Africa · Eastern Africa
Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls · Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Harare
- Currency
- ZWG
- Zimbabwean Gold
- Local time
- Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +263
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G
Facts
Zimbabwe in figures
- Capital
- Harare
- Currency
- Zimbabwean Gold ZWGToday's indicative rate: ZWG 10 ≈ USD 0.376Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Also legal tender: United States Dollar (USD)
- Languages
- Official: Shona, English and North NdebeleSpoken: English, Shona, South Ndebele and North Ndebele
- Time zones
- Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +263
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 993fire994ambulance995police999general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 16,950,795 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 390,580 km²
- Internet domain
- .zw
- Land borders
- BotswanaMozambiqueSouth AfricaZambia
When to go
Climate across Zimbabwe
- 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 Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe
Smaller places with an airport · 2
Airports
Airports in Zimbabwe
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 Zimbabwe
Tell us where in Zimbabwe, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.