Beirut eSIM
In Beirut you connect to Alfa or Touch, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 28 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Alfa and Touch
- Typical speed in Lebanon
- 28 Mbps typical, 6 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
How Lebanon compares across Middle East
- Regional typical speed
- 72 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Alfa, Touch
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Jordan, 38 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 1: Beirut
Landing at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY)
- Airport
- BEY / OLBA
- Distance
- 9 km from the centre of Beirut
Getting into Beirut
- LCC Bus Route 1 from the airport roundabout to Rue Sadat in Hamra (BEY)
- OCFTC bus routes 7 and 10, stopping at the airport roundabout en route to central Beirut (BEY)
- Airport taxi (BEY)
Worth knowing about Beirut
- Beirut Rafic Hariri is Lebanon's sole commercial airport, so every arrival by air into the country lands here.
- Lebanon's railway system is not in use services ceased during the country's political difficulties so there is no train from the airport or anywhere else.
- The airport buses do not enter the terminal: LCC route 1 and OCFTC routes 7 and 10 stop at the airport roundabout.
- Beirut's public bus system was relaunched in August 2024 and currently runs seven lines, alongside shared service-taxis on fixed routes.