Free eSIM in India — 500MB–1GB free for first-time users, claimed in the Wanderly app. No card.
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Price per GB
$2.00
- Coverage
- Single country
- Plan type
- Data only
- Top-up
- Available
- Activation
- On network connection
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What's Included
India eSIM plans at a glance
Wanderly lists 35 fixed-data India plans, ranging from 1GB up to 50GB over 7 to 365 days. Prices start at $4.99, and the lowest cost per gigabyte is $2.00/GB on the 10GB 30-day plan.
Unlimited day-passes are also available from $3.99 per day, billed per day rather than per gigabyte. All 43 India plans can be topped up without reinstalling the eSIM.
Every plan is data-only and installs from a QR code, so your home number stays active on its own line. Validity starts when the eSIM first connects to a network in India, not at purchase, which means you can install before you fly.
🇮🇳 About eSIMs in India
India has more mobile users than any country on earth, but as a tourist you cannot easily buy a local Jio or Airtel SIM without extensive KYC paperwork and an Indian address. Wanderly Indonesia bypasses that entirely — a foreign-issued eSIM roams onto Airtel or Vodafone Idea automatically and gives you working data the moment you land at Delhi or Bombay.
Data needs in India are high. You will use Google Maps constantly (traffic is intense), Uber and Ola for rides, and Google Translate for signs in Devanagari. Plan on 10–15 GB for a week; two-week travelers who visit Rajasthan and Kerala usually want 20 GB or unlimited.
Coverage is excellent in every metro (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad), on the Konkan coast, in Rajasthan and along the popular Kerala backwater routes. Trekking regions like Ladakh and remote Himachal drop signal, so download offline maps.
How to activate your eSIM in India
- 1Order before you flyBuy at home so you skip the KYC hassle of a local SIM. QR code arrives by email in under a minute.
- 2Install and labelAdd the eSIM as ‘India’ from Settings → Cellular. Keep it off until you land.
- 3Enable in IndiaAfter landing, switch cellular data to the India eSIM and turn on Data Roaming. No paperwork, no local ID.
- 4Install ride appsUber, Ola and Rapido all need working data to sign up. Do it once, then you are set for the whole trip.
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