Plugs and voltage
Yemen uses Types A, D and G 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
YER Yemeni Rial YER
Average in 2023: 1 USD = 1,355 YER (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Language
- Arabicofficial74%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Yemen is on UTC+3, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Yemen drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
15 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
- Evacuation Day
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
May 2027
- Labor Day
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Unity Day
June 2027
- Islamic New Year Day (estimated)
September 2027
- Revolution Day
October 2027
- Liberation Day
Travel advisories
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all travel to the whole country
Updated 2026-10-27. 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
- +967
- Internet domain
- .ye
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Sunday
- Read more
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