eSIMs for United Arab Emirates

How do you want your data?

Daily unlimitedA high-speed allowance every day, refilled at midnight. Once a day's allowance is used, data keeps working at a reduced speed. Pick 1–90 days.Fixed dataOne bucket of data for the whole trip. No daily reset and no throttling — it lasts until you use it up. Pick a size and a length.

Build your own Unlimited United Arab Emirates plan

Choose your high-speed data per day, the speed after the daily cap, the network and how many days you need.

High-speed data per day

Speed after the daily cap

Network

Number of days

7 days

Total

$12.32

≈ $1.76 per day

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About United Arab Emirates

UAE prepaid SIMs from du and Etisalat require Emirates ID or in-person passport registration that adds 30-60 minutes to your airport arrival. An eSIM skips it entirely — install at home, switch on at DXB or AUH, and you're already messaging your hotel driver on the curb.

Best for: Dubai shopping and skyline stays; Abu Dhabi Louvre and Yas Island trips; desert safari pickups; business travel between DXB and AUH; cruise embarkations at Port Rashid.
Networks: Roams onto Etisalat and du. Both deliver 5G across the Dubai-Abu Dhabi-Sharjah corridor and 4G LTE elsewhere; Etisalat tends to have stronger reach into Hatta, Liwa, and the Northern Emirates.
Travel tip: VPN apps and many video-call services (WhatsApp voice/video, FaceTime audio) are restricted on UAE networks — an eSIM roams as a foreign device but you may still hit local-network filtering. Plan voice calls accordingly.