Prepaid travel data for Egypt with instant activation and no roaming fees
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Data only — no phone number, no calls, no SMS Your own number stays active on your existing SIM (dual SIM), and you can call and message through WhatsApp, FaceTime and similar apps.
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Setting up your eSIM? The installation and activation guide walks through it step by step, and the full FAQ covers device compatibility, hotspot, dual SIM and topping up.
One plan covers Egypt end to end - the Red Sea resorts, Cairo, Luxor and Aswan - so the same eSIM works whether you are diving in Sharm el-Sheikh or cruising the Nile. Install it before you fly and you skip the local SIM kiosk and its passport-registration paperwork entirely.
The eSIM connects when you switch off airplane mode at Cairo (CAI), Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH) or Hurghada (HRG). Your resort transfer, taxi app and maps are ready immediately - useful when arrival halls are busy and you would rather not queue for a SIM.
Egypt's networks (Vodafone, Orange, Etisalat and WE) cover the resort areas, the main cities and the Nile corridor with solid 4G; 5G is rolling out in the larger cities. Expect coverage to fade out in the open desert and at remote desert camps, so download offline maps before excursions to places like the White Desert.
Hurghada is about six hours from the UK. easyJet flies there from Gatwick, Luton, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle and Belfast, among others, and TUI from Gatwick and Manchester. Jet2 joins from 11 February 2027, from Manchester, Birmingham, East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, Stansted and Glasgow.
Egypt is outside every UK network's Europe zone, so a week by the pool on your UK plan is charged as worldwide roaming. The table below shows what each network charges there.
British passport holders normally need a visa. You can buy one on arrival for 30 US dollars, cash only, valid for up to 30 days, or apply for an e-visa before you go. Bring the dollars in cash: it is the one thing on this trip your card will not pay for.
The free entry stamp you may have heard about is only for flights into Sharm el-Sheikh for stays under 15 days. It does not cover Hurghada, Marsa Alam or Cairo. Your passport must be valid for six months after the day you arrive and have a blank page.
This is the Foreign Office's guidance as updated on 4 August 2026; check the current version on gov.uk before you travel - it added a digital visa on arrival at Cairo airport on 1 August 2026, and the details keep moving.
Egypt is usually two hours ahead of the UK. Both countries change their clocks, but not on the same dates: from the end of March to the end of April Egypt is only one hour ahead, and for a few days at the end of October three. Sockets are the European two-pin kind (types C and F), so bring an adaptor. You can take up to 5,000 Egyptian pounds in or out of the country.
No. Local Egyptian SIMs require passport registration at the point of sale; a travel eSIM you install yourself skips that paperwork entirely.
Yes - the Red Sea resort areas are well covered. Coverage thins in the open desert, so save offline maps for desert excursions.
Yes. The visa-free stamp applies only to short stays arriving in Sharm el-Sheikh. For Hurghada, buy a visa on arrival (30 US dollars in cash) or an e-visa before you go - gov.uk, updated 4 August 2026.
The cost of using your UK plan in Egypt, network by network, from each network’s own price guide (checked 8 October 2026). Prices are for current plans; older plans are sometimes cheaper.
| Network | Cost in Egypt | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| EE | £8 a day | £40 for 7 days |
| O2 | £7 a day (O2 Travel) | Or 1GB for £9; O2 Travel is capped at 2Mbps |
| Vodafone | £8 a day | £6 on plans from before 11 August 2021 |
| Three | £8 a day | £42 for a 7-day pass; not available on pay as you go |
| Tesco Mobile | £5 per MB | |
| Sky Mobile | £2 per 24 hours | Roaming Passport Plus; free for Sky VIP Diamond |
| VOXI | £16 for 8 days | Global Roaming Extra, with 2GB |
| SMARTY | 10p per MB | After buying a prepaid add-on (£5 to £15) |
| iD Mobile | £1.50 per MB | Or Roam Beyond: 2GB for a day, £5 |
Every network, zone and join-date rule is explained in UK mobile roaming charges compared.
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