Plugs and voltage
Kenya 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.
Adapter guides: from United States · from United Kingdom
Money
KES Kenyan Shilling KES
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 129.3 KES (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 35 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Kenya are about 35% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Swahiliofficial66%
- Englishofficial19%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Kenya is on UTC+3, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Kenya drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries
Public holidays in the next 12 months
12 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
- Jamhuri Day
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
May 2027
- Labor Day
June 2027
- Madaraka Day
October 2027
- Mazingira Day
- Mazingira Day (observed)
- Mashujaa Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 3 Reconsider travel
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country
Updated 2026-10-30. 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
- +254
- Internet domain
- .ke
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Sunday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
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