The cheapest eSIM for Egypt, by trip length and per gigabyte

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The cheapest eSIM for Egypt is not one brand: it changes with the length of your trip and with how much data you need. We read the Egypt prices of eight providers on 25 September 2026 and ranked them for 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 15 and 30 days, per day and per gigabyte, with the traps that make a cheap plan expensive.

What is the cheapest eSIM for Egypt for each trip length?

Yesim is the cheapest verified unlimited plan for 1, 3, 5, 10 and 15 days, Nomad for 7 days, and Yesim and Ubigi tie for 30 days. The table gives the cheapest and second-cheapest unlimited plan for each length among the eight brands we could read, with eSIM Égypte for reference. Prices were checked on 25 September 2026 (Airalo and Nomad: 1 October 2026).

Yesim's unlimited prices, first taken from the esimdb comparison database, match its own Egypt page, where the 10-, 15- and 30-day plans are promotional prices (€35, €52.50 and €105 before the discount); Yesim publishes no daily full-speed figure for them. Ubigi sells in euros on its own pages: €44 for 15 days, €69 for 30 days and €27 for an 8-day plan.

The cheapest plan is not always the best value. Nomad gives 2 GB a day at full speed and Ubigi 5 GB a day, while Yesim publishes no cap. Our guide to the real daily caps of unlimited Egypt eSIMs sets out what each plan gives before it slows down.

Four brands that also sell Egypt plans, Maya Mobile, Saily, GigSky and Roamless, are left out: their sites could not be read on 25 September 2026, and their prices could not be verified.

How much does an Egypt eSIM cost per day?

Between about €2.30 and €7 a day for a well-known brand's unlimited plan, falling as the trip gets longer. The table shows the per-day price of eSIM Égypte, as the site itself displays it, and of Holafly, next to the median price of all Egypt-only plans with at least 1 GB a day at full speed listed on esimdb on 1 October 2026, promotional prices included.

eSIM Égypte and Holafly follow almost the same price ladder, with eSIM Égypte €0.40 to €4.50 cheaper. Both sit above the market median at every length, because the median includes many small resellers.

The cheapest per-day prices among the named brands are the 30-day plans of Ubigi and Yesim, both €69, or €2.30 a day. Holafly also sells any number of days up to 90, where the price reaches €266.90, about €2.97 a day.

Which Egypt eSIM is cheapest per gigabyte?

Among the brands we could read, Yesim's 50 GB for €39 is the cheapest per gigabyte at €0.78, and a few long-tail sellers go far lower. Fixed-data plans, which give a set number of gigabytes for a set period, are the ones to compare per GB. These are the largest fixed plans of each brand, valid 30 days, on 25 September 2026.

The Yesim prices were read on its Egypt page, where they are shown as discounts on an "original" price, so they may change. Jetpac's euro price comes from esimdb; its own page gives $41.50 for 40 GB.

The whole esimdb database goes lower. On 25 September 2026 it listed 100 GB for 31 days at €41.50 from thirr.com (€0.41 per GB), 100 GB for 30 days at €44.99 from BNESIM and €47.99 from Orange Travel, and 30 GB for 30 days at €18.85 from ESIM.DOG. The lowest of all, trifa's 100 GB for €16.40 (€0.16 per GB), is valid only 3 days. These are third-party figures that we did not check on the sellers' own pages.

What is the cheapest option for a light user?

A small fixed plan: for about 1 GB a day, Yesim's plans valid 30 days cost less than any unlimited plan from a well-known brand. A light user mostly needs maps, messaging, ride-hailing and a few photos, which rarely goes above 1 GB a day.

• A weekend (3 days): Yesim 3 GB, €7, against €10.50 for Yesim's own 3-day unlimited plan and €18 for eSIM Égypte.
• A week: Yesim 10 GB, €15, against €23.69 for Nomad's 7-day unlimited plan and €33 for eSIM Égypte. Airalo sells 5 GB for 7 days at €17.50 and 10 GB for 7 days at €28.
• Two weeks: Yesim 20 GB, €22.50, against €39 for Yesim's own 15-day unlimited plan and €44 at Ubigi.
• A month: Yesim 30 GB, €28.50, against €69 for Ubigi's or Yesim's unlimited plan and €86 for eSIM Égypte.

The gigabytes of a fixed plan do not reset each night, so a quiet day leaves more for a busy one, and most fixed plans can be topped up. The risk is running out on the last day. Yesim also sold a 1-day 400 MB plan for €3.50 (€0.45 as a first-time offer), and Jetpac a 1 GB plan for 4 days at €7 for new users.

