Distance from Cairo to Rome
The great-circle distance between Cairo, Egypt and Rome, Italy is 2,130 km (1,324 mi · 1,150 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,130 km · 1,324 mi · 1,150 nmi
- Initial bearing Cairo → Rome
- 313° (NW)
- Initial bearing Rome → Cairo
- 122° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 10 min
- Time zones
- Cairo UTC+03:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 53 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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.