Tajikistan international travel guide in 2023

Tajikistan 🇹🇯

Last updated: February 26, 2023

Tajikistan is part of Asia with main city at Dushanbe. It's usually 🌤️ -2.40 °C in Tajikistan with a rainfall of 🌧 73.39 mm. Internet speed in Tajikistan is on average 3.9 Mbps. Its Developing country with a population of 9M people. The main currency is Somoni. The languages spoken are Tajik and Russian. Automatic teller machines are rare in Tajikistan. Current travel safety advice is Exercise a high degree of caution. Get other useful information like socket plugs, SIM cards and emergency numbers.

👍 Developing 🌤️ ~-2.40 °C 🌧 ~73.39 mm 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 9M people

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Advice

🛡️ Travel safety

Exercise a high degree of caution

can enter Tajikistan under a new 30-day visa-free arrangement. Commercial flights to and from Tajikistan remain very limited. Land border crossings are closed to travellers. All international travellers arriving in Tajikistan must provide confirmation of a negative COVID-19 (PCR) test result, issued within 72 hours of arrival. The test must be a COVID-19 (PCR) swab test. Other test results including antibody tests are not accepted. PCR testing may also be required upon departure from Tajikistan. Face masks are mandatory in public. Contact your airline or your nearest embassy or consulate of Tajikistan to confirm entry requirements. We advise: Exercise a high degree of caution in Tajikistan overall due to the threat of terrorist attack and potential for civil unrest. Higher levels apply in some areas.

Issue date: January 28, 2022

Weather

🌤️ Temperature

🌧 Rainfall

General

🔌 Sockets

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

🌐 Languages

The languages that are typically spoken are Tajik and Russian

Money

💱 Currencies Used

Tajikistan uses the Tajikistani somoni (symbol: ??), code TJS.Banknotes come in denominations of 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 3 and 1 somonis and 50, 20, 5 and 1 dirams. Somoni is subdivided into 100 dirams. Coins come in denominations of 5, 3 and 1 somonis and 50, 25, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 dirams.

🏧 ATMs

Automatic teller machines are rare in Tajikistan. 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.

Calling

📡 Internet

Internet speed in Tajikistan is on average 3.9 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Tajikistan is low. It is not as easy to find one.

📱 Phones

You can buy a SIM card for about 124.43 TJS, which includes 1 GB of data plan. You can choose from 4 telecoms: Babilon Mobile, Beeline, Megafon or Tcell. Tajikistan uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900 and GSM 1800. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Tajikistan 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 Tajikistan, dial +, then 992 (the country code for Tajikistan), then the area code (without the initial 8) and the local number. For local calls within Tajikistan, start with the area code (with the initial 8). In the case above area code is 372 .

Driving

🆘 Emergency

Police

118

Ambulance

128

Fire department

115

Tajikistan travel details

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