List of tallest buildings in Cairo
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Tallest buildings
This lists ranks Cairo high-rises that stand at least 50 metres (164 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings.| Rank | Name | Image | Height m (ft) |
Floors | Year | Coordinates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairo Tower Cairo Tower The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete tower located in Cairo, Egypt. At , it has been the tallest structure in Egypt and North Africa for 50 years... |
187 metres (614 ft) | 90 | 1961 | |||
| 2 | Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino | 19 | 1981 | ||||
| 2 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 143 metres (469 ft) | 39 | 1994 | |||
| 3= | Grand Hyatt Cairo Grand Hyatt Cairo Located on Al-Roda Island, the Grand Nile Tower Hotel was built as Le Méridien Cairo. It was expanded with the addition of a 41 floor tower in 2003, when it was renamed the Grand Hyatt Cairo. The hotel has 714 rooms and includes a shopping mall and a rotating restaurant... |
142 metres (466 ft) | 41 | 2002 | |||
| 3= | Nile City South Tower | 142 metres (466 ft) | 34 | 2003 | |||
| 3= | El Gezira Tower Movenpick Hotel | 142 metres (466 ft) | 43 | 1996 | |||
| 3= | Nile City North Tower | 142 metres (466 ft) | 34 | 2002 | |||
| 4 | El Maadi Residential Tower 13-16 | 140 metres (459 ft) | 42 | 1987 | |||
| 5= | Great pyramid | 135 metres (443 ft) | 0 | 2300 bc | |||
| 5= | National Bank of Egypt Tower | 135 metres (443 ft) | 33 | 1986 | |||
| 6 | Al Fateh Mosque Al Fateh Mosque The Al-Fateh Mosque is one of the largest mosques in the world, with the capacity to accommodate over 7,000 worshippers at a time.... |
130 metres (427 ft) | |||||
| 7 | Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza | 127 metres (417 ft) | 31 | 1999 | |||
| 8 | El Maadi Residential Towers 6-12 | 122 metres (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | |||
| 9 | Al Nour Mosque | 112 metres (367 ft) | 35 | ||||
| 10 | Ramses Hilton | 110 metres (361 ft) | 36 | 1980 | |||
| 11 | Belmont Building | 102 metres (335 ft) | 31 | 1954 | |||
| 12= | Conrad Cairo | 100 metres (328 ft) | 30 | 1999 | |||
| 12= | Radio & Television Building | 100 metres (328 ft) | 30 | 1957 | |||
| 12= | El Gezira Sheraton Hotel | 100 metres (328 ft) | 27 | 1984 | |||
| 12= | The Fairmont Cairo | 100 metres (328 ft) | 25 | 2007 | |||
| 12= | Hilton World Trade Center I-II | 100 metres (328 ft) | 32 | ||||
| 13 | El Maadi Residential Towers 1-4 | 98 metres (322 ft) | 28 | 1987 | |||
| 14= | Aga Khan Residential Tower 11-13 | 96 metres (315 ft) | 31 | ||||
| 14= | Safir Suites Hotel Zamalek | 96 metres (315 ft) | 30 | ||||
| 15 | Mohammad Ali Mosque | 84 metres (276 ft) | 1857 | ||||
| 16 | Sultan Hassan Mosque | 82 metres (269 ft) | 1364 | ||||
| 17 | Merryland Residential Towers | 75 metres (246 ft) | 24 | ||||
| 18 | Finance Ministry Towers | 60 metres (197 ft) | 18 | ||||