RareNonstop · 5h
CHI to SJUPuerto Rico
San Juan
$162
usually $340
−52%
Most monthly lows $287–$340. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · CHI → CAI
Chicago to Cairo
Best fare, round trip
$437
−46%
below its usual $805
you keep $368
RareFound
- Depart
- Sat 5 Dec
- Return
- Mon 21 Dec
- Stay
- 16 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 13h
- Airline
Turkish Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $760 and $929. The drop beats 93% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
EgyptCairoTwenty million people, five thousand years, and the pyramids sitting at the edge of the suburbs.Best windowOct–AprAirportsCairo (CAI) · Sphinx (SPX)Every route into CairoFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $415 and peak in July near $1,004, 142% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 13 hours outbound, on a 16-night trip — ticketed under Turkish Airlines, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $437 for 9,861 km each way, that works out to about $22 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $44 per 1,000 km that long-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 20 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Cairo, this fare ranks 3rd — 13% above the $388 from Dallas. It is also the cheapest of the 25 routes of similar length we watch out of Chicago. The best time to be in Cairo: Oct–Apr.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 9% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $696 then versus $757 now, across 17 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $356, on 20 Sep.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 15 of 109 days priced, from 63 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
123456789101112Friday 13 November: $643. Compare fares from this day.1415161718192021222324252627282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $734. Compare fares from this day.23Friday 4 December: $464. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 5 December: $437. Compare fares from this day.678910111213Monday 14 December: $1.6k. Compare fares from this day.1516171819Sunday 20 December: $757. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $773. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $1.6k. Compare fares from this day.2324252627282930Thursday 31 December: $557. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $415. Compare fares from this day.2345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Jan, around $415
48% below the $805 typical fare
$663Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$643Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$437Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$415Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$929Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.$1004Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Chicago to Cairo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- O’Hare (ORD) · Midway (MDW) ↔ Cairo (CAI) · Sphinx (SPX)
- Flight time
- ≈13 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,861 km each way
- Typical price
- $805 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Turkish Airlines
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Oct–Apr
Good to know
CHI → CAI, answered.
Is $437 a good price for Chicago to Cairo?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $805 round-trip. At $437 you're 46% below that, which we rate rare for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Chicago to Cairo?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Cairo are Oct–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book CHI → Cairo?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 6 months of cached fares, Jan comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Chicago to Cairo?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Turkish Airlines. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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