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Azerbaijan travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Azerbaijan: travel advice level, plug type C/F, 220V, emergency 112, currency AZN.

📷 Baku · Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

Avoid all travel to parts Updated 2026-10-23

Latest change (original, English)
New information about entry requirements for the upcoming FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival 2026 and travelling on a UK Emergency Travel Document to Azerbaijan. Updated information about visa requirements and entering Azerbaijan across the land border from Iran ('Entry requirements' page).

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalBaku
CurrencyAZN
LanguagesAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language
Calling code+994
Emergency numbers112 · 101 · 102 · 103
Plug typesType C, Type F
Voltage220 V
Driving sideRight
Population10M
Type CType F

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📷 Photos

Original: Matthew Hadley (nickname diff_sky) derivative work: Ximonic (talk), Si · CC BY 1.0 · Commons
Urmen19 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Presidential Press and Information Office · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
Emin Bashirov · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Azeri · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Mahesan Selladurai · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Freieck · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Vago · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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