Currency and formatting
- Currency
- United States Dollar (USD)
- Symbol
- US$ — placed after the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- 123 456,78 US$
- Thousands separator
- Decimal separator
- ,
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 1 USD (pivot, 2026-07-17)
Tax
- 2.5% — import
- 5% — hotels services
Payment methods in Timor-Leste
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 mosan
- 03 bank transfer
- 04 card
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- pt-TL
- Official languages
- Portuguese, Tetum
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +670
- Mobile format
- +670 7XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 8
Timor-Leste: common questions
What currency does Timor-Leste use?
Timor-Leste uses the United States Dollar (USD), symbol US$. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as 123 456,78 US$.
How many decimal places does USD have?
USD has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the Sales Tax rate in Timor-Leste?
The standard Sales Tax rate in Timor-Leste is 0.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Timor-Leste?
The methods that matter in Timor-Leste, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, mosan, bank transfer, card.
What is the dialling code for Timor-Leste?
Timor-Leste's country calling code is +670. Mobile numbers are formatted +670 7XXX XXXX (8 digits after the country code).
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