Europe · Western Europe
Belgium
Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Brussels
- Currency
- EUR
- Euro
- Local time
- Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +32
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and E
Facts
Belgium in figures
- Capital
- Brussels
- Currency
- Euro EURToday's indicative rate: EUR 1 ≈ USD 1.12Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: Dutch, French and GermanSpoken: Dutch, French and German
- Time zones
- Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +32
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and E230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 100ambulance and fire101police102other services112general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 11,941,781 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 30,510 km²
- Internet domain
- .be
- Land borders
- FranceGermanyLuxembourgNetherlands
When to go
Climate across Belgium
- 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 Belgium 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 Belgium
Smaller places with an airport · 3
Airports
Airports in Belgium
Photographs
Belgium in pictures
BrusselsPhoto: Ank Kumar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AntwerpPhoto: LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Visas and entry
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