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DXB Dubai ⇄ CAI Cairo

Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates) and Cairo International Airport (Egypt): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,417 km1,502 mi1,305 nautical miles
DXB → CAI4 hestimated block time
CAI → DXB3 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change−2 hCairo vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Cairo (CAI)DXBDubaiCAICairo
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

DXB → CAI

4 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 288° (WNW).

Leave Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Cairo Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 local.

CAI → DXB

3 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 97° (E).

Leave Cairo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 15:35 local.

CAI-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance2,417 km · 1,502 mi · 1,305 nmi
Initial heading288° (WNW) from DXB; 97° (E) from CAI
Farthest from the equator30.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip12% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DXBAsia/Dubai — UTC+4 now; UTC+4 all year (no daylight saving time)
CAIAfrica/Cairo — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceCairo is 2 hours behind Dubai today; −2 h in January and −1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DXB → CAI. Your body clock has to move 2 hours later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

DXB Dubai International AirportDubai, United Arab Emirates · longest runway 14,590 ft4,447 m CAI Cairo International AirportCairo, Egypt · longest runway 13,124 ft4,000 m

More routes from DXB and CAI

DXBRUH Dubai – Riyadh 874 km543 mi · 2 h 05 min DXBIST Dubai – Istanbul 3,030 km1,883 mi · 4 h 45 min DXBCDG Dubai – Paris 5,239 km3,255 mi · 7 h 35 min DXBHKG Dubai – Hong Kong 5,919 km3,678 mi · 7 h 20 min DXBMEL Dubai – Melbourne 11,644 km7,235 mi · 13 h 50 min DXBAKL Dubai – Auckland 14,199 km8,823 mi · 16 h 30 min JEDCAI Jeddah – Cairo 1,216 km756 mi · 2 h 30 min CAIIST Cairo – Istanbul 1,264 km786 mi · 2 h 30 min RUHCAI Riyadh – Cairo 1,612 km1,002 mi · 3 h LHRCAI London – Cairo 3,533 km2,195 mi · 4 h 45 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRATH London – Athens 2,427 km1,508 mi · 3 h 35 min ORDLAS Chicago – Las Vegas 2,432 km1,511 mi · 4 h 10 min MIABOG Miami – Bogotá 2,435 km1,513 mi · 3 h 50 min SINMNL Singapore – Manila 2,375 km1,476 mi · 3 h 45 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).