Mecca to Cairo runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €107.58, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 33m over 1,379 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €107.58, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026
€107.58
- 232%Moves across the booking window
232%When it runs, leaving Mecca
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €251.69Wed23
- about €331.99Thu24
- about €326.49Fri25
- about €257.19Sat26
- about €193.94Sun27
- about €180.74Mon28
- about €186.79Tue29
- about €145.54Wed30
- about €161.49Thu1
- about €157.64Fri2
- about €159.29Sat3
- about €165.89Sun4
- about €165.34Mon5
- about €138.94Tue6
- about €124.64Wed7
- about €130.69Thu8
- about €139.49Fri9
- about €152.14Sat10
- about €125.74Sun11
- about €107.58Mon12
- about €117.48Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Cairo. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Cairo for the night the train gets in
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When to book Mecca to Cairo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €119.6990 days
- €109.2360 days
- €98.2345 days
- €133.9930 days
- €117.4821 days
- €138.9414 days
- €186.797 days
- €326.493 days
- €251.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €98.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 232 percent. The most expensive point is €326.49, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Mecca 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
1,379 km
1,287 km as the crow flies, 7% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
1,578,722 → 9,606,916
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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 1,379 km against 1,287 km in a straight line, a detour of 7 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Jeddah, Madinah. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 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 cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Stadium
Most of the points near Stadium open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Mecca to Cairo
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Mecca to Cairo?
The fastest journey from Mecca to Cairo takes 5h 33m door to door, of which 2h 44m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 31m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Mecca to Cairo?
The cheapest fare from Mecca to Cairo is €107.58, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €176.07. 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 Mecca to Cairo?
The cheapest way from Mecca to Cairo is by train, at €107.58 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 5h 38m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Mecca to Cairo?
Fares from Mecca to Cairo bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €98.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 232 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Mecca to Cairo?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Mecca to Cairo, at €138.94. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Mecca to Cairo?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Mecca to Cairo, at €98.23 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 service from Mecca to Cairo?
3 operators sell services from Mecca to Cairo across 1 mode: Air Arabia Egypt, flyadeal, Saudi Arabia Railways. 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 Mecca to Cairo?
0 percent of the services we sell from Mecca to Cairo are direct. The rest connect at Jeddah, Madinah, with about 57 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 Mecca to Cairo use?
Services from Mecca to Cairo by train leave from Makkah Railway Station and arrive at Cairo International Airport CAI. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Mecca to Cairo?
1 of the 3 operators we sell from Mecca to Cairo allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. 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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Mecca to Cairo on September 22, 2026: 1379 km of route against 1287 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €107.58, and 5h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Cairo is somebody else's catalog.
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
Mecca reaches 26 places in 13 countries on services we hold, over distances from 67 to 7,275 km. Cairo reaches 134 places in 64 countries, from 117 to 13,966 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Mecca
- 26Places you can leave for
- 13Countries
- 1Operators
13
1Arriving in Cairo
Leaving Cairo
- 134Places you can leave for
- 64Countries
- 72Operators