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Madagascar travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Madagascar: travel advice level, plug type C/E/K, 127V, emergency 124, currency MGA.

📷 Antananarivo · Sascha Grabow www.saschagrabow.com · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

No advice against travel Updated 2026-11-11

Latest change (original, English)
Updated information about Ebola including entry requirements and health screening (‘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.

CapitalAntananarivo
CurrencyMGA
LanguagesFrench, Malagasy
Calling code+261
Emergency numbers124 · 117 · 118
Plug typesType C, Type E, Type K
Voltage127 V
Driving sideRight
Population32M
Type CType EType K

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📷 Photos

Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Hery Zo Rakotondramanana · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
No machine-readable author provided. Moongateclimber assumed (based on copyright · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Hassanbeem · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Robin Taylor from Bamako, Mali · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Torbenbrinker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Philippe-Auguste Ramanankirahina (1860-1915) · Public domain · Commons
Orchi · 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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