--- title: "Aqaba to Cairo – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Aqaba to Cairo is 367 km. Fastest: drive in 6h 3m. Cheapest: drive from JD17. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aqaba-to-cairo" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aqaba-to-cairo.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Cairo%2C_Egypt_ESA349457.jpg/1920px-Cairo%2C_Egypt_ESA349457.jpg" --- ![Cairo](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Cairo%2C_Egypt_ESA349457.jpg/1920px-Cairo%2C_Egypt_ESA349457.jpg) # How to get from Aqaba to Cairo [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aqaba&to=Cairo) [Cairo to Aqaba](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cairo-to-aqaba) [European Space Agency (CC BY-SA 3.0 igo)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cairo%2C_Egypt_ESA349457.jpg) **Fastest:** 6h 3m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** JD17\ by car\ **Distance:** 367 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ none timetabled\ ## 2 ways to travel 367 km apart. Times are the timetables for Mon 9 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best JD98 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. No bus, train or ferry timetable came up for this trip. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 6h 3m JD17–23 Estimated 441 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aqaba&to=Cairo) - [**Taxi** 6h 3m JD115–170 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aqaba&to=Cairo) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Jordan; the planner lets you pick yours. - **e-Visa likely needed for Israel** · Jordan passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/israel/entry-requirements) - **Likely no visa needed for Egypt** · Jordan passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt/entry-requirements) - **Avoid all but essential travel to Hala’ib Triangle and Bir Tawil Trapezoid** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt/warnings-and-insurance) - **Reconsider travel to Jordan** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.jor.html) [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/jordan/warnings-and-insurance) - **Reconsider travel to Israel** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.isr.html) [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/israel/warnings-and-insurance) - **Exercise increased caution in Egypt** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.egy.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Aqaba to Cairo? The fastest way is by car: about 6h 3m door to door. The straight-line distance is 367 km. What is the cheapest way from Aqaba to Cairo? Driving is the cheapest, from JD17. That figure is a fuel estimate, not counting tolls or parking. How far is Cairo from Aqaba by road? About 441 km, roughly 6h 3m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around JD17–23; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Cairo Capital and largest city of Egypt Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate. It is home to more than 9.8 million people. The city is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world, and the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is one of the largest in the world by population with over 22 million people. Areas of what would become Cairo were inhabited from pre-dynastic and early-dynastic ancient Egypt c. 6000 years ago, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are today within the city. [The Cairo guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/cairo) Worth your time - Grand Egyptian Museum The Grand Egyptian Museum is the primary replacement for the venerable Egyptian Museum in Midan Tahrir, with much bigger exhibition, storage and workplace areas. - Egyptian Museum Much of its collections were moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum in 2022. - National Museum of Egyptian Civilization A relatively small museum, with a main hall, a textile hall, and a Royal Mummies Hall. - Al-Azhar Park A landscaped garden overlooking the Citadel. 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