Prayer times in Cairo
Today's Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha times for Cairo, Egypt, calculated with the Egyptian General Authority of Survey method.
Times from the AlAdhan service.
About these times
The times above are calculated for Cairo using the Egyptian General Authority of Survey method. They change a little each day, so this page reads today's times when you open it.
Fajr begins at dawn and Sunrise ends the Fajr window. Dhuhr is after the sun passes its highest point, Asr is in the afternoon, Maghrib is at sunset, and Isha begins when the evening twilight ends.
Local mosques may announce slightly different times. If your mosque publishes its own timetable, follow it.
Cairo in numbers
Cairo is in Egypt, at 30.04°N, 31.24°E, in the Africa/Cairo time zone (UTC+02:00, which becomes UTC+03:00 when the clocks go forward). The times on this page follow the Egyptian General Authority of Survey method, the one used or most common for this region.
Day length in Cairo runs from about 10 h 4 min on the shortest day of the year (around 21 December) to about 13 h 56 min on the longest (around 21 June), a difference of roughly 3 h 52 min. That is why the time between Fajr and Maghrib moves so much through the year, and why a fast in Ramadan is longer or shorter depending on the season in which Ramadan falls.
The clocks change in this time zone, so every prayer time on this page moves by one hour on the day the clocks change. The sun has not changed; only the clock has.
Solar noon in Cairo falls at about 11:55 local standard time on average, and Dhuhr begins shortly after it. The closest cities on this site are Alexandria (180 km, solar noon 5 min later there), Amman (495 km, solar noon 19 min earlier there), Madinah (1,027 km, solar noon 33 min earlier there). The minutes shown compare when the sun is at its highest. The further east a place is, the earlier the sun peaks and the earlier its prayers begin; if two cities are in different time zones, their clocks differ by whole hours on top of that.
Day length in Cairo through the year
| Month | Sunrise to sunset |
|---|---|
| January | 10 h 16 min |
| February | 10 h 57 min |
| March | 11 h 47 min |
| April | 12 h 44 min |
| May | 13 h 31 min |
| June | 13 h 55 min |
| July | 13 h 45 min |
| August | 13 h 5 min |
| September | 12 h 10 min |
| October | 11 h 15 min |
| November | 10 h 27 min |
| December | 10 h 4 min |
Worked out for the 15th of each month from the latitude of Cairo. A fast in Ramadan runs from Fajr to Maghrib, so it is a little longer than the figures above, because Fajr is before sunrise.
From Cairo the Qibla is 136.1° (southeast), and the Kaaba in Makkah is about 1,287 km away.
Questions about this feature
Which method is used for Cairo?
This page uses the Egyptian General Authority of Survey method. In the app, the method follows your region, and in Malaysia it uses the official JAKIM times.
Can I get the adhan on my phone?
Yes. Muslim Flow can sound the adhan at the exact time and remind you before each prayer, even when the app is closed.
Why might my mosque show a different time?
Mosques may use another calculation method or add a few minutes of caution. Always follow your local mosque if it publishes a timetable.