Guinea-Bissau destination information

All you need to know before visiting Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau summary

Guinea-Bissau is a small country with around 2M Guinea-Bissau. Official language is Portuguese. Guinea-Bissau uses metric system (kilograms, centimeters, °C). Time zone is UTC+00:00. Currency used in Guinea-Bissau is West African CFA franc (XOF).

🎫 Border Rank #️⃣ 47
🗺️ Passport Rank #️⃣ 185

ATMs in Guinea-Bissau are Rare. Internet speed in Guinea-Bissau is on average 0.6 Mbps.

🏙️ Bissau
🗣️ Portuguese
👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 2M ☀️ ~27 °C 🌧 ~141 mm 👍 Least Developed 🚩 36k km2 (14k mi²)
🎫 Visa Exemption
🗺️ Passport Strength
🏥 Health regulation
🛃 Customs rules
🏛️ Embassies

General

Socket 🔌

Guinea-Bissau uses 220V, 50Hz with socket and plug Type C.

Languages 🗣️

  • Portuguese

Money

Currency 💱

100 XOF = 0.17 USD

Guinea-Bissau uses the West African CFA franc (symbol: Fr), code XOF.Banknotes come in denominations of 10000, 5000, 2000, 1000 and 500 francs. Franc is subdivided into 100 centimes. Coins come in denominations of 500, 250, 200, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1 francs.

ATM 🏧🏦

Rare

Automatic teller machines are rare in Guinea-Bissau. Your best bet is to look for them in large cities and community places.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.

Tipping 💁🏽

Card 💳

Phone

Mobile Phone 📱

Roaming 🌐

Emergency Calls 🚨

Police :

102

Ambulance :

103

Fire department :

101

Calling ☎️

International

To call Guinea-Bissau, dial +, then 245 (the country code for Guinea-Bissau), then the area code and the local number.

Locally

For local calls within Guinea-Bissau, start with the area code. In the case above area code is 3 .


international: + 245 3 1234567
calling local: 3 1234567

Internet connection

Internet Speed 💯

Internet speed in Guinea-Bissau is on average 0.6 Mbps.

Wifi 📡

SIM Card #️⃣

Driving

Rules 🚗

Limits 🚦

Weather

Temperature 🌡️

Rainfall ☔

Countries nearby Guinea-Bissau


More on Guinea-Bissau travel and visa information

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Visa Exemption

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Passport Strength

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Health regulation

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Customs rules

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LGBT Destination info

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Guinea-Bissau embassies

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