Plugs and voltage
Cambodia uses Types A and C sockets; Types B, F and G are also found. Mains supply is 230 V at 50 Hz.
Older buildings have combined A/C sockets; newer ones often have universal sockets.
At 230 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
៛ Cambodian Riel KHR
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 4,013 KHR (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 37 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Cambodia are about 37% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Khmerofficial89%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Cambodia is on UTC+7, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Cambodia drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
22 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
- National Independence Day
- Water Festival
- Water Festival
- Water Festival
December 2026
- Peace Day in Cambodia
January 2027
- International New Year Day
- Day of Victory over the Genocidal Regime
March 2027
- International Women's Rights Day
April 2027
- Khmer New Year's Day
- Khmer New Year's Day
- Khmer New Year's Day
May 2027
- International Labor Day
- HM King Norodom Sihamoni's Birthday
- Visaka Bochea Day
- Royal Ploughing Ceremony
June 2027
- HM Queen Norodom Monineath Sihanouk the Queen-Mother's Birthday
September 2027
- Constitution Day
- Pchum Ben Day
- Pchum Ben Day
October 2027
- Pchum Ben Day
- HM King Norodom Sihanouk Mourning Day
- HM King Norodom Sihamoni's Coronation Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 2 Exercise increased caution
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country
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
- +855
- Internet domain
- .kh
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Sunday
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Flag: Flag of Cambodia.svg, Public domain. Arms: Royal arms of Cambodia.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
