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Cape Verde travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Cape Verde: travel advice level, plug type C/F, 220V, emergency 131, currency CVE.

📷 Praia · Xandu · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

No advice against travel Updated 2026-07-28

Latest change (original, English)
Updated information about travelling with medication (‘Health’ 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.

CapitalPraia
CurrencyCVE
LanguagesPortuguese, Cape Verdean Creole
Calling code+238
Emergency numbers131 · 132
Plug typesType C, Type F
Voltage220 V
Driving sideRight
Population556K
Type CType F

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📷 Photos

Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
CorreiaPM · Public domain · Commons
Dablue · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
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Horst · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Balou46 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Balou46 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia · CC BY-SA 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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