Philippines: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 89
- Consulates
- 27
- missions abroad
- 117
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 161
Live & travel in Philippines
Monthly budget
$1,600/mo
Prices vs USA: 36%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 63.1 PHP
Internet access
67%
of people online
Air quality
22.2
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
English
Emergency
117 · 911
Plug types
Europlug, NEMA 5-15, NEMA 1-15
Calling code
+63
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Aug 31, 2026
3.6
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost4.2
- Safety3.8
- Internet access3.0
- Air quality3.0
- Climate3.9
SOS · Philippines117Restaurants, cafés and dishes in PhilippinesMorning Sun Eatery · To Ho Panciteria Antigua · Adobo · Champorado · Banana ketchup · Taho · Ube halaya
Government consensus
Increased caution· 3 of 3 governments- United StatesIncreased caution· parts of the country
- United KingdomIncreased caution· parts of the country
- CanadaIncreased caution· parts of the country
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Cities in Philippines
Traveller essentials · Philippines
- Emergency
- 117 · 911
- Calling code
- +63
- Currency
- PHP
- Plug types
- Europlug, NEMA 5-15, NEMA 1-15
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Manila
- Time zone
- Asia/Manila
Foreign missions in Philippines
Argentinaماكاتي1Australiaماكاتي1Austriaماكاتي1BangladeshManila1Belgiumماكاتي1Brazilماكاتي1BulgariaManila1Cambodiaماكاتي1Canadaماكاتي, Cebu City2Chileماكاتي, Manila2ChinaManila, Cebu City, Davao City4ColombiaManila1Czechiaماكاتي, Davao City2DenmarkManila1Dominican RepublicManila1Finlandماكاتي1Franceماكاتي1Germanyماكاتي, Cebu City2GhanaManila1Greeceماكاتي1GuatemalaManila1HungaryManila1Indiaماكاتي1Indonesiaماكاتي, Davao City2IranManila1IrelandManila1IsraelManila1ItalyManila1JapanManila, Cebu City, Davao City3JordanManila1LaosManila1Malaysiaماكاتي, Davao City2Mexicoماكاتي1MoroccoManila1Myanmarماكاتي1Netherlandsماكاتي2New Zealandماكاتي1NigeriaManila1NorwayManila, Cebu City2PakistanManila1Palauماكاتي1Palestineماكاتي1Panamaماكاتي1Papua New GuineaManila1PeruManila2PolandManila1Romaniaماكاتي1Russiaماكاتي, Manila2Saudi Arabiaماكاتي1SingaporeManila1SloveniaManila2South Africaماكاتي1South KoreaManila1SpainManila3Sri Lankaماكاتي1SwedenManila, Cebu City3Switzerlandماكاتي, Cebu City2TaiwanManila1Thailandماكاتي1Timor-LesteManila1Türkiyeماكاتي1United Arab EmiratesManila1United KingdomManila1United StatesManila, Baguio, Cebu City3Vatican CityManila1VietnamManila1
Philippines missions abroad
AngolaLuanda1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1AustraliaCanberra2AustriaVienna1BahrainManama1BelgiumBrussels1BrazilBrasília, Rio de Janeiro2BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1CambodiaPhnom Penh1CanadaOttawa, Vancouver, Calgary4ChileLas Condes1ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Macau4ColombiaBogotá1Costa RicaSan José1CroatiaZagreb1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen1EcuadorGuayaquil1EgyptCairo1FinlandHelsinki1FranceParis, Bordeaux, 6th arrondissement of Lyon3GermanyBerlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart5GreeceAthens1GuineaConakry2Hong KongHong Kong1HungaryBudapest1IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran1IraqBaghdad1IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome, Milan, Florence4JapanTokyo, Osaka, Nagoya3JordanAmman1KenyaNairobi1KuwaitKuwait City1LaosVientiane1LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli1LithuaniaVilnius1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MexicoMexico City1MontenegroBudva1MoroccoRabat, Casablanca2MyanmarYangon1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1New ZealandWellington1NigeriaAbuja1NorwayOslo1PakistanIslamabad1Papua New GuineaPort Moresby1PeruLima1PolandWarsaw, Poznań2PortugalLisbon1QatarDoha1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow, Vladivostok2Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah3SerbiaBelgrade1SingaporeSingapore1SloveniaLjubljana1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Bilbao, Málaga6SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern1SyriaDamascus1TaiwanTaipei, Kaohsiung2ThailandBangkok, Chiang Mai2Timor-LesteDili1TürkiyeAnkara, İzmir2United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C., Los Angeles, Honolulu8VietnamHanoi1
Who can enter Philippines 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 Philippines?
89 missions, 66 countries.
Emergency: Philippines?
117, 911
Who can enter Philippines without a visa?
161: Andorra, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, and Benin…