Cairo
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Cairo is not costed by rail here: no through rail connection is modelled, and no verified rail or sea itinerary is included in this comparison. By air it is 883 kg CO₂e return from London. It averages 32.3 °C in July and 14.9 °C in February.
Cairo is the capital of Egypt (until the New Administrative Capital is completed) and, with a total population of Greater Cairo metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East (the regions which it conveniently straddles). — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Cairo is warmest in July (32.3 °C); coldest in February (14.9 °C). Month by month
Getting there
Travel advice for Egypt. FCDO advises against all travel or all but essential travel to specified border, desert, North Sinai and South Sinai areas. gov.uk advice, page updated 4 August 2026; read 2026-09-15. Whether Cairo itself is inside an affected area is not assessed here; check the page before booking.
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 3,282 km | — | — | 826 kg | 7h 54m |
| Barcelona | 2,894 km | — | — | 728 kg | 7h 24m |
| Berlin | 2,891 km | — | — | 727 kg | 7h 24m |
| Birmingham | 3,670 km | — | — | 923 kg | 8h 24m |
| Bristol | 3,657 km | — | — | 920 kg | 8h 24m |
| Brussels | 3,209 km | — | — | 807 kg | 7h 48m |
| Cardiff | 3,694 km | — | — | 929 kg | 8h 24m |
| Copenhagen | 3,206 km | — | — | 806 kg | 7h 48m |
| Dublin | 3,972 km | — | — | 930 kg | 8h 48m |
| Edinburgh | 3,941 km | — | — | 923 kg | 8h 48m |
| Frankfurt | 2,919 km | — | — | 734 kg | 7h 24m |
| Glasgow | 3,992 km | — | — | 935 kg | 8h 48m |
| Leeds | 3,724 km | — | — | 872 kg | 8h 30m |
| Lisbon | 3,797 km | — | — | 889 kg | 8h 36m |
| Liverpool | 3,784 km | — | — | 886 kg | 8h 30m |
| London | 3,510 km | — | — | 883 kg | 8h 12m |
| Madrid | 3,351 km | — | — | 843 kg | 8h |
| Manchester | 3,745 km | — | — | 877 kg | 8h 30m |
| Milan | 2,571 km | — | — | 647 kg | 6h 54m |
| Munich | 2,615 km | — | — | 658 kg | 7h |
| Newcastle | 3,798 km | — | — | 889 kg | 8h 36m |
| Nottingham | 3,653 km | — | — | 919 kg | 8h 24m |
| Oslo | 3,656 km | — | — | 920 kg | 8h 24m |
| Paris | 3,209 km | — | — | 807 kg | 7h 48m |
| Prague | 2,634 km | — | — | 662 kg | 7h |
| Rome | 2,130 km | — | — | 536 kg | 6h 18m |
| Sheffield | 3,696 km | — | — | 930 kg | 8h 24m |
| Southampton | 3,555 km | — | — | 894 kg | 8h 12m |
| Stockholm | 3,403 km | — | — | 856 kg | 8h |
| Vienna | 2,382 km | — | — | 599 kg | 6h 42m |
| Warsaw | 2,604 km | — | — | 655 kg | 7h |
| Zurich | 2,734 km | — | — | 688 kg | 7h 6m |
The year in Cairo
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 15.3 | 14.9 | 19.4 | 23.2 | 26.3 | 30.8 | 32.3 | 31.4 | 29.8 | 25.2 | 21.1 | 17.1 |
| Sun h/day | 9.5 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 9.3 |
| Rain mm/day | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
When to go
Cairo is warmest in July at 32.3 °C, and that is also its brightest month. Its coldest is February at 14.9 °C.
Three months worth booking
The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.
Staying there
A hotel room in Egypt emits about 44.2 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors — a country average per occupied room, not this or any particular hotel. 7 nights in one room adds roughly 309 kg — worth weighing against the 883 kg of one person's flight. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
Where to stay in Cairo
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Distances are great-circle. Rail assumes international rail at 0.01135 kg CO₂e per passenger-km with a 1.3× track detour allowance; flights use 0.12576 kg per passenger-km including radiative forcing. Journey times are modelled, not timetabled. Full method.