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Aqaba to Cairo

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Aqaba to Cairo. From £67.35, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays £67.35, every fee included. Services cover 802 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 5 October 2026Priced for 25 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £67.35, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 25 October 2026

£67.35

  • 183%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £134.57Tue6
  2. about £119.41Wed7
  3. about £177.54Thu8
  4. about £110.82Fri9
  5. about £131.54Sat10
  6. about £119.91Sun11
  7. about £82.01Mon12
  8. about £75.44Tue13
  9. about £73.92Wed14
  10. about £117.90Thu15
  11. about £111.32Fri16
  12. about £92.11Sat17
  13. about £98.69Sun18
  14. about £77.46Mon19
  15. about £77.96Tue20
  16. about £71.39Wed21
  17. about £96.66Thu22
  18. about £83.53Fri23
  19. about £95.66Sat24
  20. about £67.35Sun25
  21. about £79.48Mon26

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Cairo. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Cairo for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Stadium and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Aqaba to Cairo

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £72.9090 days
  2. £70.3860 days
  3. £69.8745 days
  4. £62.8030 days
  5. £79.4821 days
  6. £77.4614 days
  7. £82.017 days
  8. £177.543 days
  9. £134.571 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £62.80.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 183 percent. The dearest point is £177.54, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£177.54£62.80137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Aqaba to Cairo and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

802 km

367 km as the crow flies, 119% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

95,048 → 9,606,916

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 802 km against 367 km in a straight line, a detour of 119 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Amman. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Cairo is large, and the road in from CAI can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Cairo

Settled in advance, so the ride into Cairo costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Stadium

Most of the points near Stadium open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Aqaba to Cairo

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Aqaba to Cairo?

Aqaba to Cairo covers 802 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Aqaba to Cairo?

The cheapest fare from Aqaba to Cairo is £67.35, as of 5 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £95.66. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Aqaba to Cairo?

The cheapest way from Aqaba to Cairo is by flight, at £67.35 for one passenger on 25 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Aqaba to Cairo?

Fares from Aqaba to Cairo bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £62.80. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 183 percent, measured on 5 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Aqaba to Cairo?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Aqaba to Cairo, at £73.92. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 5 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Aqaba to Cairo?

March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Aqaba to Cairo, at £59.77 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Aqaba to Cairo?

2 operators sell services from Aqaba to Cairo across 1 mode: Egyptair, Royal Jordanian. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Aqaba to Cairo?

0 percent of the services we sell from Aqaba to Cairo are direct. The rest connect at Amman, with about 74 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Aqaba to Cairo use?

Services from Aqaba to Cairo by flight leave from King Hussein International Airport AQJ and arrive at Cairo International Airport CAI. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Aqaba to Cairo?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Aqaba to Cairo allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Cairo is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Cairo and across Egypt

Day trips that leave Cairo in the morning and cover a good part of Egypt by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Aqaba reaches 9 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 250 to 3,785 km. Cairo reaches 99 places in 53 countries, from 117 to 13,966 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Aqaba

  • 9Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Cairo

Leaving Cairo

  • 99Places you can leave for
  • 53Countries
  • 61Operators

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