Compare Tunisian Dinar Exchange Rates in Tunisia

Getting dinars for your trip to Tunisia

The dinar is a closed currency. The FCDO describes strict currency controls and says dinars may not be taken out of Tunisia, and the customs travellers' guide lists the dinar among goods that may be neither imported nor exported. In practice you travel with pounds, euros or a card and get dinars once you land.

You may bring in as much foreign cash as you like, but La Presse de Tunisie reports that customs require a declaration from 20,000 dinars (about 6,000 euros), the same threshold Webdo gives. A declaration made on entry stays valid for three months. If you might leave with 5,000 dinars' worth of foreign currency or more, declare it on arrival. Undeclared sums can be seized and a fine imposed.

Hotels, banks, bureaux de change and post offices all change money, the tourist office says. Since a central bank circular of 23 January 2026, exchange offices have had to check official ID from every client and keep records for ten years, so carry your passport.

Best ways to pay in Tunisia

Debit cards

A card with no foreign transaction fee keeps withdrawals cheaper. We found no published charge for foreign cards at Tunisian machines, so read your own bank's terms as well.

Credit cards

Handy for larger bills where they are taken. Check your issuer's charges before using one at a cash machine.

Cash machines

The tourist office says they are easy to find. Local fees and withdrawal limits for visitors are not published, so watch the screen.

Cash

Tips should be left in cash, the tourist office advises, and taxi fares, which start below one dinar, are easiest with small notes and coins.

Using cards in Tunisia

We found no official figure for how widely cards are accepted in Tunisia, so carry enough dinars to see you through each day.

• Hotels: ask at check-in whether your card is taken
• Restaurants: leave the tip in cash even if the bill goes on a card
• Taxis, markets and small cafes: plan on paying cash

Tips

• Pay in dinars: If a terminal or cash machine lets you choose between pounds and dinars, pick dinars; otherwise the merchant or machine sets the conversion rate.

ATMs in Tunisia

Cash machines are easy to find, according to the tourist office. As dinars cannot be taken home, withdraw a few days' spending at a time rather than one large sum.

Cash machines to use

• Machines attached to a bank branch, so help is close by if a card is retained
• Machines in busy, well-lit places

Cash machines to think twice about

• Any offer to convert the withdrawal into pounds
• Withdrawing far more than you will spend before you fly home

Check the fee on screen before you confirm, and remember that your UK bank may add its own charge.

Changing money in Tunisia

Use a bank or a licensed exchange office and ask for the slip every time: the FCDO tells visitors to keep official exchange receipts, and offices must now keep copies of their own. An office may refuse to go ahead if it cannot verify your identity or the reason for the exchange.

We could not open the airport operator's pages, so exchange desks and cash machines at Tunisia's airports are unconfirmed. Change a small amount on arrival if you need to and do the rest in town.

A hotel tax is due on arrival: 8 dinars per person per night at three-star hotels and 12 dinars at four- and five-star, for no more than ten nights, according to the FCDO. Set the cash aside for it.

Tipping in Tunisia

The tourist office suggests about 10 per cent in restaurants and a tip for drivers and guides, always in cash so it reaches the person who served you.

• Restaurants: around 10 per cent, in cash
• Drivers and guides: a cash tip