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Cape Verde international travel guide in 2023

Landscape view of Cape Verde

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Cape Verde is part of Africa with main city at Praia. It's usually 🌀️ 21.32 °C in Cape Verde with a rainfall of 🌧 11.71 mm. Internet speed in Cape Verde is on average 4.5 Mbps. Its Developing country with a population of 531K people. The main currency is Cabo Verde Escudo. The languages spoken are Portuguese. Automatic teller machines are common in Cape Verde. Get other useful information like socket plugs, SIM cards and emergency numbers.
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Weather

🌀️ Temperature

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General

πŸ”Œ Sockets

Cape Verde uses 230V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type C and Type F.

🌐 Languages

The languages that are typically spoken are Portuguese
Money

πŸ’± Currencies Used

Cape Verde uses the Cape Verdean escudo (symbol: $), code CVE.Banknotes come in denominations of 5000, 2000, 1000, 500 and 200 escudos. Escudo is subdivided into 100 centavos. Coins come in denominations of 200, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 escudos.

🏧 ATMs

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

πŸ“‘ Internet

Internet speed in Cape Verde is on average 4.5 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Cape Verde is low. It is not as easy to find one.

πŸ“± Phones

You can buy a SIM card for about 1,809.95 CVE, which includes 6 GB of data plan. You can choose from 2 telecoms: CV MΓ³vel or t+ (Unitel T-Mais). Cape Verde uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900 and GSM 1800. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Cape Verde 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.

πŸ“ž Calling

To call Cape Verde, dial +, then 238 (the country code for Cape Verde), then the area code and the local number. For local calls within Cape Verde, start with the area code. In the case above area code is 2 .
Driving

πŸ†˜ Emergency

Police
922
Ambulance
933
Fire department
999

Cape Verde travel details

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