Can a regional plan be cheaper than an Egypt plan?

Rarely: for Egypt alone, the regional plans we found mostly cost more than the Egypt-only plans of the same brands. The figures below come from esimdb on 1 October 2026.

• Airalo's Menalink plan, covering 13 countries, sells 1 GB for 3 days at €6, against €5 for Airalo's Egypt-only 1 GB. Its unlimited version costs €22 for 3 days, against €18 for Egypt only.
• Nomad's Middle East and North Africa plan sells 1 GB for 7 days at €6.14, against €5.26 for the Egypt-only plan.
• Jetpac's Middle East and North Africa unlimited plan costs €17.50 for 3 days and €40 for 7 days, against €19 and €33.50 for Egypt only.

Jetpac's regional 3-day plan is the one exception, €1.50 cheaper than its Egypt-only plan. Regional plans pay off mainly when one trip crosses several countries, such as Egypt and Jordan, and one eSIM replaces two.

Why are the cheapest daily plans a trap?

Because almost all of them fall to 128 kbps after the daily gigabyte, a speed at which maps and photos barely load. The esimdb database listed unlimited Egypt plans with 1 GB a day for as little as €2.97 for 3 days, €6.45 for 7 days and €24.17 for 30 days (ASIMGO), and similar prices from abesteSIM, Giga.Tel, Billion Connect and MicroEsim.

Their slow speed after the cap is 128 kbps. eSIM Égypte, Airalo, Nomad, Jetpac and Ubigi keep 512 kbps to 2 Mbps. At 128 kbps a text message goes through, but loading a map of central Cairo or sending a photo from the pyramids is a long wait.

Plans that publish a slow speed of at least 512 kbps start higher. For 7 days, the cheapest on esimdb were 4S eSIM (€10 for 7 days, sold as 10 GB and listed by esimdb as about 1.4 GB a day, then 1 Mbps) and AirPlans (€12.53, 1 GB a day then 512 kbps). For 30 days, the cheapest was 4S eSIM, €40.14, sold as 30 GB and listed as 1 GB a day, then 1 Mbps.

These small resellers are third-party figures, and we did not read their own pages. Before buying any rock-bottom plan, look for two numbers on the seller's page: the daily allowance and the speed after it. If the second is missing, assume the worst.

Where does eSIM Égypte fit on price?

eSIM Égypte is never the cheapest, but it is cheaper than Holafly at every length and cheaper than Jetpac and aloSIM for short trips. It is an Egypt specialist and a partner of this site, and this is how its prices compare on 25 September 2026 (Airalo and Nomad: 1 October 2026).

• Against Holafly, the plan most like it (unlimited, sold by the day, no published cap at Holafly): €0.40 cheaper for 1 day, €0.90 cheaper for 3, 5, 7, 10 and 15 days, and €4.50 cheaper for 30 days (€86 vs €90.50).
• Against Jetpac and aloSIM: €18 for 3 days against €19 at both, €33 for 7 days against €33.50 and €34, and €26 for 5 days against €28 at aloSIM. At 10 and 15 days it is level with aloSIM; at 30 days, Jetpac (€83) and aloSIM (€85) are cheaper.
• Against Airalo: level at 3 and 5 days (€18 and €26), and €1.50 to €4.50 dearer from 7 days.
• Against Yesim, Nomad and Ubigi: dearer at every length they sell, for example €33 for 7 days against €23.69 at Nomad.
• Against the whole market: above the esimdb median at every length. Between 48 and 66 providers sell a plan of at least 1 GB a day for less for 3 to 30 days, and all 3 that sell such a 1-day plan are cheaper.

What it offers for the price is not the lowest figure, and not a unique mix either. It names Vodafone, Orange and e& with automatic selection, allows hotspot on every plan, starts at the first Egyptian connection and keeps 512 kbps after the cap instead of 128 kbps. But smaller resellers listed on esimdb sell Egypt plans on the same three networks, with at least 1 GB a day, at least 512 kbps after it and hotspot, for less at every length from 1 to 30 days: for 7 days, AirPlans at €12.53 and MegaEsim at about €15.47, against €33. We did not check those sellers' own pages. What it lacks is data: about 1 GB a day at full speed, the lowest of the named brands, and no fixed plan or top-up.

Verdict: if you were going to buy Holafly, eSIM Égypte gives the same kind of plan on three networks for slightly less. If price per gigabyte is your only criterion, Yesim, Nomad and Ubigi cost less. Our comparison of the best eSIMs for Egypt covers the other criteria.

