Distance from Cairo to Kuala Lumpur
The great-circle distance between Cairo, Egypt and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is 7,954 km (4,942 mi · 4,295 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,954 km · 4,942 mi · 4,295 nmi
- Initial bearing Cairo → Kuala Lumpur
- 97° (E)
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → Cairo
- 301° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Cairo UTC+03:00 · Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 281 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
- 03:44 UTC / 15:52 UTC
- Kuala Lumpur
- 3.1412, 101.6865
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:03 UTC / 11:10 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.