Libya: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 75
- Consulates
- 13
- missions abroad
- 95
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 2
Live & travel in Libya
Monthly budget
$1,500/mo
Prices vs USA: 34%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 6.402 LYD
Internet access
82%
of people online
Air quality
20
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Arabic
Emergency
190 · 191 · 193
Plug types
Schuko, Europlug, Type L
Calling code
+218
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Aug 30, 2026
3.4
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost4.3
- Safety1.0
- Internet access4.1
- Air quality3.0
- Climate4.4
SOS · Libya190Restaurants, cafés and dishes in LibyaBazin · Couscous · Sfenj · Mafrum · Usban
Government consensus
Do not travel· 2 of 3 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 24, 2026 · Independence Day
- Feb 17, 2027 · Revolution Day
- Mar 9, 2027 · End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)
- May 1, 2027 · Labour Day
- May 15, 2027 · Arafat Day
- May 16, 2027 · Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
- Jun 6, 2027 · Islamic New Year
- Aug 14, 2027 · Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)
Cities in Libya
Traveller essentials · Libya
- Emergency
- 190 · 191 · 193
- Calling code
- +218
- Currency
- LYD
- Plug types
- Schuko, Europlug, L, British and related types
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Tripoli
- Time zone
- Africa/Tripoli
Foreign missions in Libya
AlgeriaTripoli2ArgentinaTripoli1AustriaTripoli1AzerbaijanTripoli1BangladeshTripoli1BelgiumTripoli1Bosnia and HerzegovinaTripoli1BrazilTripoli1BulgariaTripoli1Burkina FasoTripoli1CanadaTunis1ChadTripoli1ChinaTripoli1CroatiaTripoli1CzechiaTripoli1EgyptTripoli, Benghazi2FinlandTripoli1FranceTripoli1GermanyTripoli1GhanaTripoli1GreeceTripoli1GuineaTripoli1HungaryTripoli1IndiaTripoli1IndonesiaTripoli1IranTripoli1IraqTripoli1ItalyTripoli, Benghazi2JapanTripoli1JordanTripoli1KuwaitTripoli1LebanonTripoli1MaliTripoli1MaltaTripoli1MoroccoTripoli, Benghazi3NetherlandsTripoli1NigerTripoli1NigeriaTripoli1PakistanTripoli1PalestineTripoli, Benghazi2PhilippinesTripoli1PolandTripoli1PortugalTripoli1RomaniaTripoli1RussiaTripoli1Saudi ArabiaTripoli1SerbiaTripoli1SlovakiaTripoli1South KoreaTripoli1SpainTripoli1SudanTripoli, Benghazi2Sweden1SwitzerlandTripoli1SyriaTripoli1ThailandTripoli1TunisiaTripoli2TürkiyeTripoli, Misrata, Benghazi3UkraineTripoli1United Arab EmiratesTripoli1United KingdomTripoli1United StatesTripoli, Benghazi2Vatican CityTripoli1VenezuelaTripoli1YemenTripoli1
Libya missions abroad
AlbaniaTirana1AlgeriaAlgiers1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1AustraliaCanberra1AustriaVienna1AzerbaijanBaku1BahrainManama1BangladeshDhaka1BelarusMinsk1BelgiumBrussels1Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BotswanaGaborone1BrazilBrasília1BulgariaSofia1Burkina FasoOuagadougou1CameroonYaoundé1CanadaOttawa1ChadN'Djamena1ChileSantiago1ChinaBeijing1ComorosMoroni1CroatiaZagreb1CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen1DjiboutiDjibouti1DR CongoKinshasa1EgyptCairo, Alexandria2EritreaAsmara1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FranceParis, Marseille3GambiaBanjul1GermanyBerlin1GhanaAccra1GreeceAthens1GuineaConakry1HungaryBudapest1IndiaNew Delhi1IraqBaghdad1ItalyRome, Milan3JapanTokyo1JordanAmman1KenyaNairobi1LiberiaMonrovia1MadagascarAntananarivo1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MaliBamako1MaltaValletta1MauritaniaNouakchott1MexicoMexico City1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1NicaraguaManagua1NigerNiamey1North KoreaPyongyang1PakistanIslamabad1PolandWarsaw1PortugalLisbon1Republic of the CongoBrazzaville1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow1RwandaKigali1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah2SerbiaBelgrade1Sierra LeoneFreetown1SlovakiaBratislava1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid1Sri LankaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte1St. LuciaCastries1SudanKhartoum1SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern1TogoLomé1TunisiaTunis2TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2TurkmenistanAshgabat1UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon, Manchester2United StatesWashington, D.C.1VietnamHanoi1YemenSanaa1ZambiaLusaka1
Who can enter Libya without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Libya?
75 missions, 64 countries.
Emergency: Libya?
190 (fire department), 191 (emergency medical services), 193 (police)
Who can enter Libya without a visa?
2: Algeria and Tunisia…