Saudi Arabia: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 152
- Consulates
- 32
- missions abroad
- 124
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 74
Live & travel in Saudi Arabia
Monthly budget
$2,250/mo
Prices vs USA: 50%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 3.75 SAR
Internet access
100%
of people online
Air quality
73.5
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Arabic
Emergency
911 · 112 · 999
Plug types
BS 1363
Calling code
+966
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Oct 22, 2026
3.3
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost3.6
- Safety3.5
- Internet access5.0
- Air quality1.0
- Climate3.2
SOS · Saudi Arabia911Restaurants, cafés and dishes in Saudi ArabiaBulgur · Kabsa · gursan · Hininy
Government consensus
Reconsider travel· 2 of 3 governments- United StatesReconsider travel· parts of the country
- United KingdomIncreased caution· parts of the country
- CanadaReconsider travel· parts of the country
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Feb 22, 2027 · Founding Day
- Mar 9, 2027 · End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)
- May 15, 2027 · Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
- Sep 23, 2027 · National Day
Cities in Saudi Arabia
Traveller essentials · Saudi Arabia
- Emergency
- 911 · 112 · 999
- Calling code
- +966
- Currency
- SAR
- Plug types
- BS 1363
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Riyadh
- Time zone
- Asia/Riyadh
Foreign missions in Saudi Arabia
AfghanistanRiyadh, Jeddah2AlbaniaRiyadh1AlgeriaRiyadh, Jeddah2ArgentinaRiyadh1AustraliaRiyadh1AustriaRiyadh1AzerbaijanRiyadh1BahrainRiyadh1BangladeshRiyadh, Jeddah2BelgiumRiyadh1BeninRiyadh1Bosnia and HerzegovinaRiyadh1BrazilRiyadh1BruneiRiyadh1BulgariaRiyadh1Burkina FasoRiyadh1BurundiRiyadh1CameroonRiyadh1CanadaRiyadh2ChadRiyadh1ChileRiyadh1ChinaRiyadh, Jeddah2ComorosRiyadh1Côte d’IvoireRiyadh1CubaRiyadh1CzechiaRiyadh, Jeddah2DenmarkRiyadh1DjiboutiRiyadh1DR CongoRiyadh1EgyptRiyadh, Jeddah2EritreaRiyadh1EthiopiaRiyadh1FinlandRiyadh1FranceRiyadh, Jeddah2GabonRiyadh1GambiaRiyadh1GeorgiaRiyadh1GermanyRiyadh, Jeddah2GhanaRiyadh1GreeceRiyadh1GuineaRiyadh1HungaryRiyadh1IndiaRiyadh, Jeddah3IndonesiaRiyadh, Jeddah2IranRiyadh1IraqRiyadh1IrelandRiyadh1ItalyRiyadh1JapanBrooklyn, Riyadh, Jeddah3JordanRiyadh1KazakhstanRiyadh1KenyaRiyadh, Jeddah2KosovoRiyadh1KuwaitRiyadh1KyrgyzstanRiyadh1LebanonRiyadh1LiberiaRiyadh1LibyaRiyadh, Jeddah2MadagascarRiyadh1MalaysiaRiyadh, Jeddah3MaldivesRiyadh1MaliRiyadh1MaltaRiyadh1MauritaniaRiyadh1MauritiusRiyadh1MexicoRiyadh1MoroccoRiyadh, Jeddah2MozambiqueRiyadh1MyanmarRiyadh1NepalRiyadh1NetherlandsRiyadh, Jeddah, Dammam3New ZealandRiyadh1NigerRiyadh1NigeriaRiyadh, Jeddah2NorwayRiyadh1OmanRiyadh1PakistanRiyadh, Jeddah2PalestineRiyadh, Jeddah3PeruRiyadh1PhilippinesRiyadh, Jeddah3PolandRiyadh1PortugalRiyadh1QatarRiyadh1RomaniaRiyadh1RussiaRiyadh, Jeddah2SenegalRiyadh1SerbiaRiyadh1Sierra LeoneRiyadh1SingaporeRiyadh, Jeddah2SomaliaRiyadh1South AfricaRiyadh1South KoreaRiyadh1SpainRiyadh1Sri LankaRiyadh1SudanRiyadh1SwedenRiyadh1SwitzerlandRiyadh1SyriaRiyadh1TaiwanRiyadh1TajikistanRiyadh1TanzaniaRiyadh1ThailandRiyadh, Jeddah2TunisiaRiyadh1TürkiyeRiyadh, Jeddah3TurkmenistanRiyadh1UgandaRiyadh1UkraineRiyadh1United Arab EmiratesRiyadh, Jeddah2United KingdomRiyadh, Jeddah2United StatesRiyadh, Jeddah, Dhahran3UruguayRiyadh1UzbekistanRiyadh1VenezuelaRiyadh1VietnamRiyadh1YemenRiyadh1ZambiaRiyadh1
Saudi Arabia missions abroad
AfghanistanKabul1AlbaniaTirana1AlgeriaAlgiers1AngolaLuanda1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1AustraliaCanberra2AustriaVienna1AzerbaijanBaku1BahrainManama1BangladeshDhaka1BelgiumBrussels1Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BrazilBrasília1BruneiKampong Salar1BulgariaSofia1Burkina FasoOuagadougou1CameroonYaoundé1CanadaOttawa1ChadN'Djamena1ChileLas Condes1ChinaBeijing1ComorosMoroni1Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1CubaHavana1CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen1DjiboutiDjibouti1EgyptCairo, Alexandria2EritreaAsmara1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FinlandHelsinki1FranceParis2GabonLibreville1GeorgiaTbilisi1GermanyBerlin, Frankfurt2GhanaAccra1GreeceAthens1GuineaConakry1HungaryBudapest1IndiaNew Delhi2IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran, Mashhad2IraqBaghdad, Erbil2IrelandDublin1ItalyRome1JapanTokyo1JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana1KenyaNairobi2KuwaitKuwait City1KyrgyzstanBishkek1LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MaldivesMalé1MaliBamako1MauritaniaNouakchott1MauritiusPort Louis1MexicoMexico City1MoroccoRabat1MozambiqueMaputo1MyanmarYangon1NepalKathmandu1NetherlandsThe Hague1New ZealandWellington1NigerNiamey1NigeriaAbuja1NorwayOslo1OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad, Karachi3PalestineJerusalem2PeruLima1Philippinesماكاتي1PolandWarsaw1PortugalLisbon1QatarDoha1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow1SenegalDakar1SingaporeSingapore1SomaliaMogadishu1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Málaga2Sri LankaColombo1SudanKhartoum1SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern, Geneva2SyriaDamascus2TajikistanDushanbe1TanzaniaDar es Salaam1ThailandBangkok1TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2TurkmenistanAshgabat1UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C., New York City2UruguayMontevideo1UzbekistanTashkent1VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi1YemenSanaa1ZambiaLusaka1
Who can enter Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia?
152 missions, 116 countries.
Emergency: Saudi Arabia?
911, 112, 911 (emergency medical services), 999 (police)
Who can enter Saudi Arabia without a visa?
74: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates…