | Price | Per GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | 3 | $4 | $4 |
| 3 GB | 3 | $8 | $2.67 |
| 3 GB | 7 | $8.50 | $2.83 |
| 5 GB | 7 | $11 | $2.20 |
| 5 GB | 15 | $11.50 | $2.30 |
| 5 GB | 30 | $12 | $2.40 |
| 10 GB | 7 | $17 | $1.70 |
| 10 GB | 15 | $17.50 | $1.75 |
| 10 GB | 30 | $18 | $1.80 |
| 20 GB | 15 | $28 | $1.40 |
| 20 GB | 30 | $29 | $1.45 |
| 50 GB | 30 | $49 | $0.98 |
Twelve metered plans, from 1 GB to 50 GB, with nothing above. The floor is the 50 GB plan at $0.98 a gigabyte, and the usual warning about small plans applies — 1 GB over 3 days works out at four times that rate.
What is different about Hong Kong is the middle. In most markets on this site the mid-sized plans are dreadful and only the largest is worth having. Here, 10 GB over 7 days is $17, or $1.70 a gigabyte, and 20 GB over 15 days is $28, or $1.40. Those are respectable rates in their own right, so the reader who genuinely needs 10 GB is not being punished for it.
What each step actually buys
Stepping up a rung is still the cheapest data on the page:
- 5 GB to 10 GB over 30 days: $12 becomes $18. Five more gigabytes for $6.
- 10 GB to 20 GB over 30 days: $18 becomes $29. Ten more for $11.
- 20 GB to 50 GB over 30 days: $29 becomes $49. Thirty more for $20, about 67 cents each.
So the 50 GB plan still holds the best rate, but the gap is narrower than in most places. If you know you will not use 20 GB, buying it here is not the near-automatic decision it is in some markets.
Hong Kong and Kazakhstan are priced as though they were one country
We priced four other markets the same afternoon: China, Macau, Mongolia and Kazakhstan. All five carry the identical 50 GB plan at $49 and the identical 1 GB plan at $4.
Hong Kong and Kazakhstan go much further than that. Nine of their eighteen plans are priced to the cent against each other — 10 GB at $17, $17.50 and $18 across the three durations, 50 GB at $49, and four of the six unlimited tiers. On the rungs where they differ, the gap is never more than $1.50. Two markets with nothing economically in common, priced as one.
That $49 is not a Hong Kong number either. Airalo charges it for 50 GB over 30 days in 18 of the 56 countries where we hold a 50 GB price, Iceland and Bangladesh included. A floor that identical across that spread of markets is policy, not local cost.
For context, $0.98 sits mid-table on this site: Thailand's verified floor is $0.55 a gigabyte and Austria's $0.58, while Kenya reaches $4.60 and Fiji $4.70 across the 94 countries now covered.
Unlimited is priced by the day, and it rarely wins
Six unlimited plans: $12.50 for 3 days, $19 for 5, $29.50 for 7, $35 for 10, $49 for 15 and $71 for 30.
Hold those against the metered column and most of them look poor. The 15-day unlimited is $49 — the same money as 50 GB running for a full 30 days. A week of unlimited is $29.50, which is 50 cents more than 20 GB over 30 days. Even the 3-day unlimited at $12.50 costs more than 5 GB over 30 days at $12.
That is the case against, and it holds unless you expect to move serious volume. Unlimited earns its price only if you would otherwise clear 50 GB, or if the value of not thinking about a counter is worth the premium to you.
Which plan for which trip
- A weekend. 3 GB over 3 days at $8, or 5 GB over 7 days at $11 for a bit of slack.
- A week with hotel wifi in the evenings. 5 GB over 7 days at $11; 10 GB over 7 days at $17 if you are navigating and streaming.
- Two weeks. 20 GB over 15 days at $28, at $1.40 a gigabyte.
- A month, or two phones sharing. 50 GB over 30 days at $49, the only Hong Kong plan we hold under a dollar a gigabyte.
What this page does not cover
We hold no local SIM data for Hong Kong: no counter prices, no shop advice, no registration rules, no operator names. Nobody here has researched it, so the page says nothing about it.
We also cannot tell you what territory these plans cover beyond Hong Kong itself. Macau and mainland China are listed and priced separately by Airalo, and we hold no record of what any of the three includes at the edges. Read the coverage note on the listing before you buy on that assumption.
And nothing for the other five sellers. If one of them beats $0.98 a gigabyte in Hong Kong, we would not know — and neither would a page that lists all six with figures nobody read. That distinction is the whole of how we test. Our Airalo page covers the company across every country we hold, and the cheapest eSIM plans puts this $0.98 beside every other rate on the site.
Common questions
Which eSIM is cheapest in Hong Kong?
Of the plans anyone here has actually read, Airalo's 50 GB over 30 days at $49 is the lowest rate, at $0.98 a gigabyte. Airalo is also the only provider we hold Hong Kong prices for — Saily, Holafly, Nomad, eSIMCard and eSIM Go have not been priced here, so we cannot say whether one of them undercuts it.
Which Hong Kong network does an Airalo eSIM use?
We do not know. Airalo publishes no host network for Hong Kong, and none for any other country either. Hkmobile, the name on the listing, is Airalo's own product label rather than an operator, so it says nothing about which network you will attach to or how well it covers.
Does a Hong Kong eSIM work in Macau or mainland China?
We hold no data on it. Airalo sells Hong Kong, Macau and China as three separate listings at three different sets of prices, which tells you they are priced separately but not what each one covers. Check the coverage note on the listing itself rather than assuming a plan bought for one works in the others.
Is the 50 GB plan the obvious buy in Hong Kong?
Less so than in most markets. It holds the best rate at $0.98 a gigabyte, but 20 GB over 15 days is already $1.40 and 10 GB over 7 days is $1.70, so a traveller who genuinely needs 10 GB is not paying a heavy penalty. Buy 50 GB if you expect to pass 20 GB in a month; otherwise the mid tiers are fair value here.