Best Egypt eSIM — Compared

160plans

15providers

$1.50lowest price

$0.52lowest per GB

Local SIMs in Egypt require passport registration, airport counters charge heavy markups, and city stores are slow going if you don't speak Arabic. Install a travel eSIM beforehand — it works on landing in Cairo, and Red Sea resorts are well covered.

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Quick answer (verified Sep 14, 2026): For a 7-day trip, the cheapest option is MobiMatter 2GB/15 days at $3.99 ($2.00/GB). Cheapest per GB: BNESIM at $0.52/GB. For unlimited data, Maya Mobile Unlimited/7 days at $16.79 (code LAUNCH) is the cheapest, 5GB Per Day full speed, then speed drops to 3Mbps..

Top 10 by overall value

Last updated: Sep 14, 2026

#	Provider	Plan	Price	Per GB	Network	Score
1	Orange Travel	100GB / 30 days	$55.43	$0.55	Orange, E&, Vodafone	90.9	View →
2	BNESIM	100GB / 30 days	$51.97	$0.52	ORANGE(4G) Network details · 1 countries EgyptORANGE	89	View →
3	Global YO	100GB / 60 days	$97.99 Code 8GW4Q2Enter it during sign-up; check Global YO's sign-up page for the exact reward	$0.98	Orange Egypt Network details · 1 countries EgyptOrange Egypt	89	View →
4	Orange Travel	50GB / 30 days	$48.50	$0.97	Orange, E&, Vodafone	89	View →
5	BNESIM	50GB / 30 days	$28.87	$0.58	ORANGE(4G) Network details · 1 countries EgyptORANGE	88.7	View →
6	GoMoWorld	32GB / 30 days	$34.64	$1.08	Network not disclosed	88.6	View →
7	BNESIM	100GB / 36500 days	$63.52	-	ORANGE(4G) Network details · 1 countries EgyptORANGE	88.5	View →
8	Global YO	100GB / 365 days	$109.99 Code 8GW4Q2Enter it during sign-up; check Global YO's sign-up page for the exact reward	$1.10	Automatically switches between local carriers Network details · 100 countries Albaniavodafone AlgeriaDjezzyMobilisOoredoo Algeria ArmeniaMTS Armenia -VivaCell AustraliaYES OPTUSvodafone Austria3 ATA1Orange AzerbaijanAZERCELL GSMBAKCELL GSM 2000Nar Mobile BahrainVivazain BH BelarusVELCOM BangladeshBanglalinkGrameenphone BelgiumKPN Group BelgiumMobistarPROXIMUS BoliviaTIGO BOLIVIA Bosnia & HerzegovinaBH MobileERONET BruneiDTSComProgresif BulgariaM-TelTelenor (formerly GLOBUL)vivacom CanadaBell MobilitySaskTelTELUS Communications ChinaCHINA MOBILECHINA UNICOM GSM ColombiaTigo CroatiaTele2VIP-NET CyprusMTNPrimetel CzechiaO2T-Mobile CZVodafone Czech Rep Denmark3 DKTDC MobilTelenor DenmarkTelia DK EgyptOrange Egypt El SalvadorTIGO EstoniaEMT GSMElisa EestiTele2 Faroe IslandsVODAFONE FO FinlandAlands Mobiltelefon ABElisa CorporationSONERAdna FranceBouygues TelecomFreeOrange F GeorgiaBeeline (former Mobitel)GEOCELLMAGTI GSM GermanyE-PlusO2 (Germany) GmbH & Co. OHGVodafone (Germany) GhanaAirtel (formerly Zain)Vodafone GhanatiGO GibraltarGIBTEL GreeceCOSMOTEWINDvodafone GuadeloupeDigicel (French Guiana)Orange Caraibes GuatemalaTIGO (former COMCEL) GuernseySure Guernsey HondurasTIGO (former CELTEL) Hong Kong SAR China3CSLSmarToneVodafone HungaryTelenorVodafone IcelandNOVASiminnVodafone Iceland IndiaAirTelIDEA CellularJioVodafone Indonesia3INDOSATTELKOMSEL IraqKorek TelecomZain Iraq IrelandHutchison 3G IrelandMeteor IsraelCellcom IsraelHot MobilePelephone ItalyIliad ItalyTIMWind Telecomunicazioni SpAvodafone JapanDOCOMOKDDI Corporation JerseyJersey TelecomSure Jersey