Plugs and voltage
Qatar uses Type G sockets; Types D, F and L are also found. Mains supply is 240 V at 50 Hz.
Type G is standard; other types are occasionally found.
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
Money
QAR Qatari Riyal QAR
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 3.64 QAR (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 76 (US = 100, 2024)
Everyday household prices in Qatar are about 76% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: dearer than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Arabicofficial89%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Qatar is on UTC+3, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Qatar drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
8 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
- Qatar National Day
February 2027
- National Sports Day
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
May 2027
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (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 Qatar.
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
- +974
- Internet domain
- .qa
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Saturday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
More in Western Asia
Flag: Flag of Qatar.svg, Public domain. Arms: Emblem of Qatar-2022.svg, CC BY-SA 4.0, 9BBWMJ. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
