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IAH–Cairo fares show a median of $649 and only a 14% spread — book when you see a quote near the low $570s rather than waiting for a dip.

Houston–Cairo fares hold near $649, with little room to haggle

Key takeaways

Median fare sits at $649 across the sampled window
Prices stay tight, ranging from $572 to $652 — a spread of just 14%
Bottom quartile fares bottom out around $572, the best realistic target
Top quartile fares cluster near $652, barely above the median itself
Only 9 snapshots were sampled, so treat these patterns as a rough guide, not a guarantee

30-day price trend

IAH → CAI · cheapest cached fare per day · last 10 days · ↑ 13%

$572 low$652 high

See full numbers and stats on the IAH → CAI price history page.

The full picture

The data shows a tight band for Houston–Cairo fares: a median of $649, with lows of $572 and highs of $652. A 14% spread is modest by international long-haul standards, meaning there's not much room to game timing or wait out a price drop — most fares you'll encounter are clustered close to the median rather than showing dramatic swings.

With such a narrow range, the usual advice about hunting for seasonal or last-minute dips doesn't carry much weight here. If you see a fare near the $572 mark (the bottom quartile), that's a genuinely good price worth locking in — it's close to the floor this route has shown. Waiting for something meaningfully lower isn't well-supported by the data, since even the top quartile ($652) is barely above the median, suggesting the market for this route is fairly stable rather than volatile.

We don't have enough visibility into carrier-specific patterns or day-of-week effects to make confident claims there — the dataset doesn't surface a dominant airline or weekly rhythm. The honest caveat: with only 9 snapshots, this is a thin sample for a route with this much distance and complexity (likely involving at least one connection). Treat the $572–$652 range as a working target band, but don't expect it to hold with the same confidence you'd have on a route with 30+ days of consistent data.

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Why we regenerated this article: Median fare ↑ 13% ($572 → $649). We only rewrite when the underlying price index actually moves — stable weeks keep the previous take.

AI-authored from this route's 30-day price index. Article last regenerated Oct 10, 2026. Fares shift continuously — confirm at booking.