Africa · Western Africa
Gambia
Stone Circles of Senegambia · Photo: Peter van der Sluijs · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Banjul
- Currency
- GMD
- Gambian Dalasi
- Local time
- Greenwich Mean TimeUTC+00:00
- Calling code
- +220
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type G
Facts
Gambia in figures
- Capital
- Banjul
- Currency
- Gambian Dalasi GMDToday's indicative rate: GMD 10 ≈ USD 0.134Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: EnglishSpoken: English, Wolof and Fulah
- Time zones
- Greenwich Mean TimeUTC+00:00
- Calling code
- +220
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112police116ambulance118fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 2,822,093 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 11,300 km²
- Internet domain
- .gm
- Land borders
- Senegal
When to go
Climate across Gambia
- 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 Gambia 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 Gambia
Airports
Airports in Gambia
Large airports
Photographs
Gambia in pictures
BanjulPhoto: IsaacTuray · CC0 1.0 · 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 Gambia
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