Aqaba eSIM
In Aqaba you connect to Zain or Orange, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 38 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Zain and Orange
- Typical speed in Jordan
- 38 Mbps typical, 9 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Aqaba
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $9.89 | $9.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $5.96 | $17.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $4.98 | $24.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $4.49 | $44.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $4.19 | $83.89 |
How Jordan compares across Middle East
- Regional typical speed
- 72 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Zain, Orange
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Türkiye, 57 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Lebanon, 28 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Amman, Petra, Aqaba
Landing at King Hussein International Airport (AQJ)
- Airport
- AQJ / OJAQ
Getting into Aqaba
- Road from the airport into Aqaba (AQJ)
- Road north to Wadi Musa for Petra (AQJ)
- Arab Bridge Maritime, Aqaba Passenger Terminal to Nuweiba Sea Port, two and a half to three and a half hours, about 150 minutes
Worth knowing about Aqaba
- King Hussein International sits in a northern suburb of Aqaba, an unusually short hop from the town for an international airport.
- Aqaba is governed as the Aqaba Special Economic Zone, an autonomous authority set up in 2001 with its own regulatory framework separate from the rest of Jordan.
- Scheduled service is thin: Royal Jordanian is the focus airline, with routes to Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Amman Queen Alia.
- Aqaba is about 100 km south of Wadi Musa, making it the second road gateway to Petra after Amman.
- Within a 15 mile, 24 km, radius of Aqaba airport there are three other countries: Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
- Construction of the Aqaba airport began in the late 1960s and King Hussein opened it in May 1972. The whole passenger terminal was renovated in 2002 and a cargo building followed in 2004.
- Aqaba Airports Company asks passengers to arrive at least 60 minutes before domestic flights and two hours before international flights. Airport parking is daytime only and long term parking is not yet established.
- Aqaba Development Corporation runs Here To Help at the airport, a guidance service staffed by local residents that points travellers to visitaqaba.com through QR codes.
- Entering Jordan through Aqaba's port, airport or land border, with the exception of the southern Wadi Araba crossing, gives a free visa valid for one month. The ASEZA office in Aqaba handles extensions.
- Visitors who enter Jordan at another point and then travel to Aqaba must register at the ASEZA visa office within 48 hours of arriving, or they can face fees and daily fines.
- The Wadi Araba crossing between Aqaba and Eilat opened on 8 August 1994. It runs 06:30 to 20:00 Sunday to Thursday and 08:00 to 20:00 on Friday and Saturday.
- The Durra crossing links Aqaba with Haql in Saudi Arabia, roughly 30 kilometres away. It became a full crossing open to all nationalities in 1988.
- Arab Bridge Maritime requires ferry passengers to reach Aqaba Passenger Terminal three hours before departure, and charges a departure fee of 10 Jordanian dinars for the sailing to Nuweiba.
- The Coral Bridge subsea cable, 15 kilometres across the Gulf of Aqaba from Taba in Egypt to Aqaba, was completed on 21 August 2025. It is the first direct subsea cable between the two countries in over 25 years.
- Aqaba is Jordan's only coastal city and the Port of Aqaba is the only port in the country. The city proper had 95,048 residents in 2015.
- The Aqaba company for transport and logistics carried 416,000 commuters in the first quarter of 2026, up 51 percent year on year. It has introduced electronic payment and smart tracking and plans 14 new buses.