Plugs and voltage
Brunei uses Type G sockets. Mains supply is 240 V at 50 Hz.
At 240 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
$ Brunei Dollar BND
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 1.31 BND (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 40 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Brunei are about 40% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Malayofficial93%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Brunei is on UTC+8, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Brunei drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries
Public holidays in the next 12 months
20 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.
December 2026
- Christmas Day
- Christmas Day (observed)
January 2027
- New Year's Day
- New Year's Day (observed)
- Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated)
February 2027
- Lunar New Year
- First Day of Ramadan (estimated)
- National Day
- Anniversary of the revelation of the Quran (estimated)
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (observed, estimated)
May 2027
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Armed Forces Day
June 2027
- Islamic New Year (estimated)
- Islamic New Year (observed, estimated)
July 2027
- Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah's Birthday
August 2027
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
- Prophet's Birthday (observed, estimated)
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 1 Exercise normal precautions
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to Brunei.
Updated 2026-03-19. 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
- +673
- Internet domain
- .bn
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
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