Libya travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers
Before you visit Libya: travel advice level, plug type C/F/L, 230V, emergency 190, currency LYD.
Travel advice (UK FCDO)
Avoid all travel to parts Updated 2026-07-21
Latest change (original, English)
FCDO now advises against all but essential travel to the cities of Tripoli, Benghazi, Al-Bayda and Derna, and the surrounding area knows as Jebel Akhdar, either side of the coastal and desert roads between and including the towns of Al-Maqrun and Al-Tamimi, Misrata ('Warnings and insurance' and 'Reg
FCDO now advises against all but essential travel to the cities of Tripoli, Benghazi, Al-Bayda and Derna, and the surrounding area knows as Jebel Akhdar, either side of the coastal and desert roads between and including the towns of Al-Maqrun and Al-Tamimi, Misrata ('Warnings and insurance' and 'Reg
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CapitalTripoli
CurrencyLYD
LanguagesArabic
Calling code+218
Emergency numbers190 · 193 · 191
Plug typesType C, Type F, Type L
Voltage230 V
Driving sideRight
Population7.4M