Luxor: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Luxor is a city of 422,407 people in Egypt, 89 m (292 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Luxor International Airport (LXR), 7 km (4 mi) from the centre. It has 1 railway station on record, including Luxor Railway Station. Our booking partner lists 602 places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Luxor runs from about 10 h 35 min a day in late December to 13 h 47 min in late June (computed for 25.7° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Luxor is served by one airport with scheduled flights. The closest large one is Luxor International Airport (LXR), 7 km (4 mi) from the centre, with a longest runway of 9,843 ft, which limits it to short and medium-haul aircraft.
Flights to Luxor: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Luxor Railway Station. Trains to Luxor
Buses to Luxor · Driving and car hire
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 602 places to stay in Luxor. Of the 355 with a star rating, the largest group is 3-star (127), and 84 are five-star. Across 128 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 9 out of 10. Guests have left 69,638 reviews in total.
Hotels in Luxor: the full picture, and book
Our booking partner lists 16 hostels in Luxor, out of 602 places to stay of every kind — 2.7% of everywhere it lists in the city, around the middle of the range for the cities we hold figures for. Across 9 hostels with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 8.6 out of 10, 0.4 below the 9.0 its hotels average. Guests have left 2,389 reviews across them.
Hostels in Luxor: the full picture, and book
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Assiut, 220 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Esna, 46 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Kom Ombo, 139 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Aswān, 181 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Minya, 325 km
- Sohag, 134 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Qina, 52 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Mallawī, 288 km
- Hurghada, 209 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Akhmīm, 131 km — buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Kazanlak, Baltimore, Parintins, Shenzhen, Brasília.
Common questions
Which airport serves Luxor?
Luxor International Airport (LXR), 7 km (4 mi) from the centre.
How big is Luxor?
About 422,407 people live in Luxor, across 416 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Luxor in?
Africa/Cairo, currently UTC+3.
What currency is used in Luxor?
The Pound (EGP). Traffic drives on the right.
Are there hostels in Luxor?
16 of them, bookable on this site. Hostels in Luxor.
How many hotels are there in Luxor?
Our booking partner lists 602 places to stay in Luxor, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Luxor?
Assiut (220 km), Esna (46 km), Kom Ombo (139 km), Aswān (181 km), Minya (325 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.