What plug type does St. Kitts & Nevis use?

St. Kitts & Nevis uses plug types A, B and G (IEC plug type letters).

What is the voltage and frequency in St. Kitts & Nevis?

Mains electricity in St. Kitts & Nevis is 230 V at 60 Hz.

What currency does St. Kitts & Nevis use?

The currency of St. Kitts & Nevis is East Caribbean Dollar (XCD, EC$).

Which side of the road do people drive on in St. Kitts & Nevis?

Traffic in St. Kitts & Nevis drives on the left.

Do you tip in St. Kitts & Nevis?

Rounding common. Hotel staff: 1-2 USD per night; Restaurants: Service included; Taxis: 10-15%; Tour guides: 10-15%.

St. Kitts & Nevis travel facts: plug type, voltage, currency, emergency numbers

Cited, source-linked facts for travellers to St. Kitts & Nevis (KN). Each value shows where it comes from, its license and when it was last verified.

Key facts

Plug types	Type A, B and G Source: Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors (CC0-1.0) · cross-checked with 1 source · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence medium · Report a wrong fact Note: Wikidata lists a generic 'British and related types' item; not mapped to a single IEC letter.
Voltage	230 V Source: Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors (CC0-1.0) · cross-checked with 1 source · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence medium · Report a wrong fact
Frequency	60 Hz Source: OpenVan.camp (CC-BY-4.0) · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence medium · Report a wrong fact
Currency	East Caribbean Dollar (XCD, EC$) Source: Unicode, Inc. (Unicode-3.0) · cross-checked with 2 sources · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence high · Report a wrong fact
Emergency numbers	Other numbers listed: 911 Source: Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors (CC0-1.0) · cross-checked with 1 source · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence medium · Report a wrong fact Note: Per-service breakdown not available from a public-domain/official source; see all_numbers.
Driving side	Drive on the left Source: Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors (CC0-1.0) · cross-checked with 1 source · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence medium · Report a wrong fact
Tipping	Rounding common. Hotel staff: 1-2 USD per night Restaurants: Service included Taxis: 10-15% Tour guides: 10-15% Source: Tipping Rules (CC-BY-4.0) · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence medium · Report a wrong fact Note: Editorial guidance about local custom, not a rule; amounts vary by venue and service.

Upcoming public holidays

National public holidays from 2026-10-15 to 2027-10-15, as of 2026-10-15 (the date this page was built).

2026-12-25 Christmas Day
2026-12-26 Boxing Day
2027-01-01 Carnival Day
2027-01-02 Carnival Day - Last Lap
2027-03-26 Good Friday
2027-03-29 Easter Monday
2027-05-03 Labour Day
2027-05-17 Whit Monday
2027-08-02 Emancipation Day
2027-08-03 Culturama Day - Last Lap
2027-09-16 National Heroes Day
2027-09-19 Independence Day
2027-09-20 Independence Day (observed)

Source for 2026: vacanza/holidays contributors (MIT) · cross-checked with 1 source · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence medium · Report a wrong fact
Note: National public holidays only; regional/subdivision holidays not included in v0.1.
Note: Holiday names in the library's default language for this country.

Source for 2027: vacanza/holidays contributors (MIT) · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence medium · Report a wrong fact
Note: National public holidays only; regional/subdivision holidays not included in v0.1.
Note: Holiday names in the library's default language for this country.

Entry rules for short tourist stays (visa pilot)

Informational only. This is not legal or immigration advice and not a boarding or entry decision. Entry rules are set by the destination country and can change without notice; always confirm with the official sources linked here, the destination government, and your carrier before travelling.

This is not a go/no-go decision. Entry is decided by the destination's border authorities. The summaries below repeat what the cited official sources say for three passports; your situation may differ.

United Kingdom passport

What the sources say: Electronic travel authorisation (ETA) needed before travel; maximum stay given: 180 days; an application before travel is needed.

Official sources:

Passport-country government travel advice

Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (OGL v3.0) · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence medium · Report a wrong fact

United States passport

What the sources say: Electronic travel authorisation (ETA) needed before travel; maximum stay given: 90 days; an application before travel is needed.

Official sources:

Passport-country government travel advice

Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (Public domain (US Government)) · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence medium · Report a wrong fact

Japan passport

What the sources say: Electronic travel authorisation (ETA) needed before travel; maximum stay given: 30 days; an application before travel is needed.

Official sources:

Passport-country government travel advice

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (PDL-1.0 (Japan Public Data License)) · verified 2026-10-15 · confidence medium · Report a wrong fact
Note: Status normalised by CitedTravel from the Japanese original; the quote is MOFA's text.

Use this in your agent

REST (no key needed for static facts, 60 requests/min):

curl https://citedtravel.com/v1/countries/KN

MCP (Streamable HTTP) at https://citedtravel.com/mcp, tool get_country_facts with {"country": "KN"}. Entry lookups: GET /v1/entry?passport=GB&destination=KN (free key or x402). See the docs.

Sources and attribution

Contains data from OpenVan.camp (CC BY 4.0), https://openvan.camp
Contains data from annexare/Countries (MIT)
Source: Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State (travel.state.gov)
Contains data from Tipping Rules' Global Tipping Dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://www.tippingrules.com/data/global-tipping-dataset; values restructured by CitedTravel
Holiday data generated with python-holidays (MIT)
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (FCDO foreign travel advice, GOV.UK).
出典：外務省海外安全ホームページ（各ページURL）を加工して作成 / Source: MOFA Japan Overseas Safety Website, edited and processed (summarised, normalised and translated) by CitedTravel. Not produced or endorsed by MOFA.

Licenses as shown next to each fact. See data licensing and the source register.

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Dataset version 2026.10.15-e46605b7. Same data as the API: /v1/countries/KN. Page built 2026-10-15.