Plugs and voltage
Tanzania 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.
Adapter guides: from United States
Money
TZS Tanzanian Shilling TZS
Average in 2024: 1 USD = 2,598 TZS (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, 2024)
Everyday household prices in Tanzania are about 25% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Swahiliofficial90%
- Englishofficial69%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Tanzania is on UTC+3, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Tanzania drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries
Public holidays in the next 12 months
17 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
- Independence and Republic Day
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
- Zanzibar Revolution Day
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
April 2027
- The Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume Day
- Union Celebrations
May 2027
- International Workers' Day
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
July 2027
- International Trade Fair
August 2027
- Peasants' Day
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
October 2027
- The Mwalimu Nyerere Day and Climax of the Uhuru Torch Race
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 2 Exercise increased caution
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country
Updated 2026-10-30. 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
- +255
- Internet domain
- .tz
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
More in Eastern Africa
Flag: Flag of Tanzania.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of arms of Tanzania.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, FischX. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