Jordanzain JO KazakhstanBeelineKCELL KyrgyzstanBeeline KG KuwaitSTC Kuwaitzain KW LatviaBite LatvijaLMT GSMTELE2 LiechtensteinMobilkom FL1Salt (former Orange) LithuaniaBITE GSMOMNITELTELE2 LuxembourgLUXGSMOrange LuxembourgTANGO Macao SAR ChinaCTMHutchison Telecom Macau MalaysiaCELCOM GSMDiGiMaxisU Mobile Malta3 G Telecoms MaltaVodafone Maltago mobile MartiniqueDigicel (French Guiana)Free Caraibe (Martinique)Orange CaraibesOutremer MoldovaMOLDCELLOrange Moldova MontenegroMTEL MoroccoMeditel Myanmar (Burma)MPT GSM NetworkTelenor Myanmar NetherlandsKPN B.V.vodafone New ZealandSpark New Zealandvodafone NicaraguamovistarNI North MacedoniaVIP MKD NorwayNetComTELENOR OmanOMAN MOBILE (Omantel)Ooredoo (formerly nawras) PakistanMobilinkTelenor Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. PanamaClaro PanamaMovistar ParaguayTigo Paraguay PhilippinesGlobe TelecomSMART Gold PolandOrangeP4Plus PortugalOPTIMUSTMNvodafone QatarVodafone Qatar RéunionOrange reunion RomaniaDigi.MobilORANGEVodafone RO San MarinoTIMWind Telecomunicazioni SpAvodafone Saudi ArabiaMobilyzain SA SerbiaTelenor srb.Vip SingaporeSingTelStarHub SlovakiaO2Orange SKT-Mobile SK SloveniaMOBITELSI.mobil d.dTusmobil South AfricaCell CVodaCom South KoreaKT SpainOrangemovistarvodafone Sri LankaETISALATHutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Pvt)Mobitel SwedenHi3G Access AB (shared with) Vodafone Sverige ABTele2TelenorTeliaSonera Mobile Networks SwitzerlandSalt (formerly ORANGE)SunriseSwisscom TaiwanChunghwa TelecomTaiwan Mobile ThailandAIS GSMDTACTrue Move (former Real Future) TunisiaOoreedoOrange Tunisie TürkiyeAveaTurkcell Iletisim HizmetleriVodafone Turkey UkraineKYIVSTARMTS UKR United Arab EmiratesETISALATdu United Kingdom3Everything EverywhereO2Vodafone (UK) United StatesAT&TT-Mobile USA UzbekistanBeelineUzbektelekom VietnamHanoi Telecom Joint Stock CompanyMobifone	88.5	View →
9	GoMoWorld	21GB / 30 days	$23.09	$1.10	Network not disclosed	88.5	View →
10	BNESIM	50GB / 36500 days	$34.64	-	ORANGE(4G) Network details · 1 countries EgyptORANGE	88.3	View →

Score = price 60% + network 20% + hotspot 10% + app 10%, normalized within this destination; live prices on provider sites prevail.

Local carrier coverage

Carrier	Coverage	Notes
Vodafone Egypt	Best coverage and speed	First choice for travel eSIMs
Orange Egypt	Good in cities	Common backbone
Etisalat / WE	Cheaper	Weak in the desert

Pick by travel style

🏺 Cairo & Luxor antiquitiesSites and Nile-cruise routes are covered — navigation plus translation fits a regular tier.

🤿 Red Sea divingHurghada and Sharm resorts are well covered; boats lose signal offshore — download content in advance.

🏜️ White Desert & oasesDeep desert has no signal on any carrier — rely on your guide's satellite gear.

FAQ

Does an Egypt eSIM need a passport?

Travel eSIMs don't. Local SIMs require passport registration, and airport queues often exceed 30 minutes.

How fast is the internet in Egypt?

Cairo 4G runs 20–40Mbps — video calls work; remote sites drop to 3G levels.

Do internet-calling apps work in Egypt?

Egypt intermittently restricts some VoIP apps; availability varies by route — judge by actual experience.

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Sep 14, 2026