✈ BUD → CAI
3H 21M, 1,360 MI. ONE MOVIE. ONE NAP. ONE QUESTIONABLE MEAL.
Flight from Budapest to Cairo
From Ferenc Liszt (BUD), Hungary Europe → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Budapest
How long is the flight from Budapest to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Budapest (BUD) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 3 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,360 miles (2,189 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
3h 21m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,360 mi
2,189 km · great-circle
Avg speed
652 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Budapest timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Budapest
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Budapest
Nearest destinations
- Budapest → Vienna
- Budapest → Prague
- Budapest → Warsaw
- Budapest → Munich
- Budapest → Bucharest
- Budapest → Berlin
- Budapest → Zurich
- Budapest → Milan
- Budapest → Frankfurt
- Budapest → Rome
Long-haul from Budapest
- Budapest → Auckland
- Budapest → Sydney
- Budapest → Melbourne
- Budapest → Santiago
- Budapest → Buenos Aires
- Budapest → Bali (Denpasar)
- Budapest → Mexico City
- Budapest → São Paulo
- Budapest → Los Angeles
- Budapest → Rio de Janeiro
More flights to Africa
Flights to Cairo
Nearest origins
- Tel Aviv → Cairo
- Athens → Cairo
- Istanbul → Cairo
- Bucharest → Cairo
- Doha → Cairo
- Rome → Cairo
- Vienna → Cairo
- Abu Dhabi → Cairo
- Dubai → Cairo
- Warsaw → Cairo
Long-haul to Cairo
- Auckland → Cairo
- Sydney → Cairo
- Melbourne → Cairo
- Santiago → Cairo
- Mexico City → Cairo
- Los Angeles → Cairo
- San Francisco → Cairo
- Las Vegas → Cairo
- Buenos Aires → Cairo
- Cancun → Cairo