Internet speed in Egypt
Median speeds from Ookla's Speedtest Global Index, June 2026 — what a rental's line and your phone actually get, not what the listing says.
Home broadband97 Mbpsmedian download in Cairo0world median 130300+Fair — Video calls and streaming for one or two people — fine for a holiday, thin for a household working24 Mbps upload · 8 ms latency
Mobile data51 Mbpsmedian download in Cairo0world median 109300+10 Mbps upload · 26 ms latency
By city
under 30 basic · fair · 100+ good · 150+ fast — the tick is the world median.
| Place | Home broadband | Mobile data | Work from it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo & the Pyramidsmeasured in Cairo | 97 Mbps | 51 Mbps | Not at the median |
| Egypt as a wholeOokla publishes no separate figure for Luxor, Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh; the national median stands for them. | 99 Mbps | 52 Mbps | Not at the median |
A median is the middle of every test run in the place that quarter: half the lines are faster, half slower. Cities usually beat the national number; islands and hill towns usually do not. "Work from it" is this site's own line — 150 Mbps down, 50 up, under 30 ms — for a household on calls all day; one person needs far less.
The guides in Egypt
Cairo & the PyramidsEgyptThe last standing wonder of the ancient world, on the edge of a megacity
LuxorEgyptThe greatest open-air museum in the world, on both banks of the Nile
HurghadaEgyptA reef the length of a coastline, and three hundred and sixty days of sun over it
Sharm el-SheikhEgyptThe Red Sea, which is the best diving in the northern hemisphere, with a resort attached