Distance from Cairo to Dubai
Cairo (Egypt) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates) are 2,430 km apart — that's 1,510 miles or 1,312 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,430 km · 1,510 mi · 1,312 nmi
- Initial bearing Cairo → Dubai
- 97° (E)
- Initial bearing Dubai → Cairo
- 289° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 31 min
- Time zones
- Cairo UTC+03:00 · Dubai UTC+04:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 89 min — the sun rises later in Cairo
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
- Cairo
- 30.0626, 31.2497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:19 UTC / 16:44 UTC
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:50 UTC / 15:00 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.