Plugs and voltage
Fiji uses Type I 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.
Adapter guides: from Australia · from New Zealand
Money
$ Fijian Dollar FJD
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 2.30 FJD (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 39 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Fiji are about 39% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Englishofficial94%
- Fiji Hindiofficial41%
- Fijianofficial39%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Fiji is on UTC+12, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Fiji drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries
Public holidays in the next 12 months
15 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
- Diwali (estimated)
- Diwali (observed, estimated)
December 2026
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
- Boxing Day (observed)
January 2027
- New Year's Day
March 2027
- Good Friday
- Easter Saturday
- Easter Monday
May 2027
- Girmit Day
- Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day
August 2027
- Prophet Mohammed's Birthday (estimated)
- Prophet Mohammed's Birthday (observed, estimated)
October 2027
- Fiji Day
- Diwali (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 Fiji.
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
- +679
- Internet domain
- .fj
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
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Flag: Flag of Fiji.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of arms of Fiji.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Simi Tukidia. Electricity: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), see methodology.
