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An eSIM for Egypt is a digital data plan for the phone you already own. There is no physical SIM card, no airport lines, and no passport needed. Your plan is ready on your SIMAREA account before you even leave home.
It works safely alongside your normal SIM. You keep your own number for calls and important text messages. Your data goes through the SIMAREA plan. Just turn off data roaming on your home SIM to avoid high bills.
Coverage comes from Orange, the one network these plans use. Your phone connects to it when you arrive.
If you stay longer, top up your current plan with more data. You do not need to buy a new one.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
eSIM for Egypt travel on Orange
5GMobile data in Egypt on Orange, with 5G marked on all ten plans here. Install it before you fly: nine of the ten count their days from the first connection in Egypt.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Egypt: after its daily full-speed allowance it keeps you connected at a lower speed, and it is billed per day for the days you choose. Fixed plans are one price for the term shown. Nothing on this page is an estimate.
How to get mobile data in Egypt
Install it at home before you go. Some plans here start counting at installation, so check the line under the price for the plan you pick.
Pick eSIM plan
Choose how long you are there. The day pass is billed per day, so the term is yours to set.
Pay, then scan
Charged from your balance, which you top up with crypto. Your QR code is in your dashboard once the order is paid.
Turn it on when you arrive
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive, and it joins a partner network.
What to know about an eSIM for Egypt
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
Runs on Orange
Plans for Egypt connect to Orange. Your phone joins it once data roaming is on for the eSIM.
Set up before you go
No SIM card store, no passport check. Install it at home, then turn on data roaming for it when you arrive.
Hotspot sharing
Share your internet with a laptop or a friend, if your plan and phone allow it.
Keep your own number
The eSIM is just for internet. Your normal SIM still receives calls and important bank codes. You can use both at once.
Keep using the same eSIM
Staying longer? Top up the same plan with more data from your dashboard. No need for a new QR code.
If it does not work
Not installed or connected yet? Ask for a refund within 30 days of buying it. Installed but not working on any of its networks? Support helps, and refunds you if it cannot be fixed.
One network on the Egypt plans, two on the multi-country ones
Every Egypt plan here, the day pass and all nine fixed plans, connects to Orange, marked 5G in the catalog: 5G where Orange has built it, 4G or 3G elsewhere. There is no second network to switch to, so where Orange is weak, hotel Wi-Fi is the fallback.
The Africa eSIM, the 12-country Middle East plans and Global 130 list Egypt on Orange and Etisalat, both marked 5G. If a second network matters more to you than a day pass, one of those gives your phone a choice.
What websites see: an IP address in the EU
An Egypt plan doesn't give you an Egyptian IP address. The catalog labels the exit of all ten plans EU, a region rather than one country, so sites see an address somewhere in the European Union. Maps and messaging don't depend on it; an Egyptian bank app might ask you to confirm the login. The multi-country plans exit in the UK or Norway instead.
Travel eSIM for Egypt and Jordan, Israel or the Gulf
A Petra side trip from the Sinai or a stopover in Dubai takes you beyond the Egypt plans, which work in Egypt only:
- With Jordan or Israel: the Middle East eSIM plans on the 12-country list cover Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia and six Gulf states, for 7 days (1 GB), 15 days (3 GB) or 30 days (3 to 20 GB). The other Middle East plans, their day pass included, leave Egypt out.
- With more of Africa: the Africa plans list 29 countries, Kenya, Tanzania and Morocco among them, for 7 or 30 days.
- A longer route: Global 130 lists 127 countries, with fixed plans from 7 to 365 days.
Egypt eSIM questions
Does the Middle East day pass cover Egypt?
No. That day pass belongs to a six-country list (the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq) without Egypt. The Egypt day pass is the one to take: 1 GB a day at full speed, then 512 Kbps until the day resets, for as many days as you set.
Can I get an Egyptian phone number with it?
No. The eSIM carries data only, and your own SIM keeps your number. For a number that receives SMS over weeks, see which countries the virtual numbers page lists.
When does an Egypt plan start counting days?
Nine of the ten start at the first connection to Orange in Egypt, so installing at home costs nothing. The 100 MB week starts the moment you install it. A plan you haven't installed stays valid for 180 days, and any plan tops up with more data on the same eSIM.
What if the eSIM doesn't connect in Egypt?
First make sure data roaming is switched on for the eSIM line. Still nothing from Orange? Support replies 24/7, and when an eSIM works on no supported network in Egypt, it gets fixed or refunded. Separately, an Egypt plan you never installed or connected can be refunded on request within 30 days of purchase (refund policy).
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Choose your Egypt eSIM
Take the day pass or a fixed plan on Orange, then scan the QR code from your account at home.