Is it safe to travel to Libya right now?

FCDO advises against all travel to Libya except for the cities of:

• Tripoli
• Benghazi, Al-Bayda and Derna, and the surrounding area known as Jebel Akhdar, either side of the coastal and desert roads between and including the towns of Al-Maqrun and Al-Tamimi
• Misrata

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the cities of:

• Tripoli
• Benghazi, Al-Bayda and Derna, and the surrounding area knows as Jebel Akhdar, either side of the coastal and desert roads between and including the towns of Al-Maqrun and Al-Tamimi
• Misrata

Find out more about why the FCDO advises against travel .

Official notice Source: UK FCDO travel advice, areas where it advises against travel (Open Government Licence v3.0) · updated Jul 21, 2026

• Plugs: type C, F, L
• Power: 230 V, 50 Hz
• Traffic drives on the right
• Tap water: not recommended
• Calling code: +218

Compiled by Voyaggora from IEC World Plugs, government and consular sources. Confidence: low. Check with your embassy or hotel before you rely on it in an emergency.

ليبيا Arabic

Country names come from the Unicode CLDR. Phrases are short standard translations; show them on your phone to ask for help.

These are yearly statistics, not live data. They are estimates by WHO, UNICEF, IHME and UNODC, republished by the World Bank, and they describe the whole country, not a city or resort. Countries measure and report these figures in different ways, and the year of the newest figure differs from row to row.

Official notice Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Underlying estimates by WHO, UNICEF, IHME and UNODC, republished by the World Bank, database updated 2026-11-11. World median worked out by Voyaggora from the same World Bank data (median of countries with data, each country's latest year). · checked Nov 11, 23:01 UTC

Written by the Government of Canada for Canadian travellers. Laws change; the full, current text is on the Government of Canada page.

Read the full section

Official notice Source: Government of Canada, Travel Advice and Advisories for Libya. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. The text is the Government of Canada's own words, shown unchanged (long entries end at a full stop); Voyaggora adds nothing and interprets nothing (advice last updated October 6, 2026 09:33 EDT; data file generated 2026-10-06). · checked Nov 11, 23:01 UTC

• Level 4 (red) 第四級：紅色儘速離境 - 利比亞 - State of Libya
  Chinese label 紅色儘速離境 (literally: red, leave the country as soon as possible) · text is in Chinese: open the original · published Aug 27, 16:00 UTC

Live feed Source: Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan (BOCA) (dataset data.gov.tw/dataset/116026, Government Open Data License v1.0). The Chinese title is shown unchanged; the English wording of the level is a literal translation by Voyaggora. This is Taiwan's own government warning and does not mean BOCA endorses Voyaggora. · checked Nov 12, 03:09 UTC

From Wikidata (CC0). Wikidata is edited by volunteers and lists a role only where an editor has recorded one; check locally, for example with your embassy or hotel, before you rely on a number.

Live feed Source: Wikidata, Wikidata property P2852 “emergency phone number” · Wikidata data is CC0 (public domain) · checked Nov 10, 00:26 UTC

The UK government lists Libya among the nationalities that need a visa to visit the UK.

List: Immigration Rules Appendix Visitor: Visa national list, paragraph VN 1.1(a), 115 countries and territorial entities. Latest change recorded by GOV.UK: Mar 5, 2026. This is only the visa national list; the Rules contain other conditions, so read the full page on GOV.UK.

Official notice Source: GOV.UK, UK Home Office · Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked Nov 11, 16:58 UTC

Libya is not on the list of countries DHS shows as currently designated for the US Visa Waiver Program.

DHS page “Last Updated”: Oct 28, 2026. The page lists countries; whether a particular traveller qualifies is set by DHS, see the page.

Official notice Source: Visa Waiver Program, US Department of Homeland Security · US government work, not subject to copyright (17 U.S.C. § 105) · checked Nov 11, 16:58 UTC

IRCC’s processing-time tool answers the question “Where are you applying from?”. For visitor-visa applications made from Libya, it shows:

• 32 days: Visitor visa (from outside Canada)

IRCC’s own figures, as of November 4, 2026. IRCC says: “Your application may take longer than the times shown here. They’re not a maximum or a guarantee.” The time depends on where the application is made, not on citizenship, and whether a visa or an eTA is needed depends on the traveller; check IRCC. Tool and details: IRCC check processing times.

Live feed Source: Check processing times, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · checked Nov 11, 22:59 UTC

Libya is named in the list of countries in the text of the newest entry proclamation in the Federal Register: “Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the Security of the United States” (Proclamation 10998, signed Dec 16, 2025, published Dec 19, 2025). Full text: govinfo PDF (official) · Federal Register

It is named in:

• Section 2, headed “Continued Full Suspension of Entry for Nationals of Countries of Identified Concern”

This page only reports that the country is named in those sections, using the document’s own headings. It does not say what that means for any traveller, whether exceptions apply, or whether a later document changes it. Read the full text. Only this newest document was read for this list.

