Plugs and voltage
Saint Helena uses Type G sockets. 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
£ St. Helena Pound SHP
Language
- Englishofficial68%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Saint Helena is on UTC+0, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Saint Helena drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries
Public holidays in the next 12 months
6 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
- King's Birthday
December 2026
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
- Boxing Day (observed)
March 2027
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
No separate advisory; covered by the advisory for United Kingdom: Level 2 Exercise increased caution.
Read it. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to Saint Helena.
Updated 2026-09-10. 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
- +247, +27, +290
- Internet domain
- –
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
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