Seychelles: plugs, voltage, currency, time & travel facts

Plugs and voltage

The Seychelles uses Type G sockets. 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

SCR Seychellois Rupee SCR

Average in 2025: 1 USD = 14.73 SCR (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.

Price level 57 (US = 100, 2025)

Everyday household prices in the Seychelles are about 57% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: dearer than the median country (50). All countries

Language

Frenchofficial53%
Englishofficial38%

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

Time

UTC+4

The Seychelles is on UTC+4, with no daylight saving time.

Driving

Traffic in the Seychelles 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.