7 days of Fun - Travelers' guide to Egypt

This is a travel guide to Egypt for tourists to know what they need to plan a holiday to Egypt. Some of the information listed here may vary from time to time so it will be good to visit this page every now and then to get updated information. We hope you enjoy your vacation in Egypt and come back for many visits.

• Egypt local time
• Egyptian currency
• Weather in Egypt
• Distances between Egyptian cities
• Telephone communications in Egypt

Egypt local time and daylight saving time

Standard Egypt local time: GMT +2, Clock is moved one hour forward standard time as per the following schedule:
Egypt summer daylight saving time starts at midnight (12:00 AM ) on the last Friday in April and ends last Thursday in September.

Egyptian currency information

The currency of Egypt is the Egyptian pound or Livre Egyptien (in French) and is abbreviated as LE. The pound is divided to 100 piastres. The current average exchange rate of the pound is 5.45 X USD (subject to daily change) . Egyptian banknotes and coins are as follows:

Five Piastres Coin & Banknote		Ten Piastres Coin & Banknote
Twenty piastres Coin		Quarter Coin & Banknote
Half Pound Coin & Banknote		One Pound Coin & Banknote
Five Pounds Banknote		Ten Pounds Banknote
Twenty Pounds Banknote		Fifty Pounds Banknote
One hundred Pounds Banknote		Two hundred Pounds Banknote

Average temperature in Egypt throughout the year (centigrade)

Distances between Cairo and main Egyptian cities

Inland phone dialing codes of main Egyptian cities