Travel to Cairo

Every way to reach Cairo: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Cairo is reachable from 98 places across 50 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 69 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €41.44 and the fastest takes 4h 5m door to door. The nearest origin is 180 km away.

Checked 30 September 2026Priced for 30 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Cairo

Every mode that actually calls at Cairo, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Flight188€41.444h 5m9,206 km69
  • 98Places you can arrive from
  • 98Places you can leave for
  • 50Countries
  • 69Operators

That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Cairo is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Cairo?

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

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km21%Alexandria, 180 km
200 to 600 km2212%Assiut, 320 km
600 to 1,500 km3016%Aswān, 684 km
Over 1,500 km13471%Misratah, 1556 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Cairo that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Saudi Arabia2016%
Egypt1612%
Germany108%
United Arab Emirates86%
Yemen86%
China65%
Libya65%
Nigeria65%
Türkiye65%
Belgium54%
Spain54%
Switzerland43%
United Kingdom43%
India43%
Iraq43%
Italy43%
Sudan43%
France32%
Russia32%
Tunisia32%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Cairo

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Cairo

Rail
  • Stadium
  • One Ninety
  • Hisham Barakat
Coach
  • Cairo Airport Terminal (CTA)
  • Al Abbasiyya
Air
  • CAI
  • SPX

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

Getting from CAI into 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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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Cairo

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Cairo, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Sharm el Sheikh to Cairo flight€41.444h 5m383 km
Hurghada to Cairo flight€42.624h 6m400 km
Amman to Cairo flight€53.244h 13m494 km
Tabuk to Cairo flight€55.014h 20m548 km
Aswān to Cairo flight€65.634h 30m684 km
Medina to Cairo flight€96.314h 55m1,034 km
Jeddah to Cairo flight€111.655h 11m1,240 km
Istanbul to Cairo flight€112.245h 11m1,235 km
Ta'if to Cairo flight€119.915h 21m1,340 km
Buraidah to Cairo flight€125.815h 17m1,314 km
Kuwait City to Cairo flight€142.925h 40m1,616 km
Riyadh to Cairo flight€144.695h 42m1,639 km
Tripoli to Cairo flight€152.955h 50m1,739 km
Dammam to Cairo flight€165.936h 2m1,888 km
Rome to Cairo flight€189.536h 21m2,130 km
Abu Dhabi to Cairo flight€207.826h 39m2,367 km

A day in Cairo carrying a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Cairo

Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular journeys to Cairo

Common questions about Travel to Cairo

How can I get to Cairo?

Cairo is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 98 places, across 50 countries, on services run by 69 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Cairo?

The cheapest way into Cairo is by Flight, from €41.44 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 98 origins we sell into Cairo over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Cairo?

The fastest journey into Cairo is by Flight, at 4h 5m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 180 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Cairo have?

Cairo has 7 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 2 airports. Among them are Stadium, One Ninety, Hisham Barakat. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Cairo from within 200 km?

2 of the routes we sell into Cairo start within 200 km. The nearest is Alexandria, 180 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Cairo in Egypt?

Cairo connects to 98 places on our network across 50 countries, the furthest of them 9,206 km away in a straight line. Egypt routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Egypt

The wider region

Our job ends on the platform. What fills the days in Cairo afterwards does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Cairo before you go?

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

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