Plugs and voltage
Myanmar uses Types C, D and G sockets; Types A, F and I are also found. Mains supply is 230 V at 50 Hz.
Many socket types are in use; bring a universal adapter.
At 230 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
K Myanmar Kyat MMK
Average in 2020: 1 USD = 1,382 MMK (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 32 (US = 100, 2020)
Everyday household prices in Myanmar are about 32% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Burmeseofficial64%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Myanmar is on UTC+6:30, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Myanmar drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
30 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
- Full Moon Day of Tazaungmon
December 2026
- National Day
- Christmas Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
- Independence Day
- Karen New Year
February 2027
- Chinese New Year
- Union Day
March 2027
- Peasants' Day
- Full Moon Day of Tabaung
- Armed Forces Day
April 2027
- Myanmar New Year
- Myanmar New Year
- Myanmar New Year
- Myanmar New Year
- Myanmar New Year
- Myanmar New Year
- Myanmar New Year
- Myanmar New Year
- Myanmar New Year
May 2027
- May Day
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Full Moon Day of Kason
July 2027
- Full Moon Day of Waso
- Martyrs' Day
October 2027
- Thadingyut Holidays
- Thadingyut Holidays
- Thadingyut Holidays
- Diwali
Travel advisories
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 2026-08-04. 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
- +95
- Internet domain
- .mm
- Measurement
- Metric, with miles and pints
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Sunday
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Flag: Flag of Myanmar.svg, Public domain. Arms: State Seal of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
