Luxor: facts

At a glance

• Country: Egypt
• Region: Luxor
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 422,407
• Coordinates: 25.6989° N, 32.6421° E
• Time zone: Africa/Cairo (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (EGP)
• Distance to the capital, Cairo: 504 km (313 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Luxor International Airport (LXR): 7.2 km (4.4 mi), straight line
• Suhaj International Airport (HMB): 115 km (71 mi), straight line
• Aswan International Airport (ASW): 194 km (121 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Al Bayadiyah: 3.9 km (2.4 mi)
• At Tarif: 4.4 km (2.7 mi)
• Az Zayniyah Qibli: 6.8 km (4.2 mi)
• Armant: 13 km (8 mi)
• Tud: 17 km (11 mi)