Is a local SIM card cheaper than an eSIM?

Usually yes for the data, but only e& and WE publish official prices, and you need your passport at a counter. Only e& and WE publish tourist prices on their own pages (read on 1 October 2026): e&'s Traveler bundles cost 200 to 600 EGP for 7 to 40 GB, tax included, and WE's Mobile Egypt plans 100 EGP for 5,000 MB or 300 EGP for 20,000 MB for 30 days, before tax. Vodafone's Tourist Line page gives no price or volume, only an out-of-bundle rate of 0.19 EGP per MB, which is 190 EGP (about €3.23) per 1,000 MB.

A travel blogger, Traveltomtom, reported these counter prices in August 2026: Vodafone 21 GB for about 558 EGP (about €9.49), Orange 57 GB for about 559 EGP (about €9.51), e& 20.5 GB for about 520 EGP (about €8.84) and a WE tourist line with 20 GB for about 495 EGP (about €8.42). We converted at 1 EUR = 58.81 EGP, the rate of 25 September 2026.

Other sources give different figures, so treat these as orders of magnitude, not official prices. A Hurghada news site reported $12 to $15 for 20 to 30 GB at that airport's kiosks in January 2026. Even so, 21 GB for about €9.49 is three times the full-speed data of eSIM Égypte's 7-day plan (about 7 GB for €33), at under a third of the price.

The catches: a queue at the airport, a passport and entry stamp, no service until you have bought it, and a customs rule. Since 21 January 2026, the NTRA exempts tourists' phones for 90 days only. Our guide to every way to get internet in Egypt compares the options side by side.

Is roaming with your home operator ever cheaper?

For Orange France, Sosh and Free Max customers, yes: their offers can beat every travel eSIM for Egypt that we compared. Egypt is outside the EU roaming zone, but on 25 September 2026:

• Orange France's Pass Voyage sold 3 days of unlimited internet in Egypt for €9.99, less than Yesim's €10.50, and 10 days of unlimited internet with 30 minutes and 50 SMS for €29.99, about Yesim's 10-day price. Its 120 GB for 31 days cost €39.99 (€0.33 per GB) and 200 GB €49.99 (€0.25 per GB).
• Free Mobile's Free Max plan includes Egypt in its unlimited internet abroad, under fair use, and the Free 5G+ plan includes 35 GB a month there.

Other operators we checked did not publish a confirmed Egypt price. Our guide on roaming charges to check before travelling explains how to read your own contract.

Which hidden costs make a cheap eSIM expensive?

Five details can cost more than the gap between two prices: when the clock starts, top-ups, exchange rates, first-time offers and your home line. Check each one before you pay.

• When the clock starts. Most plans start at the first connection, but eSIM Égypte counts an airport transit in Egypt as the start, and its days are calendar days. Airalo must be activated within 365 days, Yesim within 180 and Nomad within 60.
• Top-ups. eSIM Égypte cannot extend an active plan: a longer stay means a new eSIM. Airalo, Yesim and aloSIM sell top-ups, and Nomad does for fixed plans.
• Currency. Ubigi and Yesim sell in euros on their own pages, while the Jetpac and aloSIM pages we read showed dollars. Check the currency at checkout: if you pay in dollars, your card's exchange fee is added to the price.
• First-time offers. Yesim's €0.45 day and Jetpac's €7 gigabyte offer are for new users only, and Yesim's fixed prices are shown as discounts.
• Your home line. Apple's travel eSIM guide warns that with both lines on, "you might still incur roaming fees from your home eSIM". Turn data roaming off on your home line before landing.

A plan bought and then lost is the most expensive of all. If you delete the eSIM by mistake, read how to get a deleted eSIM back: most QR codes can be used only once.

How we compared

We read each provider's Egypt page, or the plan data embedded in it, on 25 September 2026, and used the esimdb database, which listed 215 providers selling plans that cover Egypt, for the long-tail sellers; the market medians were recalculated from esimdb on 1 October 2026. Figures from esimdb are marked as such. We did not buy the plans or measure speeds in Egypt. On 1 October 2026 we re-read the Airalo and Nomad Egypt pages and updated their prices.

Prices change often, sometimes weekly. Before paying, check that your phone is ready: it needs an eSIM chip and must not be locked to your operator, as explained in do you need an unlocked phone for a travel eSIM. The list of eSIM-compatible phones and the Galaxy A series page help, and the Egypt eSIM installation guide covers setup. On Android, the free eSIM Check app reads your device's real hardware capabilities in seconds.