Riyadh eSIM
In Riyadh you connect to STC or Mobily, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 83 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- STC and Mobily
- Real speed in Saudi Arabia
- 83 Mbps median, 24 Mbps for the slowest tenth486 travellers across Saudi Arabia, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, standalone and non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Riyadh
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $8.89 | $8.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $5.63 | $16.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $4.78 | $23.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $3.39 | $33.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $2.64 | $52.89 |
How Saudi Arabia compares across Middle East
- Speed rank
- 4 of 10 destinations we sell in Middle East
- Regional median
- 75 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 29 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, STC, Mobily
- 5G
- Yes, standalone and non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Kuwait, 86 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Bahrain, 78 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Riyadh, Jeddah, AlUla
- tenth percentile
- 24 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 486 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at King Khalid International Airport (RUH)
- Airport
- RUH / OERK
- Distance
- 35 km from the centre of Riyadh
Getting into Riyadh
- Riyadh Metro Line 4 (Yellow Line), with stations at Airport T1-2, Airport T3-4 and Airport T5 (RUH)
Underground and on the metro
Riyadh Metro runs 6 lines. It opened in 2024. The operator does not publish whether the tunnels carry a mobile signal, so we do not claim either way.
Worth knowing about Riyadh
- King Khalid International Airport got a metro connection only on 1 December 2024, when Riyadh Metro Line 4 opened with three separate airport terminal stations.
- The Riyadh Metro is 176 km long and is recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's longest fully automated driverless metro.
- The network mixes elevated and underground sections across its 85 stations.
- The airport is 35 km north of Riyadh and has five passenger terminals, the newest opened in 2016.