There are 7 ways to get from London to Cairo by plane, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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 London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)LHR - CAI
8h 9m$196–588Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)LGW - CAI
10h 35m$180–347Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Cairo
2d 4hFly from London City Airport
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)LCY - CAI
10h 52m$325–757Fly from London Stansted Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)STN - CAI
10h 29m$196–428Train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)LTN - CAI
10h 10m$209–367Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Cairo
2d 5h$966–1,487
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Cairo is to train and fly which costs $180 - $350 and takes 10h 35m.
The fastest way to get from London to Cairo is to fly which takes 8h 9m and costs $190 - $600.
The distance between London and Cairo is 3583 km.
It takes approximately 8h 9m to get from London to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 2h ahead of London. It is currently 11:00 AM in London and 1:00 PM in Cairo.
There are 7734+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between London, England and Cairo, Egypt?
British Airways, Egyptair, and Aegean Airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) every 4 hours.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–420
Flights from London City Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from London City Airport to Cairo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from London City Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from London City Airport to Cairo International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–500
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $110–370
Flights from Luton Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Luton Airport to Cairo International Airport via Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from Luton Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Luton Airport to Cairo International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $110–370
Flights from Luton Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Cairo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Luton Airport to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–370
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Cairo International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from Luton Airport to Cairo International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Luton Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Luton Airport to Cairo International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $34–35
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–28
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–26
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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