Distance from Cairo to Madrid
Cairo (Egypt) and Madrid (Spain) are 3,351 km apart — that's 2,082 miles or 1,809 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,351 km · 2,082 mi · 1,809 nmi
- Initial bearing Cairo → Madrid
- 300° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Cairo
- 99° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 36 min
- Time zones
- Cairo UTC+03:00 · Madrid UTC+02:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 121 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 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.