# Things to see in Cairo (Egypt): 77 places and when to go

> Cairo is a major city in Egypt with around 11,893,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 77 places in and around it, mainly Temples (45), History (25), Museums and art (13). The best known are Egyptian Museum, Heliopolis and Mosque of Ibn Tulun. The best time to come is October to April; also possible: May and September. In June there are 13 h 55 of daylight, and in December, 10 h 04. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/el-cairo/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-08
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Egypt · 30.0519, 31.248
- **Population:** About 11,893,000
- **Places:** 77 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/espiritual/) (45) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/historia/) (25) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/museos/) (13) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/naturaleza/) (5) · Architecture (3) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/fauna/) (3)
- **Best time:** October to April.
- **Also possible:** May and September.
- **Nearest airport:** CAI Cairo, 16 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Cairo

The places in and around Cairo, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Egyptian Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/museo-egipcio/): Museum in Cairo · 1.5 km
- [Heliopolis](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/ancient-heliopolis/): History · 10 km
- [Mosque of Ibn Tulun](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mezquita-de-ibn-tulun/): Mosque in Cairo, Egypt · 2.6 km
- [Al-Azhar Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mezquita-de-el-azhar/): Mosque in Islamic Cairo, Egypt · 1.6 km
- [Cairo Citadel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/ciudadela/): Medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt · 2.9 km
- [Muhammad Ali Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mosque-of-muhammad-ali/): Mosque in Egypt · 2.8 km
- [Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mezquita-del-sultan-hasan/): Mosque in Egypt · 2.3 km
- [Cairo Tower](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/torre-del-cairo/): Free-standing concrete tower in Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt · 2.4 km
- [Al-Hakim Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mosque-al-hakim-bi-amr-allah/): Mosque in Egypt · 1.5 km
- [Al-Hussein Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/hussein-mosque/): Mosque in Egypt · 1.5 km
- [Abdeen Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/palacio-de-abdin/): Palace of Cairo, Egypt · 1.0 km
- [Aqsunqur Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/blue-mosque/): Mosque in Egypt · 2.1 km
- [National Museum of Egyptian Civilization](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/museo-nacional-de-civilizacion-egipcia/): Museum in Cairo, Egypt · 4.9 km
- [Al-Rifa'i Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mezquita-de-al-rifa-i/): Mosque in Egypt · 2.3 km
- [Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Cairo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/cathedral-of-the-nativity/): A Coptic Christian cathedral located in The New Capital, Egypt · 46 km
- [Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mosque-of-al-nasser-mohammad-ibn-qalaun/): Mosque in Cairo, Egypt · 2.8 km
- [Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/museo-de-arte-islamico/): Art museum in Cairo, Egypt · 926 m
- [Baron Empain Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/baron-empain-palace/): Architectural structure in Heliopolis, a suburb near Cairo, Egypt · 8.8 km
- [Bab Zuwayla](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/puerta-bab-zuwayla/): Gate in the Old City of Cairo, Egypt · 1.4 km
- [Aqmar Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/al-aqmar-mosque/): Mosque in Cairo, Egypt · 1.4 km
- [Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mosque-of-sultan-al-muayyad/): Mosque in Egypt · 1.3 km
- [Qalawun complex](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/qalawun-complex/): Architectural structure · 1.3 km
- [Qasr El Nil Bridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/qasr-el-nile-bridge-the-nile-castle-bridge/): Bridge in Egypt · 2.0 km
- [Al-Fattah al-Aleem Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/al-fattah-al-aleem-mosque/): Mosque in Egypt · 34 km

And the other 53, by what you come to do:

