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Congo - Kinshasa travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Congo - Kinshasa: travel advice level, plug type C/E, 220V, emergency 113, currency CDF.

📷 Kinshasa · Garcia-Pavilion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

Avoid all travel to parts Updated 2026-10-08

Latest change (original, English)
New information and guidance about the ongoing Ebola outbreak in DRC (see 'Warnings and insurance' and 'Health' pages).

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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.

CapitalKinshasa
CurrencyCDF
LanguagesFrench
Calling code+243
Emergency numbers113 · 114 · 118
Plug typesType C, Type E
Voltage220 V
Driving sideRight
Population106M
Type CType E

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📷 Photos

Nick Hobgood from Cap-Haitien, Haiti · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Fanny Schertzer · CC BY 3.0 · Commons
MONUSCO Photos · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Unknown author · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
CMurhabazi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Ken Wiegand (USAID) · Public domain · Commons
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James St. John · CC BY 2.0 · 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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