Plugs and voltage
Vanuatu 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
VUV Vanuatu Vatu VUV
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 120.3 VUV (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 102 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Vanuatu are about 102% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: dearer than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Bislamaofficial90%
- Englishofficial83%
- Frenchofficial31%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Vanuatu is on UTC+11, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Vanuatu 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.
November 2026
- Unity Day
- Unity Day (observed)
December 2026
- Christmas Day
- Family Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
February 2027
- Father Lini Day
- Father Lini Day (observed)
March 2027
- Custom Chief's Day
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
May 2027
- Labour Day
- Ascension Day
July 2027
- Children's Day
- Independence Day
August 2027
- Assumption Day
- Assumption Day (observed)
October 2027
- Constitution 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 Vanuatu.
Updated 2026-03-19. 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
- +678
- Internet domain
- .vu
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
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Flag: Flag of Vanuatu.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of arms of Vanuatu.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Sodacan. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