- **History**: [Funerary complex of Sultan Barquq](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/madrasa-and-khanqa-of-sultan-barquq/), [Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/madrasa-of-sultan-al-nasir-muhammad-ibn-qalawun/), [Bab al-Nasr](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/bab-al-nasr/), [Al-Gawhara Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/al-gawhara-palace/), [Juyushi Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/el-geyoushy-mosque/), [Salihiyya Madrasa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/madrasa-and-mausoleum-of-sultan-al-salih-nagm-al-din-ayyub/), [Sakakini Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/sakakini-palace/), [Unknown Soldier Memorial](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/unknown-soldier-memorial/), [Mausoleum of Shajar al-Durr](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mausoleum-of-shagar-el-dorr/), [Koubbeh Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/qubba-palace/), [Bab al-Azab](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/bab-al-azab/), [Khanqah of Shaykhu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/khanqah-of-shaykhu/), [Shaykhu Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mosque-of-sheikhun-el-omary-el-mamlouky/)
- **Temples**: [Lulua Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/al-lu-lu-a-mosque/), [Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/funerary-complex-of-sultan-qaytbay/), [Sulayman Pasha Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/sulayman-pasha-mosque/), [All Saints' Cathedral, Cairo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/all-saints/), [Al-Mahmoudia Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/el-mahmoudya-mosque/), [Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/sultan-alzahir-bebars-mosque/), [Al-Nour Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/al-nour/), [Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/al-tala-ee-mosque/), [Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral, Cairo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/basilica-of-our-lady-of-fatima/), [Annunciation Cathedral, Cairo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/catedral-armenia-catolica-de-la-anubciacion/), [Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/chaar-hachamaim-synagogue/), [Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/gamal-abdel-nasser-mosque/), [Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mosque-of-mahmud-kurdi/), [Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mosque-sabil-of-sulayman-agha-al-silahdar/), [Mosque of Qani-Bay](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/qani-bey-mosque/), [Sinan Pasha Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/sinan-pasha-mosque/), [Moussa Dar'i Synagogue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/abbasiyya-synagogue/), [Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/qogmas-al-ishaqi-mosue/), [Zawiya-Sabil Faraj Ibn Barquq](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/zawiya-sabil-faraj-ibn-barquq/), [Omar Makram mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/omar-makram-mosque/), [Al-Kikhia mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/kekhya-mosque/), [Mausoleum-Sabil-Kuttab Al-Ghouri](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mausoleo-del-sultan-al-ghouri/), [El-Rahma Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mezquita-el-rahma/), [Mosque of Inal al-Yusufi](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mosque-of-inal-al-yusufi/), [St George's Orthodox Church, Heliopolis](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/st-george-s-orthodox-church/)
- **Museums and art**: [Gayer-Anderson Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/gayer-anderson-museum/), [Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mahmoud-khaleel/), [Beshtak Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/beshtak-palace/), [Mukhtar Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mahmoud-mukhtar-museum/), [Carriage Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/the-carriage-museum/), [Museum of Islamic Ceramics](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/museo-de-ceramica-islamica/), [Bayt al-Sinnari](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/bayt-al-sinnari/), [Contemporary Image Collective (CIC)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/contemporary-image-collective-cic/), [Egyptian Textile Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/egyptian-textile-museum/)
- **Nature**: [Agricultural Museum, Egypt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/museo-de-agricultura/), [Aquarium Grotto Garden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/aquarium-grotto-garden/), [Wadi Degla](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/wadi-degla-protectorate-area/), [Petrified Forest near Maadi](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/petrified-forest-protected-area/), [Tree of the Virgin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/el-arbol-de-la-virgen/)
- **Architecture**: [Building of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/foreign-ministry/)

## When to go to Cairo

The best time to visit Cairo is **October to April**; also possible: May and September. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Best time | 10 h 16 |
| February | Best time | 10 h 57 |
| March | Best time | 11 h 47 |
| April | Best time | 12 h 44 |
| May | Possible | 13 h 31 |
| June | Better not | 13 h 55 |
| July | Better not | 13 h 45 |
| August | Better not | 13 h 05 |
| September | Possible | 12 h 10 |
| October | Best time | 11 h 15 |
| November | Best time | 10 h 27 |
| December | Best time | 10 h 04 |

In June there are 13 h 55 of daylight, and in December, 10 h 04. In April, 77 of the 77 places are at their best.

When to go to Egypt in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Cairo

The nearest main airport is Cairo International Airport (CAI, Cairo), 16 km as the crow flies. How to get around Egypt (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=30.0519%2C31.248)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=30.0519%2C31.248)

## Other towns nearby

- [Giza](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/guiza/): 69 places · 7.3 km
- [Faiyum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/fayun/): 8 places · 92 km
- [Mansoura, Egypt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/el-mansura/): 7 places · 112 km
- [Rosetta](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/rosetta/): 5 places · 177 km
- [Alexandria](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/alejandria/): 45 places · 179 km
- [El Alamein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/el-alamein/): 5 places · 236 km

And all of Egypt, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Cairo?

The best known: [Egyptian Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/museo-egipcio/), [Heliopolis](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/ancient-heliopolis/), [Mosque of Ibn Tulun](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mezquita-de-ibn-tulun/), [Al-Azhar Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/mezquita-de-el-azhar/), [Cairo Citadel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/africa-y-oriente-medio/egipto/ciudadela/). In all, 77 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Cairo?

October to April; also possible: May and September. In June there are 13 h 55 of daylight, and in December, 10 h 04.

### How do you get to Cairo?

The nearest main airport is Cairo International Airport (CAI), 16 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=30.0519%2C31.248) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Cairo as the destination and these 77 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).