Prayer times in Cairo
Egypt
Today ·
- Fajr
- 05:29
- Sunrise
- 06:56
- Dhuhr
- 12:40
- Asr
- 15:56
- Maghrib
- 18:23
- Isha
- 19:41
Below are today's prayer times for Cairo, calculated from the sun's position at the city's coordinates using the Egyptian General Authority of Survey convention, which is the one commonly followed locally. Times shift by a minute or two each day. The Qibla from Cairo is 136.1° from true north, and the Kaaba is 1,287 km away.
The next seven days
| Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:29 | 06:56 | 12:40 | 15:56 | 18:23 | 19:41 | |
| 05:30 | 06:56 | 12:40 | 15:55 | 18:22 | 19:40 | |
| 05:30 | 06:57 | 12:39 | 15:55 | 18:21 | 19:39 | |
| 05:31 | 06:58 | 12:39 | 15:54 | 18:20 | 19:38 | |
| 05:32 | 06:58 | 12:39 | 15:53 | 18:19 | 19:37 | |
| 05:32 | 06:59 | 12:39 | 15:52 | 18:18 | 19:36 | |
| 05:33 | 07:00 | 12:39 | 15:52 | 18:17 | 19:35 |
Qibla direction from Cairo
136.1° from true north — not magnetic north. A phone compass points at magnetic north, so the raw reading needs correcting before you face it. Tariq applies that correction for you.
How these times are calculated
Fajr and Isha depend on how far below the horizon the sun is taken to be, and authorities set that angle differently — which is why two apps can differ by fifteen minutes for the same city. This page uses Egyptian General Authority of Survey (19.5° for Fajr), the convention commonly followed in Egypt. If your mosque publishes its own timetable, follow that: mosques round the times and set iqamah a fixed interval after the adhan.