Plugs and voltage
Sierra Leone uses Type G sockets; Type D is also found. Mains supply is 230 V at 50 Hz.
Type G is standard; Type D in older buildings.
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
SLE Sierra Leonean Leone SLE
Average in 2023: 1 USD = 21.30 SLE (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 25 (US = 100, 2023)
Everyday household prices in Sierra Leone are about 25% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Englishofficial35%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Sierra Leone is on UTC+0, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Sierra Leone drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
16 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
February 2027
- Armed Forces Day
March 2027
- International Women's Day
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
April 2027
- Independence Day
May 2027
- International Worker's Day
- International Worker's Day (observed)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (observed, estimated)
August 2027
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
- Prophet's Birthday (observed, estimated)
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 Sierra Leone.
Updated 2026-06-19. 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
- +232
- Internet domain
- .sl
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
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