Washington → Cairo flights

DCA–Cairo fares swing wide — $584 is typical, but $411 happens

Key takeaways

• Median fare sits at $584, but that's also the observed high — meaning most snapshots clustered near the top of the range
• Bottom quartile (p25) is $411, a meaningful gap suggesting cheaper fares do surface periodically
• Spread of 81% between low ($323) and high ($584) signals high volatility for this route
• Lowest observed fare was $323, well below median — a reminder that outlier deals exist but aren't the norm
• Only 12 days sampled, so this snapshot is a thin, early read on pricing behavior rather than a full seasonal pattern

30-day price trend

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The full picture

The data shows a wide 81% spread between the $323 low and the $584 high, with the median landing right at the top of that range. That combination is telling: most of the 12 snapshots we captured were clustered near $584, while a smaller number of readings pulled the low end down. For travelers, that means the "typical" fare you'll encounter booking today is closer to $584 than to the headline low — but the existence of a $323 fare and a $411 bottom quartile shows meaningfully cheaper tickets do appear on this route.

We don't have enough snapshots yet to map how prices move across the full booking horizon — 12 days of data can't tell us whether fares soften six weeks out versus two weeks out. What we can say is that the gap between p25 ($411) and the median ($584) is large enough to reward flexibility: if your travel dates aren't fixed, it's worth checking fares repeatedly rather than booking the first price you see, since the sample suggests real variation exists even over a short window.

No dominant carrier or day-of-week pattern is visible in this dataset, so we can't make claims about specific airlines or departure days driving the cheaper fares — doing so would be guessing beyond what the data supports. The honest caveat here is sample size: 12 days is a thin slice, likely covering only a few weeks of real-world shopping activity, and the 81% spread could partly reflect that small sample rather than a stable, repeatable pricing pattern. Treat the $411–$584 range as a reasonable planning window, but verify with fresh fare checks closer to your travel dates.

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