Plugs and voltage
Western Sahara uses Types C and E sockets. 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
MAD Moroccan Dirham MAD
Language
- Arabicofficial100%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Western Sahara is on UTC+1 (daylight saving time; standard time is UTC+0).
Driving
Traffic in Western Sahara drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
11 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.
February 2027
- Proclamation of the SADR
March 2027
- First Martyr
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
May 2027
- Creation of the Polisario Front
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Commencement of the Armed Struggle
June 2027
- Islamic New Year (estimated)
- Martyrs' Day
- Uprising Day
August 2027
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
October 2027
- National Unity Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
No separate advisory; covered by the advisory for Morocco: Level 2 Exercise increased caution.
Read it. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country
Updated 2026-06-29. 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
- +212
- Internet domain
- –
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
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Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.