Dili - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the typical dress code at work and in public places? Is formal dress ever required?
Fairly casual. Rarely see a tie. - Apr 2025
Business casual, with some suits and formal wear needed, but rarely. Never seen tux here. - Mar 2025
Usually business casual, button up shirt, no tie, no jacket. Formal only for high level meetings. - Aug 2021
Too hot for formal wear and not many opportunities to dress up anyway. Our embassy does not have a Marine Security Guard unit, so we don't even have a Marine Ball to attend here. I wear capri pants and sandals to work all the time, although business casual is the norm at the embassy. - Sep 2017
Fairly laid back This is an island. Very rarely will you need formal dress. I really enjoy the tropical shirt Fridays. - May 2017
Business casual, sometimes even more casual. Timorese get dressed up for weddings, for formal government meetings, diplomatic receptions and every Sunday for church. - Sep 2016
Informal. - Nov 2013
Very casual to business casual. Leave your ball gowns and tuxedos at home. - Apr 2013
Conservative. I have been really impressed with how clean and nicely locals dress here. - Mar 2010
Conservitive. - Feb 2010
