✈ CAI → FCO
3H 19M FROM CAIRO TO ROME. THAT'S A WORK SHIFT.
Flight from Cairo to Rome
From Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa → Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Rome → Cairo
How long is the flight from Cairo to Rome?
A nonstop flight from Cairo (CAI) to Rome (FCO) takes about 3 hours 19 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,337 miles (2,151 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
3h 19m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,337 mi
2,151 km · great-circle
Avg speed
650 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Rome timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Rome
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
Westward — easier
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 Cairo
Nearest destinations
- Cairo → Tel Aviv
- Cairo → Athens
- Cairo → Istanbul
- Cairo → Bucharest
- Cairo → Doha
- Cairo → Budapest
- Cairo → Vienna
- Cairo → Abu Dhabi
- Cairo → Dubai
- Cairo → Warsaw
Long-haul from Cairo
- 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
More flights to Europe
Flights to Rome
Nearest origins
- Milan → Rome
- Zurich → Rome
- Munich → Rome
- Vienna → Rome
- Budapest → Rome
- Barcelona → Rome
- Prague → Rome
- Frankfurt → Rome
- Athens → Rome
- Paris → Rome
Long-haul to Rome
- Auckland → Rome
- Sydney → Rome
- Melbourne → Rome
- Santiago → Rome
- Bali (Denpasar) → Rome
- Buenos Aires → Rome
- Manila → Rome
- Mexico City → Rome
- Los Angeles → Rome
- San Francisco → Rome