Asia · Western Asia
Kuwait
Photo: Snap® from Kuwait, Kuwait · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- Currency
- KWD
- Kuwaiti Dinar
- Local time
- Arabian Standard TimeUTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +965
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and G
Facts
Kuwait in figures
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- Currency
- Kuwaiti Dinar KWDToday's indicative rate: KWD 1 ≈ USD 3.22Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: ArabicSpoken: Arabic and English
- Time zones
- Arabian Standard TimeUTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +965
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and G240 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112general emergency1880888coast guardOfficial source: Ministry of Interior, Kuwait. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 4,865,298 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 17,820 km²
- Internet domain
- .kw
- Land borders
- IraqSaudi Arabia
When to go
Climate across Kuwait
- 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 Kuwait 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 Kuwait
Airports
Airports in Kuwait
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 Kuwait
Tell us where in Kuwait, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.