Distance from Cairo to Paris
The great-circle distance between Cairo, Egypt and Paris, France is 3,209 km (1,994 mi · 1,733 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,209 km · 1,994 mi · 1,733 nmi
- Initial bearing Cairo → Paris
- 319° (NW)
- Initial bearing Paris → Cairo
- 120° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 26 min
- Time zones
- Cairo UTC+03:00 · Paris UTC+02:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 114 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
- 03:44 UTC / 15:52 UTC
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:39 UTC / 17:49 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.