There are 7 ways to get from Cairo to Essen by plane, car, train, or car train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)CAI - DUS
8h 19m€141–399Drive 4,712.8 km
- Drive from Cairo to Essen4,712.8 km
46h 50m€662–956Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)CAI - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
8h 50m€150–378Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Frankfurt (FRA)CAI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
9h 46m€171–381Fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)CAI - FMO
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
12h 33m€246–685Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)CAI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
10h 49m€198–467Drive, car train
- Drive from Cairo to Villach Hbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
46h 21m€716–1,891
Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairo to Essen is to fly and train which costs €150 - €380 and takes 8h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Cairo to Essen is to fly which takes 8h 19m and costs €140 - €400.
The distance between Cairo and Essen is 3180 km. The road distance is 4712.8 km.
It takes approximately 8h 19m to get from Cairo to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 1h behind Cairo. It is currently 2:41 AM in Cairo and 1:41 AM in Essen.
Yes, the driving distance between Cairo to Essen is 4713 km. It takes approximately 46h 50m to drive from Cairo to Essen.
There are 2601+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Cairo, Egypt and Essen, Germany?
Eurowings, Egyptair, and three other airlines fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–460
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–460
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Athens, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–440
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–460
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–450
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–400
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–310
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–440
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Athens, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–23
- 1st Class
- €29–50
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
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