Mombasa eSIM
In Mombasa you connect to Safaricom or Airtel, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 33 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Safaricom and Airtel
- Real speed in Kenya
- 33 Mbps median, 7 Mbps for the slowest tenth398 travellers across Kenya, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Mombasa
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $9.89 | $9.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $6.30 | $18.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $5.58 | $27.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $4.59 | $45.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $4.14 | $82.89 |
How Kenya compares across Africa
- Speed rank
- 5 of 20 destinations we sell in Africa
- Regional median
- 29.5 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 21 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Safaricom, Airtel
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Rwanda, 34 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Tunisia, 33 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Nairobi, Mombasa, Maasai Mara
- tenth percentile
- 7 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 398 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Moi International Airport (MBA)
- Airport
- MBA / HKMO
- Distance
- 20 km from the centre of Mombasa
Getting into Mombasa
- Highway from Chaani into Mombasa via the Makupa Causeway or Nyali Bridge (MBA)
- Madaraka Express standard-gauge railway from Miritini terminus to Nairobi (MBA)
- Kenya Ferry Service from Kilindini and Mtongwe to Likoni
Worth knowing about Mombasa
- Mombasa is centred on an island, separated from the mainland by Port Reitz creek to the south and Tudor Creek to the north; the airport sits on the mainland at Chaani, about 20 km from the centre.
- There is no bridge between Mombasa Island and the south coast the Kenya Ferry Service from Kilindini and Mtongwe to Likoni is the only crossing.
- The standard-gauge railway terminus is at Miritini, outside the city, reached by a highway built in 2018 as the first phase of the Dongo Kundu bypass.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Kenya we cover
- Nairobi
- 442 km from Mombasa, nearest airport WIL
- Maasai Mara
- 603 km from Mombasa, nearest airport MRE