eSIM for Egypt

Buy a prepaid travel eSIM for Egypt and pay in cryptocurrency. You get local 4G/5G data on partner networks without a contract or a local address. No documents, no account and no email: you pay in crypto and the QR code appears on the page.

Part of our Middle East and Africa plans.

Buying an eSIM for Egypt

Pick a plan that covers Egypt — a single-country plan is cheapest per gigabyte, a regional plan pays off the moment you cross a border.
Pay with USDT, BTC, ETH, SOL, TON or XMR. No email address, no account, no card.
Scan the QR that appears on the page. Do this at home over Wi-Fi rather than on airport Wi-Fi after landing.
On arrival, set the eSIM as your data line and turn data roaming ON for it. This is the single most common reason a correctly installed profile shows no data in Egypt.

Coverage and network quality in Egypt

Good 4G in Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, Aswan and the Red Sea resorts; desert routes are sparse.

Mobile data in Egypt: Cairo, the Nile and the Red Sea

Egypt has four operators: Vodafone, Orange, e& (formerly Etisalat) and WE. Cairo, Giza, Luxor and Aswan are well covered, and so are the Red Sea resorts: Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh and Dahab. In the Western Desert, at the oases and on parts of a Nile cruise between towns, signal drops out, and dive boats are out of range once they leave the coast.

Local SIM cards are registered to a passport at an operator store or an airport kiosk. An eSIM gets you online at Cairo or Hurghada airport without that.

Uber and Careem both work in Cairo and Alexandria, and having data as you walk out of the airport is the easiest way to skip the first round of taxi haggling.

We don't sell Egyptian numbers. For data, unlimited plans are available for 7, 15 and 30 days, which suits a resort week with lots of photo and video uploads.

Which plan to pick for Egypt

A week at a Red Sea resort: 3 GB, or unlimited for 7 days if you upload a lot.
Ten days with Cairo, Luxor and a Nile cruise: 10 GB for 30 days.
Egypt plus Jordan, Turkey or the UAE: the Middle East plan.

Egypt eSIM plans and prices

Data and validity	Price	Price per GB
1 GB · 7 days	$2.96	$2.96
5 GB · 15 days	$15.33	$3.07
10 GB · 30 days	$27.61	$2.76
Unlimited · 7 days	$53.74	—

Egypt is also covered by these plans: Middle East, World, World Lite.

eSIM vs roaming vs a local SIM in Egypt

Roaming on your home plan is the expensive default — typically $10–15 a day, billed per day whether you use it or not.
A local prepaid SIM is cheap but costs you an hour on arrival, usually an ID, and a phone number you will not keep. In Egypt, that trade only makes sense on a long stay.
A travel eSIM sits in between: local-network speeds, no shop visit, no paperwork, and your own number stays live on your physical SIM for calls and SMS.

Compatible devices

Check your phone: dial *#06# and look for an EID. Model by model: the compatibility page.

Practical notes for Egypt

Coverage along the Nile corridor and the Red Sea coast is reliable; the Western Desert is not — download offline maps.

Frequently asked questions

Does it work on a Nile cruise?

Near towns and moorings, yes. Between them, signal comes and goes on every network.

Will it work on a diving trip?

At the resort and in harbors. Out at sea, boats are usually out of mobile range.

Do I need a passport?

No. You pay in crypto and get the QR code on the page.