Egypt: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 151
- Consulates
- 29
- missions abroad
- 136
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 124
Live & travel in Egypt
Monthly budget
$900/mo
Prices vs USA: 16%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 54.03 EGP
Internet access
75%
of people online
Air quality
43.1
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Arabic
Emergency
180 · 123 · 122
Plug types
Schuko, Europlug
Calling code
+20
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Jul 14, 2025
3.5
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost4.9
- Safety4.3
- Internet access3.5
- Air quality1.0
- Climate4.0
SOS · Egypt180Restaurants, cafés and dishes in EgyptCafé Riche · El-Fishawy Café · Koshary · Duqqa · Tulumba · Ful medames · Simit
Government consensus
Increased caution· 3 of 3 governments- United StatesIncreased caution· parts of the country
- United KingdomIncreased caution· parts of the country
- CanadaIncreased caution· parts of the country
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Jan 7, 2027 · Christmas Day
- Jan 25, 2027 · National Police Day
- Mar 9, 2027 · End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)
- Apr 25, 2027 · Sinai Liberation Day
- May 1, 2027 · Labour Day
- May 3, 2027 · Sham El Nessim
- May 16, 2027 · Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
- Jun 6, 2027 · Islamic New Year
Cities in Egypt
Traveller essentials · Egypt
- Emergency
- 180 · 123 · 122
- Calling code
- +20
- Currency
- EGP
- Plug types
- Schuko, Europlug
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Cairo
- Time zone
- Africa/Cairo
Foreign missions in Egypt
AfghanistanCairo1AlbaniaCairo1AlgeriaCairo1ArgentinaCairo1ArmeniaCairo1AustraliaCairo1AustriaCairo, Alexandria2AzerbaijanCairo1BahrainCairo1BangladeshCairo2BelarusCairo1BelgiumCairo, Alexandria2BoliviaCairo1Bosnia and HerzegovinaCairo1BrazilCairo1BulgariaCairo1Burkina FasoCairo1BurundiCairo1CanadaCairo1ChadCairo1ChileCairo2ChinaCairo, Alexandria3ColombiaCairo1Côte d’IvoireCairo1CroatiaCairo1CubaCairo1CyprusCairo1CzechiaCairo1DenmarkCairo1DjiboutiCairo1DominicaCairo1DR CongoCairo1EcuadorCairo1Equatorial GuineaCairo1EritreaCairo1EstoniaCairo1EthiopiaCairo1FinlandCairo1FranceCairo, Alexandria3GabonCairo1GeorgiaCairo1GermanyCairo, Alexandria2GhanaCairo1GreeceCairo, Alexandria2GuineaCairo1Guinea-BissauCairo1HondurasCairo1HungaryCairo1IndiaCairo, Alexandria2IndonesiaCairo1IraqCairo2IrelandCairo1IsraelCairo1ItalyCairo, Alexandria4JamaicaCairo1JapanCairo1JordanCairo1KenyaCairo1KuwaitCairo1LatviaCairo1LebanonAlexandria1LiberiaCairo1LibyaCairo, Alexandria2LithuaniaCairo1MalaysiaCairo1MaliCairo1MaltaCairo1MauritaniaCairo1MauritiusCairo1MexicoCairo1MongoliaCairo1MoroccoCairo1MozambiqueCairo1MyanmarCairo1NamibiaCairo1NepalCairo1NetherlandsCairo1New ZealandCairo1NigeriaCairo1North MacedoniaCairo1NorwayCairo, Alexandria2OmanCairo1PalestineNew Cairo, Alexandria2PanamaCairo1ParaguayCairo1PeruCairo1PhilippinesCairo1PolandCairo1PortugalCairo1QatarCairo1Republic of the CongoCairo1RomaniaCairo1RussiaCairo, Alexandria3Saudi ArabiaCairo, Alexandria2SenegalCairo1SerbiaCairo1SeychellesCairo1SingaporeCairo1SlovakiaCairo1SloveniaCairo1South AfricaCairo1South KoreaCairo1South SudanCairo1SpainCairo, Alexandria2SudanCairo, أسوان2SwedenCairo1SwitzerlandCairo1SyriaCairo1TanzaniaCairo1ThailandCairo1TunisiaCairo1TürkiyeCairo, Alexandria2UgandaCairo1UkraineCairo1United Arab EmiratesCairo1United KingdomCairo, Alexandria2United StatesCairo, Alexandria2UruguayCairo1Vatican CityCairo1VenezuelaCairo1VietnamCairo2YemenCairo2ZimbabweNew Cairo1
Egypt missions abroad
AlbaniaTirana1AlgeriaAlgiers1AngolaLuanda1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1ArmeniaYerevan1AustraliaCanberra2AustriaVienna2AzerbaijanBaku1BahrainManama1BangladeshDhaka1BelgiumBrussels1BoliviaLa Paz1Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BrazilBrasília, Rio de Janeiro2BulgariaSofia1BurundiBujumbura1CameroonYaoundé1CanadaOttawa1ChadN'Djamena1ChileSantiago1ChinaBeijing, Hong Kong3ColombiaBogotá1Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1CroatiaZagreb1CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen1DjiboutiDjibouti1DR CongoKinshasa1EcuadorQuito1Equatorial GuineaMalabo1EritreaAsmara1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FinlandHelsinki1FranceParis, Marseille3GabonLibreville1GermanyBerlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt3GhanaAccra1GreeceAthens1GuatemalaGuatemala City1GuineaConakry1IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran1IraqBaghdad, Basra, Erbil4IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv, Eilat2ItalyRome, Milan3JapanTokyo1JordanAmman2KenyaNairobi1KuwaitKuwait City1LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli, Benghazi2MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MaliBamako1MaltaValletta1MauritaniaNouakchott1MexicoMexico City1MoroccoRabat2MyanmarYangon1NamibiaWindhoek1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1New ZealandWellington1NigerNiamey1NigeriaAbuja1North KoreaPyongyang1NorwayOslo1OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad1PalestineJerusalem2PanamaPanama City1PeruLima1PolandWarsaw1PortugalLisbon1QatarDoha1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow1RwandaKigali1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah2SerbiaBelgrade1Sierra LeoneFreetown1SingaporeSingapore1SlovakiaBratislava1SloveniaLjubljana1SomaliaMogadishu1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1South SudanJuba1SpainMadrid1SudanKhartoum2SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern, Geneva2SyriaDamascus1TanzaniaDar es Salaam1ThailandBangkok1TogoLomé1TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon2United StatesWashington, D.C., Chicago3UruguayMontevideo1UzbekistanTashkent1VietnamHanoi1YemenSanaa1ZambiaLusaka1
Who can enter Egypt without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Egypt?
151 missions, 123 countries.
Emergency: Egypt?
180 (fire department), 123 (emergency medical services), 122 (police)
Who can enter Egypt without a visa?
124: Bahrain, Hong Kong, Jordan, Kuwait, Macao, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates…