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Sudan

Northern Africa

Capital
Khartoum
Population
48.9 million (2025)
Currency
Sudanese Pound SDG
Plugs
CDFG 230 V
Drives on the
right
Local time
Sudan highlighted on a globe

Plugs and voltage

Type C socket, as found in Sudan Type C Type D socket, as found in Sudan Type D

Sudan uses Types C and D 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

SDG Sudanese Pound SDG

Average in 2022: 1 USD = 546.8 SDG (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.

Price level 41 (US = 100, 2022)

Everyday household prices in Sudan are about 41% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries

Language

  • Arabicofficial61%
  • Englishofficial61%

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

Time

Sudan is on UTC+2, with no daylight saving time.

Driving

Traffic in Sudan drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.

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

  • Christmas Day

January 2027

  • Independence Day
  • Coptic Christmas Day

March 2027

  • Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
  • Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
  • Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
  • Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

May 2027

  • Coptic Easter
  • Eid al-Adha (estimated)
  • Eid al-Adha (estimated)
  • Eid al-Adha (estimated)
  • Eid al-Adha (estimated)
  • Eid al-Adha (estimated)

June 2027

  • Islamic New Year (estimated)

August 2027

  • Prophet's Birthday (estimated)

Travel advisories

United States · State Department

Level 4 Do not travel

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

United Kingdom · FCDO

  • FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country

Updated 2026-05-11. 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
+249
Internet domain
.sd
Measurement
Metric
Paper size
A4
Week starts on
Saturday
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Coat of arms or emblem of Sudan
Coat of arms / emblem

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Flag: Flag of Sudan.svg, Public domain. Arms: Emblem of Sudan.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.