Azerbaijan travel advice, temperature, rainfall, SIM cards, ATM and road rules

Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

Azerbaijan is part of Asia with main city at Baku. Its Developing country with a population of 10M people. The main currency is Azerbaijan Manat. The languages spoken are Azerbaijani. the Republic of Azerbaijan is the formal name of Azerbaijan It is adviced to Exercise normal safety precautions Get useful information like travel advice, temperatures, rainfall, socket plugs, languages spoken, SIM cards, ATM, currencies, road rules and emergency numbers.
👍 Developing   🌤️ ~12.36 °C   🌧 ~38.89 mm  👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 10M people

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⚠️ Travel advice

Exercise normal safety precautions

We’ve reviewed our travel advice for Azerbaijan and added new information under health. We haven’t changed the level – exercise normal safety precautions. Higher levels apply in some parts of the country. Do not travel to Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding military occupied areas. Do not travel to Armenia-Azerbaijan border areas.

issued date: September 26, 2019

Weather

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General

🔌 Sockets

Azerbaijan uses 220V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type C and Type F.

🌐 Languages

The languages that are typically spoken are Azerbaijani

Money

💱 Currencies Used

Azerbaijan uses the Azerbaijani manat (symbol: ?), code AZN.Banknotes come in denominations of 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 manats. Manat is subdivided into 100 q?piks. Coins come in denominations of 50, 20, 10, 5, 3 and 1 q?piks.

🏧 ATMs

Automatic teller machines are common in Azerbaijan. You can usually find them in both large & small cities.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.

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📡 Internet

Internet speed in Azerbaijan is on average 3.6 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Azerbaijan is low. It is not as easy to find one.

📱 Phones

You can buy a SIM card for about 15.18 AZN, which includes 1 GB of data plan. You can choose from 3 telecoms: Azercell, Bakcell or Nar Mobile. Azerbaijan uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900 and GSM 1800. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Azerbaijan upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.

📞 Calling

To call Azerbaijan, dial +, then 994 (the country code for Azerbaijan), then the area code (without the initial 0) and the local number. For local calls within Azerbaijan, start with the area code (with the initial 0). In the case above area code is 12 .

Driving

🛣️ Road rules

In Azerbaijan you drive on the right side. Most cars have manual transmission (stick). Unless otherwise posted, the speed limits for cars and motorcycles are as follows: 110 km/h (68 mph) on motorways, 110 km/h (68 mph) on expressways, 20 km/h (12 mph) in residential areas, 60 km/h (37 mph) in all built-up areas and 90 km/h (55 mph) on undivided highways.

🆘 Emergency

Universal

999

Police

999

Ambulance

999

Fire department

999

Nearby countries

Armenia

Georgia

Iran

Iraq

Syria

Last updated: October 8, 2019