United Kingdom: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 270
- Consulates
- 144
- missions abroad
- 271
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 1
Live & travel in United Kingdom
Monthly budget
$4,150/mo
Prices vs USA: 92%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 0.748 GBP
Internet access
95%
of people online
Air quality
9.5
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
English
Emergency
112 · 999
Plug types
BS 1363
Calling code
+44
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Sep 8, 2026
3.6
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost1.7
- Safety4.3
- Internet access5.0
- Air quality4.5
- Climate2.6
SOS · United Kingdom112Restaurants, cafés and dishes in United KingdomThe Fat Duck · The Eagle and Child · Scotch egg · Crumble · Spotted dick · Digestive biscuit · Black pudding
Government consensus
Increased caution· 2 of 2 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Dec 26, 2026 · Boxing Day
- Dec 28, 2026 · Boxing Day (substitute day)
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Mar 26, 2027 · Good Friday
- Mar 29, 2027 · Easter Monday
- May 3, 2027 · Early May bank holiday
- May 31, 2027 · Spring bank holiday
Cities in United Kingdom
3.6 / 5United Kingdom
London
$4,150/mo · 7°C
3.5 / 5United Kingdom
City of Edinburgh
$4,150/mo · 6°C
3.5 / 5United Kingdom
Edinburgh
$4,150/mo · 6°C
3.6 / 5United Kingdom
Manchester
$4,150/mo · 7°C
3.6 / 5United Kingdom
Belfast
$4,150/mo · 8°C
4.0 / 5United Kingdom
Gibraltar
$4,150/mo · 17°C
4.0 / 5United Kingdom
Road Town
$4,150/mo · 28°C
Traveller essentials · United Kingdom
- Emergency
- 112 · 999
- Calling code
- +44
- Currency
- GBP
- Plug types
- BS 1363
- Drives on the
- left
- Capital
- London
- Time zone
- Europe/London
Foreign missions in United Kingdom
AfghanistanLondon1AlbaniaLondon2AlgeriaLondon2AngolaLondon2Antigua & BarbudaLondon1ArgentinaLondon2ArmeniaLondon1AustraliaLondon1AustriaLondon, Edinburgh2AzerbaijanLondon1BahamasLondon1BahrainLondon1BangladeshLondon, Birmingham, Manchester3BarbadosLondon1BelarusLondon1BelgiumLondon2BelizeLondon1BoliviaLondon1Bosnia and HerzegovinaLondon1BotswanaLondon1BrazilLondon, City of Edinburgh3British Virgin IslandsLondon1BruneiLondon1BulgariaLondon, City of Edinburgh3BurundiLondon1CambodiaLondon1CameroonLondon1CanadaLondon1ChileLondon1ChinaLondon, Manchester, Edinburgh5ColombiaLondon2Costa RicaLondon1Côte d’IvoireLondon, Aberdeen2CroatiaLondon1CubaLondon1CyprusLondon1CzechiaLondon, Manchester, Edinburgh4DenmarkLondon, City of Edinburgh, Aberdeen3DominicaLondon1Dominican RepublicLondon1DR CongoLondon1EcuadorLondon2EgyptLondon2El SalvadorLondon1Equatorial GuineaLondon1EritreaLondon1EstoniaLondon, City of Edinburgh, Cullerlie Echt3EswatiniLondon1EthiopiaLondon1Falkland IslandsLondon1FijiLondon1FinlandLondon, Edinburgh, Southampton4FranceLondon, Edinburgh, Aberdeen5GabonLondon1GambiaLondon1GeorgiaLondon, Aberdeen2GermanyLondon, City of Edinburgh3GhanaLondon1GreeceLondon1GrenadaLondon1GuatemalaLondon1GuineaLondon1GuyanaLondon1HaitiLondon1HondurasLondon1HungaryLondon, Edinburgh2IcelandLondon, Aberdeen, Edinburgh4IndiaLondon, Birmingham, City of Edinburgh3IndonesiaLondon1IranLondon2IraqLondon, Manchester3IrelandLondon, City of Edinburgh, Cardiff4IsraelLondon1ItalyLondon, Edinburgh4JamaicaLondon1JapanLondon, City of Edinburgh2JordanLondon1KazakhstanLondon1KenyaLondon1KosovoLondon1KuwaitLondon1KyrgyzstanLondon1LaosLondon1LatviaLondon2LebanonLondon2LesothoLondon1LiberiaLondon1LibyaLondon, Manchester2LithuaniaLondon1LuxembourgLondon, City of Edinburgh2MadagascarLondon1MalawiLondon1MalaysiaLondon1MaldivesLondon1MaltaLondon1MauritaniaLondon1MauritiusLondon1MexicoLondon1MoldovaLondon1MonacoLondon1MongoliaLondon1MontenegroLondon1MoroccoLondon2MozambiqueLondon1MyanmarLondon1NamibiaLondon1NepalLondon1NetherlandsLondon1New ZealandLondon, Belfast, City of Edinburgh3NicaraguaLondon1NigeriaLondon1North KoreaLondon1North MacedoniaLondon1NorwayLondon, City of Edinburgh, Aberdeen3OmanLondon1PakistanLondon, Manchester, Glasgow5PalestineLondon1PanamaLondon1Papua New GuineaLondon1ParaguayLondon1PeruLondon2PhilippinesLondon1PolandLondon, Edinburgh, Belfast6PortugalLondon2QatarLondon1RomaniaLondon, Edinburgh, Manchester6RussiaLondon, City of Edinburgh3RwandaLondon1Saudi ArabiaLondon1SenegalLondon1SerbiaLondon2SeychellesLondon1Sierra LeoneLondon1SingaporeLondon1SlovakiaLondon1SloveniaLondon, City of Edinburgh2South AfricaLondon1South KoreaLondon1South SudanLondon1SpainLondon, Edinburgh, Manchester5Sri LankaLondon1St. Kitts & NevisLondon1St. LuciaLondon1St. Vincent & GrenadinesLondon1SudanLondon1SwedenLondon1SwitzerlandLondon, City of Edinburgh2SyriaLondon1TaiwanLondon2TajikistanLondon1TanzaniaLondon1ThailandLondon1Timor-LesteLondon1TogoLondon1TongaLondon1Trinidad & TobagoLondon1TunisiaLondon1TürkiyeLondon, Manchester, Edinburgh5TurkmenistanLondon1TuvaluLondon1UgandaLondon1UkraineLondon, Edinburgh3United Arab EmiratesLondon2United StatesLondon, Belfast, Edinburgh3UruguayLondon1UzbekistanLondon1Vatican CityLondon1VenezuelaLondon2VietnamLondon1YemenLondon1ZambiaLondon1ZimbabweLondon1
