Distance from Barcelona to Cairo
Barcelona (Spain) and Cairo (Egypt) are 2,894 km apart — that's 1,798 miles or 1,562 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,894 km · 1,798 mi · 1,562 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Cairo
- 106° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Cairo → Barcelona
- 304° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+02:00 · Cairo UTC+03:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 95 min — the sun rises later in Barcelona
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
- Barcelona
- 41.3888, 2.1590
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:54 UTC / 19:02 UTC
- Cairo
- 30.0626, 31.2497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:19 UTC / 16:44 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.