Bahamas 🇧🇸
Bahamas is part of Americas with main city at
Nassau. Its Developing country with a
population of 378K people. The main currency is Bahamian Dollar. The languages
spoken are English. the Commonwealth of the Bahamas is the formal name of Bahamas It is adviced to High degree of caution Get useful information like travel advice, temperatures, rainfall, socket plugs,
languages spoken, SIM cards, ATM, currencies, road rules and emergency numbers.
👍 Developing 🌤️ ~27.58 °C 🌧 ~175.62 mm 👨👩👦👦 378K people
⚠️ Travel advice
fiber_manual_record High degree of caution
Hurricane Dorian caused severe damage to the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama on 2-3 September 2019. There are shortages of shelter, food, water and medical care, and power and communication outages (see Natural disasters). We've raised our advice level for Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama to reconsider your need to travel. Lower levels apply in other parts of the country. Reconsider your need to travel to Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama.
issued date: September 9, 2019
🌤️ Temperature
🌧 Rainfall
🔌 Sockets
Bahamas uses 120V, 60Hz with sockets and plugs Type A and Type B.
🌐 Languages
The languages that are typically spoken are English
💱 Currencies Used
Bahamas uses the Bahamian dollar (symbol: B$), code BSD.Banknotes come in denominations of 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 dollars. Dollar is subdivided into 100 cents. Coins come in denominations of 25, 10, 5 and 1 cents.
🏧 ATMs
Automatic teller machines are very common in Bahamas. You can find them in both large & small cities, tourist areas etc.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.
💁♂️ Tipping
Expected to tip Tipping is quite common in Bahamas and it's good etiquette to leave one. How much money you leave depends on the service and how happy you were with it. Receipts usually include a service charge.
📡 Internet
Internet speed in Bahamas is on average 8.2 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Bahamas is moderate. It's relatively easy to find one when needed.
📞 Calling
To call Bahamas, dial +, then 1 242 (the country code for Bahamas), then the area code (without the initial 1) and the local number. For local calls within Bahamas, start with the area code (with the initial 1). In the case above area code is 242 .
🛣️ Road rules
In Bahamas you drive on the left side. Most cars have manual transmission (stick). Unless otherwise posted, the speed limits for cars and motorcycles are as follows: 32 km/h (19 mph) in all built-up areas and 80 km/h (49 mph) on undivided highways.
🆘 Emergency
Universal
112
Police
112
Ambulance
112
Fire department
112
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