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Cairo in September
Mixed month: September is outside the recommended season (October – April). Nothing in our data flags September as a problem, but it isn't the season the place is best in.
The season opens in October, next month.
3 days in Cairo in September · from ₹20,104 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 3 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹20,104 for two
- Room a night₹2,420
- Food a day, each₹1,027
- Main sight entry, each₹3,220
Mid-range
₹41,302 for two
- Room a night₹6,780
- Food a day, each₹2,370
- Main sight entry, each₹3,220
Luxury
₹93,812 for two
- Room a night₹19,360
- Food a day, each₹5,530
- Main sight entry, each₹3,220
Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for Egypt yet, so they don't move with the month.
Getting there
Fly into Cairo (CAI)
Flights from India: from 8 cities, one way from ₹24,000
Fly into Sharm El Sheikh (SSH), 383 km away
Then: Flight · 4h 18m (EgyptAir / Air Cairo, Cairo–Sharm El Sheikh)
Flights from India: from 2 cities, one way from ₹30,000
Routes compared
Entry rules
E-visa before you fly for up to 30 days, about ₹2,900
- Before you fly, apply for the tourist e-visa at visa2egypt.gov.eg: US$30 single entry or US$65 multiple entry, each stay up to 30 days. Apply at least a week ahead and carry the printed approval.
- If you hold a valid US, UK, Schengen or GCC visa that you have already used once, you can instead buy a 30-day visa on arrival (US$30, cash, at the bank counter before passport control); carry that visa's passport.
- At immigration, show your passport, the e-visa and your return ticket. To stay longer than 30 days, apply for an extension at the passports office (in Cairo, Abbasiya) before the visa runs out.
Carry: Passport valid for at least 6 months from the day you arrive, with a blank page; E-visa approval (printout), or a used valid US, UK, Schengen or GCC visa for the visa on arrival; Confirmed return or onward ticket; Hotel bookings for the stay; US dollars in cash if you plan to buy the visa on arrival.
The visa fee rose from US$25 to US$30 in March 2026, and a separate levy (reported at US$12, rising to US$15 in 2027) may be added; pay only on visa2egypt.gov.eg, as look-alike sites charge more.
Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.
Elsewhere in Egypt in September
Instead in season this month.
- Dahab · great month
- El Gouna · great month
- Hurghada · great month
- Marsa Alam · great month
- Mount Sinai & St Catherine · great month
- Sharm El Sheikh · great month
- Alexandria · great month
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