✈ ZRH → CAI
ZURICH → CAIRO IN 4H 1M. PACK SNACKS. PACK PATIENCE.
Flight from Zurich to Cairo
From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Zurich
How long is the flight from Zurich to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 4 hours 1 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,706 miles (2,745 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 1m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,706 mi
2,745 km · great-circle
Avg speed
683 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
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 Zurich
Nearest destinations
- Zurich → Milan
- Zurich → Munich
- Zurich → Frankfurt
- Zurich → Paris
- Zurich → Brussels
- Zurich → Prague
- Zurich → Amsterdam
- Zurich → Vienna
- Zurich → Berlin
- Zurich → Rome
Long-haul from Zurich
- Zurich → Auckland
- Zurich → Sydney
- Zurich → Melbourne
- Zurich → Bali (Denpasar)
- Zurich → Santiago
- Zurich → Buenos Aires
- Zurich → Manila
- Zurich → Singapore
- Zurich → Kuala Lumpur
- Zurich → Mexico City
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
- Cancun → Cairo