Plugs and voltage
Niger uses Types C and E sockets; Types A, B, D and F 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
F CFA West African CFA Franc XOF
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 581.9 XOF (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 34 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Niger are about 34% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Frenchofficial13%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Niger is on UTC+1, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Niger drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
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.
December 2026
- National Day
- Christmas Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
March 2027
- Laylat al-Qadr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Easter Monday
April 2027
- National Concord Day
May 2027
- International Labor Day
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Day after Eid al-Adha (estimated)
June 2027
- Islamic New Year (estimated)
- Islamic New Year (observed, estimated)
July 2027
- Anniversary of the CNSP Coup
August 2027
- Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
Travel advisories
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all travel to the whole country
Updated 2026-10-23. 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
- +227
- Internet domain
- .ne
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
More in Western Africa
Flag: Flag of Niger.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of arms of Niger.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Pbroks13 (talk). Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
