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Guinea-Bissau travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Guinea-Bissau: travel advice level, plug type C, 220V, emergency 112, currency XOF.

📷 Bissau · jbdodane · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

No advice against travel Updated 2025-12-10

Latest change (original, English)
New information about dual nationals returning to the UK (‘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.

CapitalBissau
CurrencyXOF
LanguagesPortuguese
Calling code+245
Emergency numbers112 · 119 · 180
Plug typesType C
Voltage220 V
Driving sideRight
Population1.9M
Type C

📅 Public holidays💱 Exchange rates

📷 Photos

Dietmar Pabe (DidiPabel at de.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
João Carvalho · Public domain · Commons
jbdodane · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
(WT-en) Pis bus at English Wikivoyage · Public domain · Commons
Mailsonribeiro · Public domain · Commons
Fernanda.nossa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
August Dominus · CC0 · Commons
A. Marques Lopes · Public domain · 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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