Plugs and voltage
Tokelau uses Type I sockets. 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
$ New Zealand Dollar NZD
| 1 USD | 1.77 NZD |
|---|---|
| 1 EUR | 1.98 NZD |
| 1 GBP | 2.38 NZD |
| 1 JPY | 0.01128 NZD |
Language
- Tokelauanofficial69%
- Englishofficial38%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Tokelau is on UTC+13, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Tokelau drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries
Public holidays in the next 12 months
6 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
January 2027
- New Year's Day
March 2027
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
September 2027
- Tokehega Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
No separate advisory; covered by the advisory for New Zealand: Level 1 Exercise normal precautions.
Read it. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to Tokelau.
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
- +690
- Internet domain
- .tk
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
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Flag: Flag of Tokelau.svg, Public domain. Arms: Badge of Tokelau.svg, CC0, Own work. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
