Plugs and voltage
Turkmenistan uses Types C and F sockets; Type B is also found. Mains supply is 220 V at 50 Hz.
At 220 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
TMT Turkmenistani Manat TMT
Language
- Turkmenofficial70%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Turkmenistan is on UTC+5, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Turkmenistan drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
12 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
- International Neutrality Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
March 2027
- International Women's Day
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Spring Festival
- Spring Festival
- Spring Festival (observed)
May 2027
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (observed, estimated)
- Constitution and State Flag Day
September 2027
- Independence Day
October 2027
- Memorial Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 1 Exercise normal precautions
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to Turkmenistan.
Updated 2026-10-21. 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
- +993
- Internet domain
- .tm
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
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Flag: Flag of Turkmenistan.svg, Public domain. Arms: Emblem of Turkmenistan.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
