✈ CUN → CAI
14H 13M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Cancun to Cairo
From Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Cancun
How long is the flight from Cancun to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Cancun (CUN) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 14 hours 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,025 miles (11,306 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 13m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,025 mi
11,306 km · great-circle
Avg speed
796 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
+8h
8 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~8d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Cancun
Nearest destinations
- Cancun → Miami
- Cancun → Mexico City
- Cancun → Atlanta
- Cancun → Dallas
- Cancun → Chicago
- Cancun → New York
- Cancun → Toronto
- Cancun → Boston
- Cancun → Las Vegas
- Cancun → Los Angeles
Long-haul from Cancun
- Cancun → Bali (Denpasar)
- Cancun → Singapore
- Cancun → Kuala Lumpur
- Cancun → Bangkok
- Cancun → Mumbai
- Cancun → Manila
- Cancun → Melbourne
- Cancun → Hong Kong
- Cancun → Delhi
- Cancun → Sydney
More flights to Africa
Flights to Cairo
Nearest origins
- Tel Aviv → Cairo
- Athens → Cairo
- Istanbul → Cairo
- Bucharest → Cairo
- Doha → Cairo
- Rome → Cairo
- Budapest → Cairo
- Vienna → Cairo
- Abu Dhabi → Cairo
- Dubai → 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
- Dallas → Cairo