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

Kenya 🇰🇪

Kenya is part of Africa with main city at Nairobi. Its Developing country with a population of 47M people. The main currency is Kenyan Shilling. The languages spoken are English,Swahili. the Republic of Kenya is the formal name of Kenya 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   🌤️ ~24.70 °C   🌧 ~85.76 mm  👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 47M people

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⚠️ Travel advice

High degree of caution

We've reviewed our travel advice for Kenya. We haven't changed our level of advice. Exercise a high degree of caution in Kenya due to the high threat of terrorist attack and high level of crime. Reconsider your need to travel to Mombasa, coastal parts of Kilifi and Tana River counties, and Lamu County south of Pate Island. Higher levels apply in other parts of the country. Reconsider your need to travel to Coastal areas from Lamu county to Mombasa and outskirts. Reconsider your need to travel to A2 highway from Isiolo to Moyale. Do not travel to Border regions with Somalia, South Sudan and Ethiopia.

issued date: October 1, 2019

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General

🔌 Sockets

Kenya uses 240V, 50Hz with socket and plug Type G.

🌐 Languages

The languages that are typically spoken are English, Swahili

Money

💱 Currencies Used

Kenya uses the Kenyan shilling (symbol: Sh), code KES.Banknotes come in denominations of 1000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 20 and 10 shillings. Shilling is subdivided into 100 cents. Coins come in denominations of 40, 20, 10, 5 and 1 shillings and 50 cents.

🏧 ATMs

Automatic teller machines are rare in Kenya. 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

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

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📡 Internet

Internet speed in Kenya is on average 5.0 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Kenya is low. It is not as easy to find one.

📱 Phones

You can buy a SIM card for about 1,147.22 KES, which includes 2 GB of data plan. You can choose from 4 telecoms: Airtel, Faiba, Safaricom or Telkom. Kenya uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900 and GSM 1800. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Kenya 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 Kenya, dial +, then 254 (the country code for Kenya), then the area code (without the initial 0) and the local number. For local calls within Kenya, start with the area code (with the initial 0). In the case above area code is 20 .

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Last updated: November 14, 2019