✈ FCO → CAI

3H 19M FROM ROME TO CAIRO. THAT'S A WORK SHIFT.

Flight time
3h 19m
Distance
1,337 mi
Or
2,151 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Rome to Cairo

From Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe  →  Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Rome

How long is the flight from Rome to Cairo?

A nonstop flight from Rome (FCO) to Cairo (CAI) 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

Rome timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Rome

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.

✈ Flight 262 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 368 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 88 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.