Region · Egypt
Where to stay in Cairo Governorate
This guide covers 10 destinations in Cairo Governorate, a first-level administrative division of Egypt, with 111 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Cairo, New Cairo and Helwan. Across its destinations, November to March are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Cairo International Airport (CAI).
- Destinations in this guide
- 10
- Places to stay
- 111
- Comfortable in the most places
- November to March
- Main airport
- CAICairo International Airport
- Currency
- EGPEgyptian pound
- Time zone
- Africa/Cairo
Destinations
Destinations in Cairo Governorate
Every destination in this guide in Cairo Governorate, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo | 9,801,536 | 78 | CAI · 17 km |
| New Cairo | 1,500,000 | 12 | CAI · 12 km |
| El Zawya El Hamraa | 343,587 | 10 | CAI · 13 km |
| Dar El Salam | 567,516 | 5 | CAI · 21 km |
| Al Mokattam | 242,009 | 2 | CAI · 15 km |
| Helwan | 619,293 | 1 | CAI · 30 km |
| Shorouk | 340,000 | 1 | CCE · 22 km |
| Massarah | 288,880 | 1 | CAI · 25 km |
| Old Cairo | 270,270 | 1 | CAI · 19 km |
| El Khalifa | 113,632 | CAI · 17 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Cairo Governorate
2 places to stay in Cairo Governorate from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where |
|---|---|
| Barceló Cairo Pyramids hotel | Cairo |
| Occidental Cairo Grand Museum hotel | Cairo |
Where to stay
More hotels in Cairo Governorate
109 hotels in Cairo Governorate recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino | Cairo | 1983 |
| Windsor Hotel | Cairo | 1893 |
| Continental-Savoy | Cairo | 1866 |
| InterContinental Cairo Semiramis | Cairo | 1988 |
| Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza | Cairo | 1999 |
| Ramses Hilton | Cairo | |
| Sofitel Cairo El Gezirah | Cairo | |
| Grand Hotel | Helwan | 1874 |
| Nile Ritz Carlton | Cairo | 1959 |
| Fairmont Nile City | Cairo | 2010 |
| Hotel National | Cairo | 1905 |
| Le Riad Hotel de Charme | Cairo | |
| Shepheard Hotel | Cairo | 1957 |
| Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir Cairo | Cairo | |
| دوسيت ثاني القاهرة | New Cairo | |
| Agor Hotel | Cairo | |
| Al Masa Hotel | Al Mokattam | |
| Al Nabila Hotel | Cairo | |
| Amin Hotel | Cairo | |
| Arabella Residence | New Cairo | |
| Atlas International Hotels | Cairo | |
| Baron Hotel Heliopolis | El Zawya El Hamraa | |
| Beirut Hotel Cairo | El Zawya El Hamraa | |
| Berlin Hotel | Cairo | |
| Cairo Golden Plaza Hotel | Cairo | |
| Cairo House | Cairo | |
| Cairo Paradise Hotel | Cairo | |
| Capital Hotel | Cairo | |
| Cecilia Hotel Cairo | Cairo | |
| City Palace Hotel | Cairo |
When to go
Best time to visit Cairo Governorate
From the climate of 10 destinations in Cairo Governorate with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: November to March.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 of 10 | 20 °C | 5 mm |
| February | 10 of 10 | 21 °C | 5 mm |
| March | 10 of 10 | 25 °C | 3 mm |
| April | 7 of 10 | 29 °C | 1 mm |
| May | 0 of 10 | 33 °C | 1 mm |
| June | 0 of 10 | 36 °C | 0 mm |
| July | 0 of 10 | 36 °C | 0 mm |
| August | 0 of 10 | 36 °C | 0 mm |
| September | 0 of 10 | 34 °C | 0 mm |
| October | 0 of 10 | 31 °C | 1 mm |
| November | 10 of 10 | 26 °C | 3 mm |
| December | 10 of 10 | 21 °C | 4 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Cairo Governorate
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Cairo Governorate name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
CAI · Cairo International Airport
CCE · Capital International Airport
SPX · Sphinx International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Cairo Governorate, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Egypt
Nearby
Regions near Cairo Governorate
Other regions of Egypt with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.