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Cheap Flights from Cairo to Nairobi (CAI-NBO)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Cairo to Nairobi that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Everything you should know

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Prepare for numerous security checks at Cairo.
Use local taxis or rideshares from Nairobi Airport.
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When to book
4 weeks
in advance
Our data shows that travellers who book at least 4 weeks in advance save around 19% compared to booking last minute.
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When to travel
March
Cheapest • 21% price drop
August
Most popular
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Cheapest return fare
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Expert advice for your flight from Cairo to Nairobi

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarisation of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
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Prepare for numerous security checks at CAI. Print your itinerary as mobile signals can be weak inside terminals.

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Use local taxis or rideshares from NBO to Nairobi. Negotiate rates with drivers as they aren't fixed.

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Daniel Scheffler

Daniel Scheffler is a travel writer, podcaster, and producer. Born in Africa, bred in Europe and now living in America he has traveled to 140 countries (and all 50 U.S. states). Plus he has stayed at over 2500 hotels across the globe. His original shows Everywhere and Without Maps (available on Spotify) showcase his beliefs, travel is about humanity and sharing that beauty. And thus it reminds you that you shouldn’t believe everything you think.

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Ramsey Qubein

Ramsey Qubein

An avid traveller and aviation expert who has visited 173 countries, all 50 states and seven continents, Ramsey Qubein flies nearly 400,000 miles a year. As a North Carolina-based freelance journalist for publications including Conde Nast Traveler, Forbes, USA Today and Bloomberg, among others, he explores the latest trends in aviation, hospitality, cruises and business.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for Cairo to Nairobi flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Cairo to Nairobi to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Cairo to Nairobi?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Cairo to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Cairo to Nairobi, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Wednesday is the most expensive. Flying from Nairobi back to Cairo, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Friday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Cairo to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Cairo to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Cairo to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport is March, where tickets cost £315 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £504 and £459 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Cairo to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of £321, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Cairo to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Cairo to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Cairo to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 19% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Cairo to Nairobi

Low seasonSeptember
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 14% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (13% more expensive on average)

When to book flights from Cairo to Nairobi

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Cairo to Nairobi based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking Cairo to Nairobi flights

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Cairo to Nairobi?

    The Boeing 737-800 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Cairo to Nairobi flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Cairo to Nairobi?

    SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Cairo and Nairobi, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Cairo to Nairobi?

    There are direct flights from Cairo to Nairobi on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Cairo to Nairobi, Ethiopian Air or Egyptair?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Cairo to Nairobi are Ethiopian Air and Egyptair. With an average price for the route of £310 and an overall rating of 7.2, Ethiopian Air is the most popular choice. Egyptair is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £381 and an overall rating of 6.5.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Cairo to Nairobi?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Cairo to Nairobi.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Cairo to Nairobi?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Nairobi from Cairo is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Cairo to Nairobi?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Nairobi with an airline and back to Cairo with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Cairo to Nairobi?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Nairobi from Cairo up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Cairo to Nairobi?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Cairo to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl.
Find which airlines fly direct from Cairo Airport to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Cairo to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl

Monday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Tuesday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Wednesday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Thursday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Friday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Saturday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Sunday

Egyptair

Egyptair

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Direct returns

Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl to Cairo

Monday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Tuesday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Wednesday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Thursday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Friday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Saturday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Sunday

Egyptair

Egyptair

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Reviews of the top airlines flying from Cairo to Nairobi

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Cairo to Nairobi. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Cairo to Nairobi? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.2
Ethiopian AirOverall score based on 861 reviews
7.1Comfort
7.2Boarding
7.5Crew
6.9Food
6.7Entertainment
Airline reviews

My recent experience with ASKY Airlines was disappointing. The check-in process was disorganized, and I was provided with inaccurate information regarding baggage requirements, resulting in unforeseen expenses. Additionally, the ground staff demonstrated a lack of professionalism and appeared insufficiently trained to handle passenger needs effectively. Regrettably, this initial encounter has left me reluctant to consider future travel with the airline.

4.0 OkayDaisy, Sept 2025ABV - LFW
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My recent experience with ASKY Airlines was disappointing. The check-in process was disorganized, and I was provided with inaccurate information regarding baggage requirements, resulting in unforeseen expenses. Additionally, the ground staff demonstrated a lack of professionalism and appeared insufficiently trained to handle passenger needs effectively. Regrettably, this initial encounter has left me reluctant to consider future travel with the airline.

