✈ CAI → MEL

17H 21M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

Flight time
17h 21m
Distance
8,663 mi
Or
13,941 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Cairo to Melbourne

From Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa  →  Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania

How long is the flight from Cairo to Melbourne?

A nonstop flight from Cairo (CAI) to Melbourne (MEL) takes about 17 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,663 miles (13,941 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

17h 21m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,663 mi

13,941 km · great-circle

Avg speed

804 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cairo timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Cairo

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Time difference

+7h

7 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~7d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2063 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2384 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 572 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.