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Facts For The Traveler

 

Visas: All except nationals of the member countries of ECOWAS must have a visa to visit Togo. Visitors must show a proof of yellow-fever vaccination at the time of entry at the airport. It is not usually checked at land crossings.

Health risks: Visitors must guard against schistosomiasis (bilharzia), malaria, cholera and yellow fever.

Other information:

Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF 506.25 per $US)
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +0
Dialling Code: 228
Electricity: 220V, 50Hz
Weights and measures: Metric

When To Visit

The best time to visit Togo is during the cooler period from November through February. The months of March through May are really hot and are immediately followed by a rainy season that lasts until October. The dry season is from December to the end of February but the skies are often dusty with the harmattan winds. Though December to March is the area's 'tourist season' provided visitors stick to the coastline. Crowds are thicker during this time but not as much as to fret over.

Events and Holidays

New Year's Day - 1 January
Meditation Day - 13 January
Day of Victory - 24 January
Easter holidays
Ras as-Sana
Tabaski
Independence Day - 27 April
Labour Day - 1 May
Ascention, Whit Monday - May or June
Eid al-Moulid - June or July
Day of the Martyrs - 21 June
Assumption - 15 August
All Saints' Day - 1 November
Christmas - 25 December
Eid al-Fitr - December or January