Plugs and voltage
Azerbaijan uses Types C and F sockets. Mains supply is 220 V at 50 Hz.
At 220 V, devices made only for 100–127 V (many American and Japanese hair dryers, curling irons and some shavers) will be damaged without a step-down converter. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Money
₼ Azerbaijani Manat AZN
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 1.70 AZN (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 32 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Azerbaijan are about 32% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Azerbaijaniofficial89%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Azerbaijan is on UTC+4, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Azerbaijan drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
27 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
November 2026
- Victory Day
- National Flag Day
- Victory Day (observed)
December 2026
- International Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
- New Year's Day
- New Year's Day (observed)
- Martyrs' Day
March 2027
- Women's Day
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Spring Festival
- Spring Festival
- Spring Festival
- Spring Festival
- Spring Festival
- Spring Festival (observed)
- Spring Festival (observed)
May 2027
- Victory over Fascism Day
- Victory over Fascism Day (observed)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (observed, estimated)
- Independence Day
June 2027
- National Liberation Day
- Armed Forces Day
- Armed Forces Day (observed)
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 3 Reconsider travel
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country
Updated 2026-10-23. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +994
- Internet domain
- .az
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
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Flag: Flag of Azerbaijan.svg, Public domain. Arms: Emblem of Azerbaijan.svg, Public domain. Electricity: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), see methodology.
