--- title: "Sharm El Sheikh to Luxor – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Sharm El Sheikh to Luxor is 291 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sharm-el-sheikh-to-luxor" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sharm-el-sheikh-to-luxor.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Sharm El Sheikh to Luxor [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sharm+El+Sheikh&to=Luxor) [Luxor to Sharm El Sheikh](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/luxor-to-sharm-el-sheikh) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 291 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 291 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 28 Oct, 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 E£10,500 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 15h 20m E£1,470–1,970 Estimated **Avoid** · Northern part of South Sinai 1092 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sharm+El+Sheikh&to=Luxor) - [**Taxi** 15h 20m E£9,850–14,750 Estimated **Avoid** · Northern part of South Sinai one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sharm+El+Sheikh&to=Luxor) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](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. - **Avoid all but essential travel to Northern part of South Sinai** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt/warnings-and-insurance) - **Avoid all but essential travel to Western Desert** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt/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. ## Departures today Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Sharm El Sheikh to Luxor? The fastest way is by car: about 15h 20m door to door. The straight-line distance is 291 km. What is the cheapest way from Sharm El Sheikh to Luxor? Drive is the cheapest, from E£1,470. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Luxor from Sharm El Sheikh by road? About 1092 km, roughly 15h 20m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around E£1,470–1,970; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Luxor City in southern Egypt Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 (16.6 sq mi) and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes. It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt. The city is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. [The Luxor guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/luxor) [Hotels in Luxor Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sharm-el-sheikh-to-luxor, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt