Distance from Cairo to Istanbul
Cairo (Egypt) and Istanbul (Türkiye) are 1,235 km apart — that's 768 miles or 667 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,235 km · 768 mi · 667 nmi
- Initial bearing Cairo → Istanbul
- 351° (N)
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Cairo
- 170° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Cairo UTC+03:00 · Istanbul UTC+03:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 11 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
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:07 UTC / 17:14 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.