Airalo eSIM Data Plans for South Africa

Airalo does not provide a true unlimited high‑speed data eSIM for South Africa. Plans that carry the name “Unlimited” actually limit usage to 3GB per day, after which the speed falls to 1000 kbps, which is not the same as unlimited data.

Airalo offers fixed‑data alternatives. For example, a 20 GB plan is available for 15 days at $38 USD, and a 10 GB plan can be purchased for 7 or 15 days at $23–$24 USD. These fixed‑data plans may be more cost‑effective for travelers who need a reliable amount of high‑speed data without the throttling imposed by the daily cap.

Airalo does not provide South Africa eSIM plans that include a local phone number or the ability to send or receive SMS. Only data‑only eSIMs are available for South Africa. Travelers can use popular VoIP applications such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and iMessage over the data connection to make calls and send messages without needing a traditional SMS or phone number capability.

Airalo provides 13 single‑country data plans for South Africa and 15 multi‑country plans that include the country, a total of 28 options. The plans vary from $4.00 to $89.00, offering data caps between 1 GB and 20 GB over validity periods from 3 to 365 days. Among the offerings, a subset features daily data caps, while the remainder provide a fixed data amount for the entire validity period.