The short answer
Egypt and Turkey make a natural pair: the pyramids and the Nile, then a short flight from Cairo to Istanbul for the mosques, the ferries and the balloons. I priced the six regional Middle East plans for it, set them against Ringo Light's two country plans, and read which regional lists name both countries. For a month I would buy the regional Ringo Light plan. For two weeks the sum is closer than you might expect, and I give it below.
Unlimited data at full speed in 12 countries, Egypt and Turkey among them, one eSIM: 2 weeks at $45.99 or 30 days at $62.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $79 for 15 days and $99 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $25 and 20 GB at $45 across 10 countries, on stc, du, Zain, Ooredoo and others. No unlimited plan for the region, and Turkey is not on its list.
Menalink covers 13 countries including Israel and Palestine. 3 days of unlimited at $24, 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Egypt is in, Turkey is not.
11 countries with Egypt and Turkey both on the list, days not gigabytes. $42.90 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi on their own sites or listings, Ringo Light from its catalogue. All in US dollars unless stated. Treat every number as a snapshot.
See the full price index for every country.
The prices, charted
Regional plans, US dollars, 25 October 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, the others 15 days. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Saily and Nomad sell no unlimited plan for the region.
The 30-day regional plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps.
Holafly sells no buckets; Saily's 10 GB regional price was not listed on the day. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
Side by side
Swipe to compare →
Get Ringo Light for Egypt and Turkey, from $45.99.
Installed once, next to your own SIM. Your eSIM arrives by email in seconds.
- 2 weeks $45.99
- 30 days $62.99
We sell data eSIMs for now to fund the full Ringo service. Ringo is self funded. Every plan bought here pays for the build of one plan that works everywhere.
Want to keep your own number abroad?
That is the full Ringo service: one plan that works everywhere, with your own number included.
It is a separate product from Ringo Light and it is still being built, so it is not on sale yet. Join the waitlist to hear when it opens.
What to do in Egypt and Turkey, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places that most trips pairing the two countries include, four in Egypt and four in Turkey, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Both countries are on Ringo Light's list, so one install covers the flight between them.
One plan for both countries: Ringo Light
The case for one regional eSIM is practical. Install it before you leave, and it is already working when you land in Istanbul. There is no second QR code, no second payment, and no hunt for airport wifi to buy the next plan between two flights.
Ringo Light's Middle East plan costs $45.99 for 2 weeks and $62.99 for 30 days, both unlimited at full speed. On the same day I read Airalo at $79 for 15 days and $99 for the month, Holafly at $84.50 and $161.50, and Ubigi at $88 and $149 for a fixed amount of data, then 2 Mbps.
Now the honest sum. Egypt's 2 weeks is $18.99 and Turkey's $16.99 on their own pages, $35.98 together, against $45.99 for the Middle East plan that covers both. For a month it is $40.99 and $26.99, $67.98 together, against $62.99. So for 2 weeks the two country plans cost $10.01 less than the regional one, and for a month the regional plan costs $4.99 less.
That changes my advice by trip length. For a month I would buy the regional plan. For two weeks I would take the two country plans if the $10.01 matters to you, and the regional one if one install and one payment matters more. Ringo Light sells 3 days of unlimited in Turkey at $8.99, which suits an Istanbul weekend; Egypt has no 3-day plan, so a short Cairo stop is better served by Airalo at $24 for 3 days.
Which plans cover both countries
Ringo Light lists Egypt and Turkey among its 12 countries, and Holafly's 11 include both. That is the whole short list that names the pair.
Airalo's Menalink and Nomad's MENA plan cover Egypt but leave out Turkey, so they do not suit this route. Ubigi's Best Middle East plan covers Turkey but not Egypt. Saily lists 19 countries, but I could not read the names on the day. Read the list on the brand's own page before you pay.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad or Airalo
- Nomad, $25 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB and the cheapest 20 GB at $45, both for 30 days. Turkey is not on its list, so it fits an Egypt only trip, not this one.
- Airalo, $30 for 10 GB. Menalink 10 GB for 30 days, 20 GB for $47.50, buckets from $6.50 for 1 GB. Same gap: no Turkey.
- Ubigi, $39 for 10 GB. Its Best Middle East plan has Turkey and no Egypt, so I would use it for the Turkey half at most.
- Saily, buckets only. Its 10 GB and 20 GB regional prices were not listed on the day, so I cannot put them next to the others.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. The 2 weeks is unlimited for $45.99 and the month unlimited for $62.99. If you only need a fixed 10 GB and your list allows it, Nomad and Airalo cost less, and I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM Ringo sells to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. I write for Ringo, so weigh that. For the Middle East it sells one eSIM for 12 countries and two trips, both unlimited at full speed: 2 weeks at $45.99 and 30 days at $62.99. Nothing renews.
The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app. The card to buy it is further up this page, after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light has no 7-day plan, so I would read the Egypt post for the cheapest week there, or buy Airalo at $41 for 7 days across the region.
Ringo Light regional at $45.99 for one install, or its two country plans at $35.98 if you accept two installs. No rival regional plan that covers both costs under $79 for 15 days.
I would buy Ringo Light, 30 days, $62.99, against $67.98 for the two country plans and $99 at Airalo.
Nomad 10 GB at $25 does not reach Turkey, so I would pair a small Egypt bucket with a separate Turkey plan.
Ringo Light's Turkey 3 days at $8.99 for the weekend, and a short Airalo plan for Egypt.
None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Egypt and Turkey on 25 October 2026, all on the same day, in US dollars. Each rival's price comes from its own website where it showed dollars, otherwise from an esimdb.com listing, and every source and its date is listed below. Ringo Light's prices come from the catalogue our checkout charges.
We compare the trips people actually book: a week, two weeks and a month of unlimited data, and a 10 GB bucket. We read each brand's fair use and speed rules and quote them as the brands state them. We did not run speed tests, so this page makes no speed claims for any brand.
Ringo Light is our own product. We put it in the table on the same terms as everyone else, and where a rival is the better buy the page says so.
Left out: Maya Mobile. We could not read its own prices for this country on the day, so it stays out rather than being guessed.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/middle-east-and-north-africa-esim?currency=USD, Menalink unlimited in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; buckets from esimdb.com/region/middle-east/airalo, listing dated 6 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-middle-east/, prices in dollars and the 11-country list on the site, 25 October 2026
- Saily: findyouresim.com/providers/saily/middle-east/, listing updated 28 September 2026; only its 1, 2 and 3 GB regional plans were listed; saily.com and esimdb refused the fetch
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/mena-eSIM, prices and networks in dollars from the page's own data on nomadesim.com, read 25 October 2026; the 10-country list was last read 28 September 2026
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/best-middle-east-data-plans/, Best Middle East plan pages on the site, in dollars, 28 September 2026; the same prices re-checked on esimdb.com/region/middle-east/ubigi, listing dated 6 October 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 25 October 2026.
Written and priced by the Ringo team. Prices change often; if you spot one that has moved, tell us through the contact page and we will update the table.
