--- title: "Cairo to Aqaba | Mixroutes" description: How to get from Cairo to Aqaba by train, bus, plane and car. Real timetables, honest prices. url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cairo-to-aqaba" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cairo-to-aqaba.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Cairo to Aqaba [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cairo&to=Aqaba) [Aqaba to Cairo](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aqaba-to-cairo) **Quickest listed:** 7h 16m\ by car, door to door; trains not read\ **Lowest listed:** E£590\ by car; trains not read\ **Distance:** 367 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ timetables not read\ ## 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. Trains and buses couldn't be loaded when this page was made, so this is not the full list and none of it is called best, fastest or cheapest. [The planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cairo&to=Aqaba) reads the timetables again for your day. - [**Drive** 7h 16m E£590–790 Estimated 439 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cairo&to=Aqaba) - [**Taxi** 7h 16m E£3,950–5,950 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cairo&to=Aqaba) 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 Egypt; the planner lets you pick yours. - **e-Visa likely needed for Israel** · Egypt passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/israel/entry-requirements) - **Likely no visa needed for Jordan** · Egypt passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/jordan/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 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) - **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) - **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. ## Departures today No train or bus is listed because the timetables couldn't be loaded when this page was made, not because none runs. [See today's departures in the planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cairo&to=Aqaba). ## Questions people ask How far is Aqaba from Cairo by road? About 439 km, roughly 7h 16m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around E£590–790; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Aqaba City in Aqaba Governorate, Jordan Aqābaʾ is the only coastal city in Jordan and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the Aqaba Governorate. The city had a population of 148,398 in 2015 and a land area of 375 square kilometres (144.8 sq mi). [The Aqaba guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/aqaba) Worth your time - Mount Um al Nusaylah Hike this mountain for a great view of the Aqaba area, Eilat on the other side of the Red Sea and the valley behind the mount. - Ahlan Aqaba Scuba Diving Center Al Nahda St., Hotel area in the heart of the city (The road behind the Mövenpick Hotel), fax:, info@diveinaqaba.com. 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