There are 6 ways to get from France to Cairo by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
best- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane CDG - CAI
8h 5m$186–436Fly from Paris Orly Airport
cheapest- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane ORY - CAI
8h 28m$185–415Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane NCE - CAI
9h 1m$197–407Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane GVA - CAI
9h 33m$185–387Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane ZRH - CAI
9h 58m$216–457Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane FRA - CAI
10h 7m$217–553
Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Cairo is to fly which costs $180 - $440 and takes 8h 5m.
The fastest way to get from France to Cairo is to fly which takes 8h 5m and costs $180 - $440.
The distance between France and Cairo is 3268 km.
It takes approximately 8h 5m to get from France to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 1h ahead of France. It is currently 6:33 AM in France and 7:33 AM in Cairo.
There are 7443+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between France and Cairo, Egypt?
Egyptair, Air France, and three other airlines fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) 5 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–350
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–310
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–500
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–270
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cairo International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–470
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–490
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $36
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $35–55
- 1st Class
- $60–85
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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