Conditions from official sources
- Can enter Sharm El Sheikh, Taba, Dahab and Nuweiba without a visa for up to 14 days if staying only in those resorts.
Visa rules · Tourist entry
Egypt visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders
Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting Egypt.
The answer
Visa on arrival. United Kingdom passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Egypt.
- Entry
- Visa on arrival
- Stay
- Not stated by the source
- Fee
- $25.00
- Covers
- Tourist entry
Nationals of the following countries have the option to obtain a visa on arrival: UK EU Australia Canada Croatia Georgia Japan New Zealand Norway Macedonia Republic of Korea Russian Federation Serbia Ukraine USA
Before you go
The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.
Passport validity
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.
Passport valid for at least 6 months from arrival date.
Tourist entry only
These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.
The other way round
What Egypt passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.
Egypt passport United Kingdom
VN 1.1. A person who meets one or more of the criteria below needs entry clearance (a visa) in advance of travel to the UK for any purpose, unless they meet one of the exceptions set out in VN2.1 and VN2.2. (subject to VN 2.3.). (a) Nationals or citizens of the following countries or territorial entities (a "*" indicates there are exceptions in VN 2.2 to VN 6.5): Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad People's Republic of China* Colombia Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast) Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (North) Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (formerly Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia) Pakistan Palestine Philippines Russia Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St Lucia Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan* Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
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Visa-free nearby
Other places United Kingdom passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Cairo, nearest first.
Weather in Cairo
Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Cairo, month by month.
- High 18.8°CLow 10.2°CRain 7 mm
- High 20.7°CLow 11.3°CRain 4 mm
- High 23.9°CLow 13.6°CRain 8 mm
- High 28.0°CLow 16.2°CRain 2 mm
- High 32.3°CLow 19.7°CRain 0 mm
- High 34.6°CLow 22.4°CRain 0 mm
- High 35.0°CLow 24.0°CRain 0 mm
- High 34.9°CLow 24.4°CRain 0 mm
- High 33.5°CLow 22.9°CRain 0 mm
- High 29.7°CLow 19.9°CRain 0 mm
- High 25.0°CLow 15.7°CRain 4 mm
- High 20.7°CLow 11.9°CRain 4 mm
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