Asia · Southeast Asia
Brunei
One city in the atlas · one airport with scheduled flights
Photo: Balou46 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Bandar Seri Begawan
- Currency
- BND
- Brunei Dollar
- Local time
- Brunei TimeUTC+08:00
- Calling code
- +673
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G
Facts
Brunei in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Bandar Seri Begawan
- Currency
- Brunei Dollar BNDToday's indicative rate: BND 1 ≈ USD 0.78Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: MalaySpoken: Malay and English
- Time zones
- Brunei TimeUTC+08:00
- Calling code
- +673
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G240 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 991ambulance993police995fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 466,330 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 5,770 km²
- Internet domain
- .bn
- Land borders
- Malaysia
When to go
Climate across Brunei
On these averages, Bandar Seri Begawan has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in February.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
On the map
Where Brunei 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 Brunei
The one place in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Airports
Airports in Brunei
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
Photographs
Brunei in pictures
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its author, with its licence.
Bandar Seri BegawanPhoto: sam garza from Los Angeles, USA · CC BY 2.0 · 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.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Brunei
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