Getting online in Egypt
A travel eSIM is a data plan you install before departure and switch on when you land, so your phone is online in Egypt without roaming charges and without hunting for a SIM counter at arrivals. Your home number stays where it is — the eSIM sits alongside it.
Plans, prices, data amounts and validity are set by our partner and shown on their own page. We do not repeat them here because they change and we do not measure them.
Where you land in Egypt
These are the airports in Egypt with scheduled flights and an IATA code. The minute you step off one of them is the minute an eSIM stops being optional.
| Airport | Code | City |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria International Airport | HBE | Alexandria |
| Aswan International Airport | ASW | Aswan |
| Cairo International Airport | CAI | Cairo |
| Hurghada International Airport | HRG | Hurghada |
| Luxor International Airport | LXR | Luxor |
| Marsa Alam International Airport | RMF | Marsa Alam |
| Sharm El Sheikh International Airport | SSH | Sharm El Sheikh |
| Sphinx International Airport | SPX | Al Jiza |
Where you will actually use the data
The largest towns and cities near those arrival airports, by population (GeoNames). Coverage is the partner's to state, not ours — this is simply where travellers in Egypt tend to be.
- Cairo9 606 916 people
- Alexandria5 263 542 people
- Giza4 367 343 people
- Shubrā al Khaymah1 240 289 people
- Suez699 541 people
- Madīnat an Naşr668 413 people
- Al Mansurah621 953 people
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá592 573 people
Before you buy
Two things worth checking on your own handset, because they decide whether any eSIM works at all: the phone must be eSIM capable, and it must be carrier unlocked. Most phones sold in the last few years are both; phones bought on a carrier contract often are not until the contract ends.
We do not test handsets and cannot tell you whether yours qualifies — your phone's settings screen and your carrier can.