East Timor travel advice, temperature, rainfall, SIM cards, ATM and road rules

East Timor 🇹🇱

East Timor is part of Asia with main city at Dili. Its Least Developed country with a population of 1M people. The main currency is US Dollar. The languages spoken are Portuguese. the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is the formal name of East Timor 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.
👍 Least Developed   🌤️ ~25.86 °C   🌧 ~34.02 mm  👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 1M people

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⚠️ Travel advice

High degree of caution

We’ve reviewed our travel advice for Timor-Leste. We haven’t changed the level-'Exercise a high degree of caution' in Timor-Leste.

issued date: February 20, 2019

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General

🔌 Sockets

Timor-Leste uses 220V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type C, Type E, Type F and Type I.

🌐 Languages

The languages that are typically spoken are Portuguese

Money

💱 Currencies Used

Timor-Leste uses the United States dollar (symbol: $), code USD.Banknotes come in denominations of 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 dollars. Dollar is subdivided into 100 cents. Coins come in denominations of 1 dollar and 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1 cents.

🏧 ATMs

Automatic teller machines are rare in Timor-Leste. 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.

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📡 Internet

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

📱 Phones

You can buy a SIM card for about $12.50, which includes 1 GB of data plan. You can choose from 2 telecoms: Telkomcel or Timor Telecom. Timor-Leste uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste, dial +, then 670 (the country code for Timor-Leste), then the area code and the local number.

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Last updated: October 8, 2019