Plugs and voltage
The Comoros uses Types C and E 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
CF Comorian Franc KMF
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 435.4 KMF (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 58 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in the Comoros are about 58% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: dearer than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Arabicofficial66%
- zdjofficial37%
- wniofficial34%
- Frenchofficial26%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
The Comoros is on UTC+3, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in the Comoros drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
14 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
- Maore Day
December 2026
- Christmas Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
- Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated)
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Cheikh al Maarouf Day
May 2027
- Labour Day
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
June 2027
- Islamic New Year (estimated)
July 2027
- National Day
August 2027
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 2 Exercise increased caution
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to the Comoros.
Updated 2025-12-10. 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
- +269
- Internet domain
- .km
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
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- Wikipedia

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