Cuba international travel guide in 2023

Cuba 🇨🇺

Last updated: February 26, 2023

Cuba is part of North America with main city at Havana. It's usually 🌤️ 23.74 °C in Cuba with a rainfall of 🌧 42.65 mm. Tipping is expected in Cuba since staff depend on tips to supplement their often minimum wages. Internet speed in Cuba is on average 1.6 Mbps. In Cuba you drive on the right side. Its Developing country with a population of 11M people. The main currency is Cuban Peso. The languages spoken are Spanish. Current travel safety advice is Exercise a high degree of caution. Get other useful information like socket plugs, SIM cards and emergency numbers.

👍 Developing 🌤️ ~23.74 °C 🌧 ~42.65 mm 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 11M people

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Advice

🛡️ Travel safety

Exercise a high degree of caution

We've lowered the travel advice level for Cuba. We now advise you exercise a high degree of caution. We now advise: Exercise a high degree of caution in Cuba overall due to high levels of violent crime.

Issue date: July 18, 2022

Weather

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General

🔌 Sockets

Cuba uses 110/220V, 60Hz with sockets and plugs Type A, Type B, Type C and Type L.

🌐 Languages

The languages that are typically spoken are Spanish

Money

💱 Currencies Used

Cuba uses the Cuban peso (symbol: ?), code CUP.Banknotes come in denominations of 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 3 and 1 pesos. Peso is subdivided into 100 centavos. Coins come in denominations of 3 and 1 pesos and 20 centavos.

💁‍♂️ Tipping

Expected to tip Tipping is expected in Cuba since staff depend on tips to supplement their often minimum wages.

Calling

📡 Internet

Internet speed in Cuba is on average 1.6 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Cuba is very low. It's quite hard to find one.

📞 Calling

To call Cuba, dial +, then 53 (the country code for Cuba), then the area code (without the initial 0) and the local number. For local calls within Cuba, start with the area code (with the initial 0). In the case above area code is 7 .

Driving

🛣️ Road rules

In Cuba 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: 100 km/h (62 mph) on motorways, 100 km/h (62 mph) on expressways, 40-60 km/h (24-37 mph) in all built-up areas and 60 km/h (37 mph) on undivided highways.

🆘 Emergency

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Ambulance

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Fire department

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Cuba travel details

It's important to consider getting travel medical insurance to ensure you're covered in case of unexpected medical emergencies. For just $42, you can get coverage for 4 weeks, providing peace of mind and financial protection while you're away from home.

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