Plugs and voltage
Rwanda uses Types C and E sockets; Types F and G are also found. Mains supply is 230 V at 50 Hz.
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
RF Rwandan Franc RWF
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 1,428 RWF (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 26 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Rwanda are about 26% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Kinyarwandaofficial77%
- Englishofficial15%
- Frenchofficial6%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Rwanda is on UTC+2, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Rwanda drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
21 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
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
- Boxing Day (observed)
January 2027
- New Year's Day
- Day after New Year's Day
- Day after New Year's Day (observed)
February 2027
- National Heroes' Day
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
April 2027
- Memorial Day of Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in 1994
May 2027
- Labor Day
- Labor Day (observed)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (observed, estimated)
July 2027
- Independence Day
- Liberation Day
- Liberation Day (observed)
August 2027
- Umuganura Day
- Assumption Day
- Assumption Day (observed)
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 3 Reconsider travel
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country
Updated 2026-09-04. 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
- +250
- Internet domain
- .rw
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
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Flag: Flag of Rwanda.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of arms of Rwanda.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
