Is it safe to travel to Tonga right now?

Emergency 911 Police 922 Ambulance 933 Fire 999

• Plugs: type I
• Power: 240 V, 50 Hz
• Traffic drives on the left
• Tap water: varies
• Calling code: +676

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

Tonga Tongan

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 Tonga. 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 13, 2026 16:06 EDT; data file generated 2026-10-13). · checked Nov 11, 23:01 UTC

• Level 1 (grey) 第一級：灰色提醒 - 東加王國 - Tonga
  Chinese label 灰色提醒 (literally: grey, reminder) · text is in Chinese: open the original · published May 1, 01:47 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

Tonga is not on the list of nationalities that need a visa for a visit (check the rules for your purpose).

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

Tonga 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 Tonga, it shows:

• IRCC shows no processing time for a visitor visa (from outside Canada) for applications made from Tonga.

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

Tonga 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 5, headed “Partial 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

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

• Embassy alert Oct 3, 00:58 UTC
  Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Nukualofa, Tonga Read on the embassy site

Live feed Source: U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy and Consulate websites (public alerts for U.S. citizens; US government works) · checked Nov 12, 03:41 UTC

Getting around

• Planets tonight Above the horizon after dark (about 20:26 local): Saturn. Calculated from astronomy (astral, Astronomy Engine) and the IANA time zone database.

Weather, sea and nature

• UV index forecast, Nuku‘alofa: peak 12.9 (extreme) around 23:00 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.
• Tides today in Tonga: Nuku'alofa (2026-11-11): Low 02:05 1.57 m · High 08:10 2.45 m · Low 13:55 1.65 m · High 20:22 2.59 m. Predicted high and low tide times (local time) and heights above chart datum; real water levels shift with weather and swell. Source: NOAA CO-OPS (US government data, public domain). Checked Nov 12, 02:06 UTC.
• Earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more near Tonga, past 7 days: 1. Strongest: M5.1, 91 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga, Nov 7, 23:27 UTC (details). Most recent: M5.1, 91 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga, Nov 7, 23:27 UTC. Events are matched to this country by the place name USGS gives, so offshore quakes near neighbouring countries may be listed on their page instead; the hub lists every strong quake worldwide. Source: US Geological Survey (public domain). Checked Nov 12, 03:41 UTC.
• Coral reef heat stress (snorkelling and diving): northern Tonga: no stress (warmest sea surface 27.3 °C, -0.6 °C against normal, accumulated heat stress 0.0 °C-weeks); southern Tonga: no stress (warmest sea surface 25.3 °C, -0.3 °C against normal, accumulated heat stress 0.0 °C-weeks). Satellite-based, 5 km areas, data of 2026-11-10 (about 3 days behind). Alert Level 1 and 2 mean bleaching is likely. Courtesy: NOAA Coral Reef Watch. Checked Nov 11, 23:01 UTC.

Events, holidays and sport

• Next public holidays: Anniversary of the Coronation of HM King George Tupou I (expected Mon 7 Dec); Christmas Day (Fri 25 Dec); Boxing Day (Sat 26 Dec) · 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.

Other live notices

• Daylight today in Nuku‘alofa (capital): sunrise 05:53, sunset 18:57 (13 h 04 min of daylight, local time Pacific/Tongatapu); 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 Nuku‘alofa (capital): Golden hour (soft photo light) 05:53 to 06:23 and 18:26 to 18:57; blue hour after sunset 18:57 to 19:30; daylight is growing by 1 minute a day. No clock change is scheduled in the next 14 months. Local time in Nuku‘alofa: UTC+13. 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

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 ≈ 2.40 TOP · 1 euro ≈ 2.69 TOP

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: Tonga Meteorological Service
• Weather warnings: Tonga Met Forecast Bulletin
• Health ministry: Ministry of Health
• Official tourism board: Ministry of Tourism Tonga

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