Distance from Cairo to Dubai

Flying the shortest possible route, Dubai lies 2,430 km (1,510 miles, 1,312 nautical miles) from Cairo — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.

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+02:00 · Dubai UTC+04:00 (+2 h)
Sunrise gap today
104 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
04:15 UTC / 15:04 UTC
Dubai
25.0772, 55.3093
Sunrise / sunset today
02:31 UTC / 13:35 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.