Plugs and voltage
Kuwait uses Type G sockets; Type C is also found. 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
KWD Kuwaiti Dinar KWD
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 0.3065 KWD (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 60 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Kuwait are about 60% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: dearer than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Arabicofficial100%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Kuwait is on UTC+3, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Kuwait drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
13 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.
January 2027
- New Year's Day
- Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated)
February 2027
- National Day
- Liberation Day
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)
May 2027
- Day of Arafah (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
June 2027
- Islamic New Year (estimated)
August 2027
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 3 Reconsider travel
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to Kuwait.
Updated 2026-10-27. 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
- +965
- Internet domain
- .kw
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Saturday
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Flag: Flag of Kuwait.svg, Public domain. Arms: Emblem of the State of Kuwait.svg, CC0, AK Alrabah. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
