Asia · Southern Asia
Afghanistan
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Afghanistan at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley · Photo: Santana, Mario · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Kabul
- Currency
- AFN
- Afghan Afghani
- Local time
- Afghanistan TimeUTC+04:30
- Calling code
- +93
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F
Facts
Afghanistan in figures
- Capital
- Kabul
- Currency
- Afghan Afghani AFNToday's indicative rate: AFN 10 ≈ USD 0.154Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: Persian and PashtoOfficial in part of the country: Uzbek and TurkmenSpoken: Persian, Pashto, Uzbek and Turkmen
- Time zones
- Afghanistan TimeUTC+04:30
- Calling code
- +93
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F240 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 100police101fire102ambulance112general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 43,844,111 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 647,500 km²
- Internet domain
- .af
When to go
Climate across Afghanistan
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
On the map
Where Afghanistan is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Afghanistan
Smaller places with an airport · 1
Airports
Airports in Afghanistan
Photographs
Afghanistan in pictures
KabulPhoto: Sven Dirks, Wien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Afghanistan at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)