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An eSIM for Saudi Arabia 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 STC, 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.
Saudi Arabia eSIM on STC, from a day pass to 50 GB
5GMobile data for a Riyadh work trip or an Umrah visit, on STC with a 5G mark. Choose a day pass or a fixed plan of 7, 15, or 30 days.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Saudi Arabia: 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 Saudi Arabia
Set it up at home the night before. Your eSIM waits quietly until you arrive.
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 Saudi Arabia
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
Runs on STC
Plans for Saudi Arabia connect to STC. 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.
Saudi Arabia eSIM: STC, with an exit in Belgium
All nine plans on this page connect to one network, STC, and each carries its 5G mark. The multi-country plans further down use other networks in Saudi Arabia.
Traffic exits in Belgium, so the sites you open see a Belgian address and not a Saudi one.
Saudi plan sizes up to 50 GB, and stays past 30 days
- 7 days: 1 GB
- 15 days: 2 GB or 3 GB
- 30 days: 3, 5, 10, 20, or 50 GB
- Day pass: STC at full speed for 1 GB a day, and 512 Kbps once that's used, up to the day's reset
A top-up adds data on the same eSIM and no days, so 30 days is the longest term on STC. For longer on one eSIM, two multi-country rows name Saudi Arabia on Mobily: the Asia eSIM 20-country list, with an exit in Hong Kong, has 20 GB for 90 days or 50 GB for 180 days, and Global 130, which also lists Zain, has 20 GB for 90 days or 1 GB for 365 days.
Saudi Arabia with Bahrain, the UAE, or Qatar
A Saudi plan is for Saudi Arabia alone. For a trip over the causeway to Bahrain, or a stop in Dubai or Doha, the Middle East eSIM names Saudi Arabia on all three of its lists, each with Bahrain, the UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait:
- Six-country list: Mobily in Saudi Arabia, with an exit in the UK. It alone has a day pass, also 1 GB a day at full speed and then 512 Kbps. Its 30-day 10 GB plan shows Mobily without a 5G mark.
- 11-country and 12-country lists: Mobily and Zain in Saudi Arabia, both marked 5G, with an exit in the UK or Norway. Both lists add Oman, Jordan, and Turkey.
Saudi Arabia eSIM questions
Is STC on the Middle East or Global 130 plans?
No. In Saudi Arabia, the six-country Middle East rows and the Asia rows list Mobily, while the 11-country and 12-country rows and Global 130 list Mobily and Zain. Only the plans on this page use STC.
Is the Saudi day pass unlimited?
The full-speed part has a ceiling: 1 GB a day on STC. After that the pass keeps running at 512 Kbps until the day resets.
Why would a website place me in Belgium?
Because that's where these plans send your traffic out, so sites see an address there. Each multi-country row shows its own exit, and none of them is Belgium.
Can I get a +966 number with this eSIM?
No. It handles data only, with no +966 number, calls, or SMS, while your regular SIM keeps your number. A number is a separate rental: see virtual numbers.
Can I install the eSIM before an Umrah or work trip?
Yes. Every Saudi plan waits for its first connection in Saudi Arabia, and an unused one stays valid for 180 days. Installing does end the refund option: an eSIM can be refunded on request only while it hasn't been installed or connected, within 30 days of purchase.
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