Distance from Bangkok to Cairo
The great-circle distance between Bangkok, Thailand and Cairo, Egypt is 7,268 km (4,516 mi · 3,924 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,268 km · 4,516 mi · 3,924 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Cairo
- 297° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Cairo → Bangkok
- 88° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 13 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Cairo UTC+03:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 254 min — the sun rises earlier in Bangkok
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Bangkok
- 13.7540, 100.5014
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:05 UTC / 11:44 UTC
- Cairo
- 30.0626, 31.2497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:19 UTC / 16:44 UTC
Open in the distance calculator Find the halfway point
Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.