United Kingdom missions abroad
AfghanistanKabul1AlbaniaTirana1AlgeriaAlgiers1AngolaLuanda1Antigua & Barbudaسانت جونز1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1ArmeniaYerevan1AustraliaCanberra, Melbourne, Brisbane5AustriaVienna, Graz2AzerbaijanBaku1BahamasNassau1BahrainManama1BangladeshDhaka, Sylhet2BarbadosBridgetown1BelarusMinsk1BelgiumBrussels2BelizeBelmopan1BoliviaLa Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra2Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BotswanaGaborone1BrazilBrasília, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte5BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1BulgariaSofia, Plovdiv2BurundiBujumbura1CambodiaPhnom Penh1CameroonYaoundé1CanadaOttawa, Calgary, Montreal5ChadN'Djamena1ChileLas Condes1ChinaBeijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong7ColombiaBogotá1Costa RicaSan José1Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1CroatiaZagreb, Split2CubaHavana1CuraçaoWillemstad1CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen1DjiboutiDjibouti2Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1DR CongoKinshasa1EcuadorQuito1EgyptCairo, Alexandria2El SalvadorSan Salvador1EritreaAsmara1EstoniaTallinn1EswatiniLobamba1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FijiSuva1FinlandHelsinki1FranceParis, Bordeaux, Marseille5French Guiana1GambiaBanjul1GeorgiaTbilisi1GermanyBerlin, Munich, Düsseldorf6GhanaAccra1GreeceAthens, Corfu, Crete5GreenlandNuuk1GrenadaSt. George's1GuatemalaGuatemala City1GuineaConakry1GuyanaGeorgetown1HaitiPort-au-Prince1HungaryBudapest1IcelandReykjavík1IndiaNew Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru9IndonesiaJakarta, Bali3IranTehran1IraqBaghdad, Erbil2IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome, Milan3JamaicaKingston1JapanTokyo, Osaka, Hakodate3JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana1KenyaNairobi1KosovoPristina1KuwaitKuwait City1KyrgyzstanBishkek1LaosVientiane1LatviaRiga1LebanonBeirut1LesothoMaseru1LiberiaMonrovia1LibyaTripoli1LithuaniaVilnius1LuxembourgLuxembourg1MadagascarAntananarivo1MalawiLilongwe1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur2MaldivesMalé1MaliBamako1MaltaValletta1MauritaniaNouakchott1MauritiusPort Louis1MexicoMexico City, Cancun2MoldovaChișinău1MongoliaUlaanbaatar1MontenegroPodgorica1MoroccoRabat1MozambiqueMaputo1MyanmarYangon1NamibiaWindhoek1NepalKathmandu1NetherlandsThe Hague, Amsterdam2New ZealandWellington, Auckland Region2NigerNiamey1NigeriaLagos, Abuja, Calabar4North KoreaPyongyang1North MacedoniaSkopje, Bitola2NorwayOslo2OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad, Karachi2PalestineJerusalem1PanamaPanama City1Papua New GuineaPort Moresby1ParaguayAsunción1PeruLima1PhilippinesManila1PolandWarsaw, Lublin3PortugalLisbon, Portimão2QatarDoha1Republic of the CongoBrazzaville1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg3RwandaKigali1SamoaApia1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah2SenegalDakar1SerbiaBelgrade1SeychellesVictoria1Sierra LeoneFreetown1SingaporeSingapore1SlovakiaBratislava1SloveniaLjubljana1Solomon IslandsHoniara1SomaliaMogadishu1South AfricaPretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg3South KoreaSeoul1South SudanJuba1SpainMadrid, Alicante, Barcelona10Sri LankaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte1St. LuciaCastries1St. Vincent & GrenadinesKingstown1SudanKhartoum1SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg3SwitzerlandBern1SyriaDamascus1TaiwanTaipei1TajikistanDushanbe1TanzaniaDar es Salaam1ThailandBangkok1TongaNukuʻalofa1Trinidad & TobagoPort of Spain1TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul, İzmir7TurkmenistanAshgabat1UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United StatesWashington, D.C., Miami, Los Angeles10UruguayMontevideo1UzbekistanTashkent1VanuatuPort Vila1VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City2YemenSanaa1ZambiaLusaka1ZimbabweHarare1
Who can enter United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom?
270 missions, 172 countries.
Emergency: United Kingdom?
112, 999
Who can enter United Kingdom without a visa?
1: Ireland…