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Nicaragua travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Nicaragua: travel advice level, plug type A/B, 120V, emergency 118, currency NIO.

📷 Viktor Pinchuk / Виктор Пинчук · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

No advice against travel Updated 2026-11-05

Latest change (original, English)
Updated information on visa requirements when travelling between Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras ('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.

CapitalManagua
CurrencyNIO
LanguagesSpanish
Calling code+505
Emergency numbers118 · 128 · 115 · 120
Plug typesType A, Type B
Voltage120 V
Driving sideRight
Population5.1M
Type AType B

📅 Public holidays💱 Exchange rates

📷 Photos

Adrian Sampson from Bainbridge Island, WA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Elemaki · CC BY 3.0 · Commons
tiarescott from Managua · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Tejeda 91 · CC0 · Commons
LaNicoya · CC BY 2.5 · Commons
Silva Selva · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Flaviomondragon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Tiomono (talk) · 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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