Official notice Source: Federal Register: proclamations, Office of the Federal Register (NARA) / US Government Publishing Office · US government work, not subject to copyright (17 U.S.C. § 105) · checked Nov 12, 03:03 UTC

The FAA's rule “Extension of the Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Territory and Airspace of Libya” (90 FR 13070, published Mar 20, 2025) says: “This action extends the prohibition against certain flight operations in the territory and airspace of Libya by all: U.S. air carriers; U.S. commercial operators; persons exercising the privileges of an airman certificate issued by the FAA, except when such persons are operating U.S.-registered aircraft for a foreign air carrier; and operators of U.S.-registered civil aircraft, except when the operator of such aircraft is a foreign air carrier for an additional three years, from March 20, 2025, to March 20, 2028.” It also states: “This SFAR will remain in effect until March 20, 2028.” Read the rule.

This is a US rule for US operators, published by the FAA in the Federal Register. The FAA also issues other airspace notices that are not part of this list.

Official notice Source: Federal Register, Federal Aviation Administration (US government work, public domain) · checked Nov 12, 00:31 UTC

Each government’s own words and date, shown side by side. Voyaggora does not compare or rank them.

Getting around

• Planets tonight Above the horizon after dark (about 19:37 local): Saturn. Calculated from astronomy (astral, Astronomy Engine) and the IANA time zone database.

Weather, sea and nature

• UV index forecast, Tripoli: peak 3.7 (moderate) around 11:00 UTC (Thu) in the next 24 hours, if the sky is clear. Cloud lowers it; protect your skin from 3 upward. Source: MET Norway (NLOD 2.0 and CC BY 4.0), forecast of 2026-11-12 01:17 UTC. Checked Nov 12, 02:06 UTC.
• Official forecast, Tripoli (5 days): 11-12: Partly Cloudy, 21 to 31 °C; 11-13: Sunny, 21 to 31 °C. Issued 2026-11-11 11:35:00 local time by National Meteorological Centre. Source: WMO World Weather Information Service, forecast supplied by the national weather service. Checked Nov 12, 03:21 UTC.

Events, holidays and sport

• Next public holidays: Independence Day (Thu 24 Dec); Anniversary of the February 17 Revolution (Wed 17 Feb); Eid al-Fitr (expected Tue 9 Mar) · Shops, banks and attractions may close and prices rise. Dates marked expected follow the lunar calendar and can differ by a day. Computed with the open-source python-holidays library (MIT); check the official calendar.
• Solar eclipse A total solar eclipse on 2 August 2027 is visible from inside Libya (best at about 29.0°N, 24.8°E). Tripoli is inside the total path. Calculated from astronomy (astral, Astronomy Engine) and the IANA time zone database.

Other live notices

• Latest official air temperature readings: Sirte 18.9 °C (02:00 UTC), Yefren 17.3 °C (02:00 UTC), El Khoms 20.2 °C (02:00 UTC). Source: lnmc through WMO WIS2 (core data, free and unrestricted under the WMO data policy). Checked Nov 12, 03:21 UTC.
• Daylight today in Tripoli (capital): sunrise 07:34, sunset 18:07 (10 h 33 min of daylight, local time Africa/Tripoli); moon: waxing crescent, about 5% lit. Calculated from astronomy (NOAA solar-position equations), accurate to a couple of minutes; not an official feed. Moon phase from the mean lunar cycle. Updated Nov 12, 03:09 UTC.
• Light and clocks in Tripoli (capital): Golden hour (soft photo light) 07:34 to 08:09 and 17:32 to 18:07; blue hour after sunset 18:07 to 18:43; daylight is shrinking by 2 minutes a day. No clock change is scheduled in the next 14 months. Local time in Tripoli: UTC+2. Calculated from astronomy and the international time-zone database; governments can change clock rules at short notice, so check before you travel. Not an official feed.

Live feed Sources: NOAA / NWS (ash advisories from the ICAO Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres, aurora from the Space Weather Prediction Center), USGS, GeoNet New Zealand (CC BY 3.0 NZ) · checked Nov 12, 03:43 UTC

• Airspace of Libya
  Issued Mar 30, 2017 · valid until 31/01/2027 unless reviewed earlier

Airlines can reroute, delay or cancel flights that cross affected airspace. Check with your airline before you travel.

Live feed Source: EASA Conflict Zone Information Bulletins · checked Nov 12, 03:13 UTC

Vaccines, malaria and yellow-fever certificate rules: TravelHealthPro country pages (UK Health Security Agency), CDC destination pages, UK Foreign Office health advice. Ask a travel clinic 6 to 8 weeks before you go.

1 US dollar ≈ 6.42 LYD · 1 euro ≈ 7.18 LYD

Central-bank reference rate for Nov 11, 2026. Your card or exchange desk will differ.

Live feed Source: Frankfurter · checked Nov 12, 03:13 UTC

• Weather service: Libya met (in Arabic)
• Disaster and civil protection: National Center for Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management
• Health ministry: Ministry of Health (in Arabic)
• Main airport or aviation authority: Libyan Civil Aviation Authority (in Arabic)
• Official tourism board: Ministry of Tourism (in Arabic)
• Emergency number(s): 1412 (Emergency Medicine and Support Center toll-free; medical) (official page)

Links to the official government bodies, checked by us. Voyaggora does not run these sites. For anything urgent, use the official emergency number.