Plugs and voltage
Tunisia uses Types C and E 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.
Adapter guides: from United Kingdom
Money
TND Tunisian Dinar TND
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 3.00 TND (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 33 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Tunisia are about 33% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Arabicofficial90%
- Frenchofficial53%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Tunisia is on UTC+1, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Tunisia drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
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.
January 2027
- New Year's Day
- Revolution and Youth Day
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)
- Independence Day
April 2027
- Martyrs' Day
May 2027
- Labor Day
- Day of Arafah (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
June 2027
- Islamic New Year (estimated)
July 2027
- Republic Day
August 2027
- Women's Day
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
October 2027
- Evacuation Day
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 travel to parts of the country
Updated 2026-07-24. 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
- +216
- Internet domain
- .tn
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
More in Northern Africa
Flag: Flag of Tunisia.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of arms of Tunisia.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, FXXX. Electricity: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), see methodology.
