Saint Lucia: plugs, voltage, currency, time & travel facts

Plugs and voltage

Saint Lucia uses Type G sockets; Types A and B are also found. Mains supply is 240 V at 50 Hz.

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.

Money

$ East Caribbean Dollar XCD

Average in 2025: 1 USD = 2.70 XCD (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.

East Caribbean Dollar: where it's used

Price level 59 (US = 100, 2025)

Everyday household prices in Saint Lucia are about 59% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: dearer than the median country (50). All countries

Language

Englishofficial90%

Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).

Time

UTC−4

Saint Lucia is on UTC−4, with no daylight saving time.

Driving

Traffic in Saint Lucia drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries

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

Sun 13 National Day
Mon 14 National Day (observed)
Fri 25 Christmas Day
Sat 26 Boxing Day

January 2027

Fri 1 New Year's Day
Sat 2 New Year's Holiday

February 2027

Mon 22 Independence Day

March 2027

Fri 26 Good Friday
Mon 29 Easter Monday

May 2027

Sat 1 Labor Day
Mon 17 Pentecost Monday
Thu 27 Corpus Christi

August 2027

Sun 1 Emancipation Day
Mon 2 Emancipation Day (observed)

October 2027

Mon 4 Thanksgiving Day

Travel advisories

United States · State Department

Level 2 Exercise increased caution

Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.

United Kingdom · FCDO

No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to Saint Lucia.

Updated 2025-12-10. 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: +1758
Internet domain: .lc
Measurement: Metric
Paper size: A4
Week starts on: Monday
Read more: Wikipedia

Coat of arms or emblem of Saint Lucia — Coat of arms / emblem

Flag: Flag of Saint Lucia.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of arms of Saint Lucia.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Diafora. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.

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