✈ MEX → CAI

15H 29M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

Flight time
15h 29m
Distance
7,687 mi
Or
12,371 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Mexico City to Cairo

From Benito Juárez (MEX), Mexico North America  →  Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa

How long is the flight from Mexico City to Cairo?

A nonstop flight from Mexico City (MEX) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 15 hours 29 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,687 miles (12,371 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

15h 29m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,687 mi

12,371 km · great-circle

Avg speed

799 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Mexico City timezone

UTC-6

America/Mexico_City

Cairo timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Cairo

Time difference

+9h

9 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~9d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1831 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2115 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 507 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.