Salalah eSIM
In Salalah you connect to Omantel or Ooredoo, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 64 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Omantel and Ooredoo
- Typical speed in Oman
- 64 Mbps typical, 17 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Salalah
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $8.89 | $8.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $5.30 | $15.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $4.58 | $22.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $3.79 | $37.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $3.19 | $63.89 |
How Oman compares across Middle East
- Regional typical speed
- 72 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Omantel, Ooredoo
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Iraq, 70.6 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Türkiye, 57 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Muscat, Salalah
Landing at Salalah International Airport (SLL)
- Airport
- SLL / OOSA
- Distance
- 6 km from the centre of Salalah
- SIM on arrival
- SIM counters or vending in the terminalOoredoo states it runs kiosks in the arrivals hall selling Visitor Packs, and Omantel states it runs a dedicated counter at the airport that also activates eSIM visitor packages.
Getting into Salalah
- Public bus between Salalah airport and the city centre (SLL)
Worth knowing about Salalah
- Salalah's traffic is strongly seasonal: the khareef monsoon from June to September turns the landscape green and drew more than 600,000 visitors in 2017.
- Gulf carriers including Etihad, Flynas, Jazeera Airways and Kuwait Airways serve Salalah only seasonally, mainly July to September.
- The current Salalah terminal opened on 15 June 2015 and is Oman's second international airport, 5.5 km from the city centre.
- Ooredoo sells its Tourist SIM only to visitors and business travellers. Omani nationals and Omani resident cardholders are excluded, and other nationalities must present an original passport for verification.
- Ooredoo kiosks in the arrivals halls of Muscat International and Salalah International airports sell Visitor Packs, so an arriving traveller can be connected before leaving the terminal.
- Ooredoo's OMR 5 Visitor Pack carries 3 GB of data, 50 minutes and 50 SMS over 10 days. The OMR 10 pack carries 8 GB, 50 minutes and 50 SMS over 15 days.
- Omantel sells its Tourist Pack at any Omantel outlet or partner on presentation of a valid passport.
- Omantel says its prepaid visitor packages can be taken as an eSIM through the Omantel app, at its retail outlets, or at its dedicated counters at Muscat and Salalah airports.
- Omantel has put public wifi at Dhofar locations including Eteen Square, Awaqad Park and Awdhat Al Madhi, and has upgraded and redistributed stations around tourist sites and high traffic areas.
- Ooredoo's Khareef Tourist Plans start at OMR 5 for a 10 day stay and run up to a 20 day plan with unlimited data. They are bought through the Ooredoo app or at an Ooredoo store.
- Ooredoo Self SIM activates a line digitally with no physical SIM, and it covers Tourist plans as well as the operator's OPlus and Hala plans.
- Salalah is a landing point for the 2Africa subsea cable, a system spanning about 45,000 km and connecting 33 countries across Africa, Asia and Europe.
- Ooredoo built a Tier 3 data centre at Salalah with capacity for more than 500 racks, one of three raised at Barka, Salalah and Sohar to host the 2Africa cable landing equipment.
- Ooredoo states its Visitor Packs are on sale at Salalah Airport as well as at all its stores across Oman, and that it operates one of the widest mobile networks across Salalah and Dhofar.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Oman we cover
- Muscat
- 858 km from Salalah, nearest airport MCT