Egypt Jet Lag Calculator

Egypt keeps a single reference offset of UTC+2 across Cairo, so the mental math never changes mid-trip. Under six hours of shift, most travellers absorb Egypt inside a long weekend — eastward nights feel short for two or three evenings in Cairo (UTC+2), then settle.

The size of your Egypt jet lag is the absolute gap between your home offset and Cairo's UTC+2. Reference frame for Egypt: Cairo keeps UTC+2 and sits 23 m above sea level in North Africa, with daylight saving nudging summer clocks an hour.

Direction changes the bill: flying to Egypt eastward from London costs about 2 days of recovery. The westward routing to Cairo costs only 1.3 — the body clock delays to Egypt more easily than it advances. Sip an extra 500 ml of water for every 3 hours in the air to Cairo; cabin air on the 2-hour Egypt run is drier than most deserts.

Move 30–60 minutes daily toward Cairo time (UTC+2) for 3–4 days pre-flight. Keep the Egypt flight alcohol-free. Treat the cabin as a preview of Egypt time rather than home time.

Applied to this North Africa trip: 2 hours east from London to Cairo maps to about 2 reset days, so a Egypt itinerary should front-load outdoor time on days one to 2.

Cap naps at 20–30 minutes and finish them by 3pm Cairo time (UTC+2); anything longer steals the night that actually resets your clock to Egypt. For shifts over six hours — into Egypt, that means the 2-hour London gap — 0.5–3 mg of melatonin at Cairo bedtime (UTC+2) pulls the clock faster in 3–4 nights. Clear Egypt dosing with a clinician first.

Near-4am wakings are part of night one in Cairo (23 m, UTC+2); stay dark and still, skip the clock-checking, and Egypt nights settle by the third. Practical baseline: lights out in a dark 16–20°C Cairo room (23 m, UTC+2), and no evening alcohol for the first two nights while the Egypt clock settles.