El Shorouk
Planned satellite city on Cairo's eastern fringe, El Shorouk offers wide, low-traffic residential streets lined with uniform cream-toned apartment blocks, making it a calm base for exploring the Egyptian capital and its surrounding ancient sites.
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- Population91,899
- Nearest water from center 22 km13 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 1.9 km1.2 mi
Nearest airports
El Shorouk: quick answers
Where is El Shorouk?
El Shorouk is in Egypt, about 42 km26 miles in a straight line from Giza.
How do you get to El Shorouk?
The nearest airport is New Cairo (CCE), about 31 min away by road.
What's the weather like in El Shorouk?
The warmest month is August, averaging 28°C82°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 13°C55°F. The wettest month is February, with about 6 mm0.2 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in El Shorouk?
OpenStreetMap lists 1 restaurant, 4 cafés and 3 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.