Cairo

11 · Egypt

Cairo is one of the world's mega-cities of Egypt, with a population of around 9.6M. This page covers the essentials — climate, currency, transit links — so you can plan a stop here without digging through a guidebook.

Population

9.6M

Timezone

Africa/Cairo

Currency

EGP

Coordinates

30.063, 31.250

🗺 Map 📖 Wikipedia

Nearest airports

CAI — Cairo International Airport (15 km) SPX — Sphinx International Airport (34 km) CCE — Capital International Airport (57 km)

Other cities in Egypt

Alexandria Giza Shubrā al Khaymah Port Said Suez Madīnat an Naşr Al Mansurah Al Maḩallah al Kubrá Tanta Assiut

City data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).