Country guide

Kuwait

Gulf city life around the Kuwait Towers, souq mornings and a corniche built for winter evenings.

Currency

KWD

Language

Arabic

English

Widely spoken

Payment

Cards everywhere

Power

Type G

230 V, 50 Hz

Dialing

+965

Destinations

Kuwait

Kuwait City

The Gulf capital that never remade itself for tourists: a souk that still serves its own city, serious Islamic art, and the Kuwait Towers over the bay.

✓ best Nov-Apr

Climate zones, month by month

Kuwait has 1 distinct climate zone. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

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Jan

19°

8°

24mm

3d rain

Feb

22°

9°

13mm

2d rain

Mar

26°

13°

18mm

2d rain

Apr

33°

19°

10mm

2d rain

May

40°

25°

4mm

0d rain

Jun

45°

29°

0mm

0d rain

Jul

47°

31°

0mm

0d rain

Aug

46°

30°

0mm

0d rain

Sep

43°

26°

0mm

0d rain

Oct

36°

21°

1mm

0d rain

Nov

27°

15°

18mm

2d rain

Dec

21°

9°

18mm

2d rain

✓ Best Nov-Apr · ✗ Avoid May-Sep

Watch for May-Oct extreme heat risk

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions