Africa · Southern Africa
Eswatini
One city in the atlas · one airport with scheduled flights
Photo: Athena Lao from Bulgaria · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Mbabane
- Currency
- SZL
- Swazi Lilangeni
- Local time
- South Africa Standard TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +268
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type D
Facts
Eswatini in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Mbabane
- Currency
- Swazi Lilangeni SZLToday's indicative rate: SZL 10 ≈ USD 0.605Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: English and SwatiSpoken: English and Swati
- Time zones
- South Africa Standard TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +268
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type D230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 933fire977ambulance999policeAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 1,256,174 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 17,363 km²
- Internet domain
- .sz
- Land borders
- MozambiqueSouth Africa
When to go
Climate across Eswatini
On these averages, Mbabane has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in January to December.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
On the map
Where Eswatini 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 Eswatini
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 Eswatini
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
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 Eswatini
Tell us where in Eswatini, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.