Algiers eSIM
In Algiers you connect to Djezzy or Ooredoo, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 27 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Djezzy and Ooredoo
- Real speed in Algeria
- 27 Mbps median, 6 Mbps for the slowest tenth142 travellers across Algeria, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Algiers
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $6.89 | $6.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $3.96 | $11.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $3.18 | $15.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $2.39 | $23.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $2.09 | $41.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $1.86 | $92.89 |
How Algeria compares across Africa
- Speed rank
- 14 of 20 destinations we sell in Africa
- Regional median
- 29.5 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 22 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Djezzy, Ooredoo
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Senegal, 29 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Uganda, 27 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 1: Algiers
- tenth percentile
- 6 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 142 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG)
- Airport
- ALG / DAAG
- Distance
- 17 km from the centre of Algiers
Getting into Algiers
- Algiers suburban rail, Houari Boumediene Airport station to Agha (ALG), about 20 minutes
Underground and on the metro
Algiers Metro runs 1 lines. It opened in 2011. The operator does not publish whether the tunnels carry a mobile signal, so we do not claim either way.
Worth knowing about Algiers
- The airport has its own railway station, sitting between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 and about a five-minute walk from the international Terminal 4; trains reach Agha station in central Algiers in around 20 minutes.
- The airport train is not round-the-clock: departures from the airport run from 05:30 to 21:35, with 34 journeys a day on the line.
- International flights use Terminal 4, opened on 29 April 2019, which is a separate building from Terminal 1 (domestic plus Middle East and Gulf carriers) and Terminal 2 (charter and pilgrimage flights).
- The Algiers Metro has a single operational line, opened for public service on 1 November 2011, with day-to-day operations run by the RATP Group.