Cairo Governorate
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Cairo is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. It consists of the city of Cairo, both the capital city of Egypt and the governorate capital, in addition to six satellite cities: The New Capital, which became the official seat of national government in April 2024, New Cairo, a suburban satellite city built in the 2000s, El Shorouk, Badr, Capital Gardens, and 15th of May. These cities form almost half of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area by population.
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The next week in Cairo Governorate
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
29° / 21°
UV High
Sat
Overcast
29° / 16°
UV High
Sun
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38° / 24°
UV High
Mon
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35° / 26°
UV High
Tue
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34° / 24°
UV High
Wed
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30° / 20°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
45° / 11°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.6h
06:00 – 19:39local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Cairo Governorate
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Cairo International Airport (CAI) at 18 km.
Getting around Cairo Governorate
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
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Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Spider (file); Government of Egypt (concept); Sami Rafi, 1958.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.