- Capital
- Dushanbe
- Currency
- TJS
- Tajikistani Somoni
- Local time
- Tajikistan TimeUTC+05:00
- Calling code
- +992
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C, F and I
Facts
Tajikistan in figures
- Capital
- Dushanbe
- Currency
- Tajikistani Somoni TJSToday's indicative rate: TJS 1 ≈ USD 0.108Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: TajikSpoken: Tajik and Russian
- Time zones
- Tajikistan TimeUTC+05:00
- Calling code
- +992
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C, F and I220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 10,786,734 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 143,100 km²
- Internet domain
- .tj
- Land borders
- AfghanistanChinaKyrgyzstanUzbekistan
When to go
Climate across Tajikistan
- 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 Tajikistan 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 Tajikistan
Airports
Airports in Tajikistan
Photographs
Tajikistan in pictures
DushanbePhoto: Kondephy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 Tajikistan
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