Kuwait

The country calling code for Kuwait is +965. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Kuwait number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Kuwait is assigned KW as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and KWT as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Kuwait is .kw. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Kuwait is the Kuwaiti dinar, with the ISO 4217 code KWD and the symbol د.ك. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Kuwait are quoted in KWD. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Kuwait is +03:00, currently UTC+03:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Kuwait is Kuwait City. Kuwait sits in Asia, specifically the Western Asia subregion. Its approximate centre point is 29.50000000, 45.75000000. Traffic in Kuwait drives on the right. Languages recorded for Kuwait: Arabic.

Kuwait shares a land border with 2 countries: Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.