The Boeing 737 MAX on this route, flown in the middle of the night, is an UTTER FAILURE for business travellers. The whole point of business travel is to arrive alert and recover from travel quickly, and this little aeroplane with its quarter recline uncomfortable business seats does nothing for that. It’s a small step up from economy in that you have decent legroom, but that’s it. Absolute margin at the cost of the traveller.

POSITIVES The hostesses were mostly pleasant, NEGATIVES The full flight wifi was horrible, hardly able to use it. My charger port was not working which made me use my neighbour's port which resulted in an accident which ruined her flight. During dinner, meat ran out when the cart got to us forcing us to eat vegetarian which was not great. We watched everyone around us eating meat. My wifi did not transfer to the second leg of my trip as they promised as they changed the plane. I was thrown off the window seat I booked for the 2nd leg of my journey as they changed planes, all done at my expense. This was not a cheap flight ($2600) which i hurriedly had to book to attend my mother's funeral who passed away suddenly. I was honestly disappointed with the whole saga as I heard Ethiopian Airlines was one of Africa's best.

The food was terrible and the seating was uncomfortable, but the airline did a great thing letting us board in Abbis Ababa on our connecting flight after our original flight was very delayed.

Food hardly ever changes Videos not often updated for often travel.

It was an old aircraft, stiff seats almost wooden chairs with thin cushions. Food was ok.

The flight is packed and it feels like the space per individual has gotten smaller. Excruciating for a 14hr flight.

The hygiene was super bad. Smells bad and air refreshment is highly advisable. The crew made some one else sit in my spot and no one is checking seat number and people are jumping to sit on other people’s allocated seat.

i send you separate claim of what happens ,I buy ticketed from you and you said that it is confirmed and shall send the ticket in 24 hrs but you did not send and when we go to Ethiopian air line counter they say it is pending and we dont know why ,and we forced to buy another ticket ,and this all because Ethiopian air lines canceled the return flight from Adi Ababa to Amman, please note that we buy all the tickets through your app and hold you responsible for all loss and discomfort.

Im if Ethiopian can allow customers to use their mileage for in flight connexion it will be great.

flight was late, after landing they made us stay 30 min-hour on the plane, very uncomfortable and not clean at all. Trash all over the plane very unsanitary

Nice flight, friendly crew, and a decent in-flight meal.

Check in was madness. Boarding was madness. The flight itself was OK, and the flight attendants were nice. Connection to my next flight was two hours. But based on my arrival gate in Cairo, and next departure gate in Cairo, the whole two hours were needed given the inefficient procedures. At the end of my journey (connected to Lufthansa after Egyptair), my checked luggage did not arrive, and after 4 days, has still not arrived.

Everything was ok except cleanliness of the plane, it was poor.

It was appalling! Using small aircraft for 5 hour flights is ridiculous! No legroom, terrible food, no drinks apart from water, tea and coffee (once only) makes it a terrible experience. The cabin staff really badly handled the behaviour of an extremely obnoxious woman who insisted on fully reclining her seat for the duration of the flight with a very tall man behind her. She abused his and the staff and they were not able to deal with her at all other than to tell the man that they are reclining seats and they could not prevent her from doing so. They were also very slow to react when a large nu of passengers stood up and started taking their luggage out of the overhead bins whilst the aircraft was still taxiing at Heathrow. I will never fly Egypt Air again! I know this isn’t the airline’s fault but the security at Cairo airport was a joke. With the terrible security record on flights out of Egypt, they really need to take it seriously. Scanners weren’t working, liquids were allowed on, only one person operating the cray machine and searching bags caused a massive backlog of people…I’m convinced you could have got anything onto that plane if you were determined enough. By the way, it was the same story in Aswan airport.

The plane was old and several things were broken including my seat. The sinks in the restrooms didn’t drain. The armrest on my seat was broken so the seat was constantly reclined. The tray table was broken. The fabric was coming off the seats. The overhead bin doors wouldn’t stay locked. The hotel accommodation was disgusting.

Boarding was chaotic and disorganized, and the foot rest to my seat was broken. But the food was good and the flight attendants were kind and attentive.

So bad we never travel with Egypt air bad service smells bad food bad Ching my sets to back

Food was terrible (I tried the beef plate). Service is improved. The plane is new so it was good enough

Horrible old filthy airplane with brooking seat and entertainment system

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