Best United Arab Emirates eSIM — Compared
225plans
16providers
$1.40lowest price
$0.52lowest per GB
Dubai airport SIMs are among the priciest anywhere (~$40+ for 30GB) and local SIMs need passport registration. A travel eSIM halves the price with zero registration — worth it even for a layover.
🧭 Open the interactive comparison tool (all 225 plans)Quick answer (verified Oct 20, 2026): For a 7-day trip, the cheapest option is BNESIM 3GB/30 days at $5.04 ($1.68/GB). Cheapest per GB: Orange Travel at $0.52/GB. For unlimited data, RedteaGO Unlimited/7 days at $7.00 (code RTGF96F2E) is the cheapest.
Top 10 by overall value
Last updated: Oct 20, 2026
| # | Provider | Plan | Price | Per GB | Network | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange Travel | 100GB / 30 days | $51.58 | $0.52 | Du, Etisalat | 91 | View → |
| 2 | Global YO | 100GB / 60 days | $73.99 Code 8GW4Q2Enter it during sign-up; check Global YO's sign-up page for the exact reward |
$0.74 | ETISALATNetwork details · 1 countriesUnited Arab EmiratesETISALAT |
90 | View → |
| 3 | Orange Travel | 100GB / 45 days | $75.13 | $0.75 | Du, Etisalat | 90 | View → |
| 4 | Orange Travel | 50GB / 30 days | $39.24 | $0.78 | Du, Etisalat | 89.9 | View → |
| 5 | Global YO | 50GB / 45 days | $50.99 Code 8GW4Q2Enter it during sign-up; check Global YO's sign-up page for the exact reward |
$1.02 | ETISALATNetwork details · 1 countriesUnited Arab EmiratesETISALAT |
88.8 | View → |
| 6 | 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 carriersNetwork details · 100 countriesAlbaniavodafone 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 → |
| 7 | Jetpac | 10GB / 1 days | $11.00 $9.35 -15% Code ESIM15Copy and paste it at checkout |
$1.10 | duNetwork details · 1 countriesAREdu |
88.5 | View → |
| 8 | Global YO | 100GB / 60 days | $122.99 Code 8GW4Q2Enter it during sign-up; check Global YO's sign-up page for the exact reward |
$1.23 | Automatically switches between local carriersNetwork details · 12 countriesBahrainVivazain BH EgyptOrange Egypt IraqKorek TelecomZain Iraq IsraelCellcom IsraelHot MobilePelephone Jordanzain JO KuwaitSTC Kuwaitzain KW OmanOMAN MOBILE (Omantel)Ooredoo (formerly nawras) Palestinian TerritoriesPalestine Telecommunications Co. P.L.CWataniya Mobile QatarVodafone Qatar Saudi ArabiaMobilyzain SA TürkiyeAveaTurkcell Iletisim HizmetleriVodafone Turkey United Arab EmiratesETISALATdu |
87.9 | View → |
| 9 | MobiMatter | 36GB / 30 days | $29.99 Code insightCopy and paste it at checkout |
$0.83 | duNetwork details · 51 countriesAlbaniaVodafone ArmeniaTeamUcom Austria3 AzerbaijanAzercellBakcell Bosnia & HerzegovinaBH Mobile BelgiumOrange BulgariaYettel BelarusA1 CyprusEpic CzechiaVodafoneO2 Denmark3 EstoniaTele2 FinlandDNA Faroe IslandsVodafone GeorgiaGeocell CroatiaTelemach HungaryVodafoneYettel Ireland3MeteorVodafone IcelandVodafone KyrgyzstanBeeline KazakhstanBeeline LiechtensteinSalt LithuaniaTele2 LuxembourgOrange LatviaTele2 MoldovaOrange MontenegroONE North MacedoniaA1 MaltaEpic NorwayTelenor PolandPlusPlay RomaniaVodafone SerbiaYettel RussiaBeeline Sweden3Tele2 SloveniaTelemach SlovakiaTelekomO2 TajikistanZET-Mobile UzbekistanBeelineUcell FranceOrangeFree GermanyVodafone GreeceVodafone ItalyWINDTREIliadVodafone NetherlandsVodafone PortugalVodafone SpainVodafone SwitzerlandSalt TürkiyeVodafoneTürk Telekom United Arab Emiratesdu United Kingdom3VodafoneO2 United StatesVerizonAT&T |
87.7 | View → |
| 10 | BNESIM | 100GB / 30 days | $84.10 | $0.84 | Network not disclosed | 87.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Etisalat (e&) | Best coverage and 5G | First choice for travel eSIMs |
| du | Good in cities | Common backbone |
| Virgin Mobile UAE | MVNO on du | Rarely used |
Pick by travel style
🏙️ Dubai & Abu DhabiUrban 5G is superb; a standard tier is plenty. Desert-safari camps get weak.
✈️ 24–48h layoverA 1GB/1–3 day mini tier saves 70%+ vs the airport counter.
💼 Trade showsExpo venues congest — take a big-data tier with hotspot for mobile work.
FAQ
Do internet calls work in the UAE?
Most VoIP apps are restricted locally; availability varies by route. Test backup options before important business calls.
Does a UAE eSIM need a passport?
Travel eSIMs don't; local carrier SIMs require passport plus facial registration.
What about Saudi Arabia or Qatar on the same trip?
Single-country plans exclude neighbours — for Gulf multi-stop trips pick a Middle East regional plan covering the GCC.
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Oct 20, 2026