Plugs and voltage
Mozambique uses Types C and F sockets; Types M and N are also found. 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
MZN Mozambican Metical MZN
Average in 2024: 1 USD = 63.91 MZN (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, 2024)
Everyday household prices in Mozambique are about 39% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Portugueseofficial27%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Mozambique is on UTC+2, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Mozambique drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries
Public holidays in the next 12 months
9 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
- Family Day
January 2027
- International Fraternalism Day
February 2027
- Heroes' Day
April 2027
- Women's Day
May 2027
- International Workers' Day
June 2027
- National Independence Day
September 2027
- Victory Day
- Armed Forces Day
October 2027
- Peace and Reconciliation Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 2 Exercise increased caution
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 2026-08-20. 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
- +258
- Internet domain
- .mz
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Sunday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
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