Plugs and voltage
The Falkland Islands 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
£ Falkland Islands Pound FKP
Language
- Englishofficial77%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
The Falkland Islands is on UTC−3, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in the Falkland Islands drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries
Public holidays in the next 12 months
11 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
- King's Birthday
- King's Birthday (observed)
December 2026
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
- Christmas Holiday
- Boxing Day (observed)
- Christmas Holiday (observed)
January 2027
- New Year's Day
March 2027
- Good Friday
June 2027
- Liberation Day
October 2027
- Peat Cutting Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
No separate advisory; covered by the advisory for United Kingdom: Level 2 Exercise increased caution.
Read it. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to the Falkland Islands.
Updated 2026-08-10. 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
- +500
- Internet domain
- .fk
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
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