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Senegal travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Senegal: travel advice level, plug type C/E/K, 230V, emergency 17, currency XOF.

📷 Dakar · Jeff Attaway · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

No advice against travel Updated 2026-10-15

Latest change (original, English)
Updated information about health risks you'll face in Senegal ('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.

CapitalDakar
CurrencyXOF
LanguagesFrench, Wolof, Balanta, Badyara
Calling code+221
Emergency numbers17 · 18
Plug typesType C, Type E, Type K
Voltage230 V
Driving sideRight
Population17M
Type CType EType K

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📷 Photos

Mathieu DAMMAN · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Commons
Jeff Attaway from Abuja, Nigeria · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Manu25 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Cheikhmbackeseck37 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Jeff Attaway from Abuja, Nigeria · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Awnsham Churchill / John Churchill · Public domain · Commons
Roosewelt Pinheiro/ABr · CC BY 3.0 br · Commons
Gromane · CC0 · 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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