There are 5 ways to get from Cairo to Sabah by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
best- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane CAI - BKI
19h 5mRM 1,502–3,702Fly Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Sandakan Airport (SDK)plane CAI - SDK
19h 33mRM 1,426–3,432Fly Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane CAI - TWU
19h 47mRM 1,452–4,167Train to Alexandria, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Take the train from Cairo to Alexandriatrain
- Fly from Alexandria (ALY) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane ALY - BKI
23hRM 2,607–7,632Fly Cairo International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Lahad Datu Airport (LDU)plane CAI - LDU
26h 25mRM 1,802–5,502
Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cairo to Sabah is to fly which costs RM 1400 - RM 3500 and takes 19h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Cairo to Sabah is to fly which takes 19h 5m and costs RM 1500 - RM 3700.
The distance between Cairo and Sabah is 9199 km.
It takes approximately 19h 5m to get from Cairo to Sabah, including transfers.
Sabah is 5h ahead of Cairo. It is currently 11:46 AM in Cairo and 4:46 PM in Sabah.
There are 1135+ hotels available in Sabah.
What companies run services between Cairo, Egypt and Sabah, Malaysia?
Egyptair, AirAsia, and five other airlines fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) 5 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,000
Flights from Alexandria to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,600–7,500
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–5,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–7,000
Flights from Alexandria to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,600–7,500
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,500–6,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Sharjah, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–3,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,100
- Website
- maswings.com.my
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,600–6,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,400–6,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Sandakan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,000
- Website
- omanair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Muscat, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–3,400
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Muscat, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–3,900
- Website
- fireflyz.com.my
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–7,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,100
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–7,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–5,500
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–7,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 1661
- [email protected]
- Website
- enr.gov.eg
Train from Cairo to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 4–130
- Schedules at
- enr.gov.eg
- Tourist
- RM 70–130
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