Unicode category

Travel and place emojis

Transport, landmarks, buildings, the sky and the sea.

221emojis ยท tap any to copy

Overview

Travel emojis cover transport, landmarks, buildings, weather and the sky. It is the group with the most single-purpose characters โ€” ๐Ÿ›บ ๐ŸšŸ ๐Ÿ—ผ are precise, and precisely because of that, rarely used.

The workhorses are few: โœˆ๏ธ for travel of any kind, ๐ŸŒŠ ๐Ÿ๏ธ ๐ŸŒ™ for mood, and ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ for plans.

01 โ€” The set

Travel & Place Emojis copy and paste

Tap an emoji to copy it, or open it for the meaning, platform designs and codes.

Sky & weather 48 emojis

Closed Umbrella
Umbrella
Sun with Face
Full Moon Face
New Moon Face
Full Moon
Last Quarter Moon
New Moon
First Quarter Moon
Crescent Moon
Ringed Planet
Star
Glowing Star
High Voltage
Comet
Fire
Tornado
Rainbow
Sun
Sun Behind Small Cloud
Sun Behind Large Cloud
Cloud
Sun Behind Rain Cloud
Cloud with Rain
Cloud with Lightning
Cloud with Snow
Snowflake
Snowman
Wind Face
Droplet
Water Wave
Umbrella On Ground
Shooting Star
Milky Way
Thermometer
Cyclone
Fog

Place building 27 emojis

Rock
Statue Of Liberty
Tokyo Tower
Castle
Japanese Castle
Stadium
Hut
House
House with Garden
Houses
Derelict House
Building Construction
Factory
Office Building
Department Store
Post Office
Hospital
Bank
Hotel
Convenience Store
School
Love Hotel
Wedding
Classical Building
Brick
Wood

Place map 7 emojis

World Map
Map of Japan
Compass

Transport ground 50 emojis

Skateboard
Roller Skate
Automobile
Taxi
Bus
Trolleybus
Racing Car
Police Car
Ambulance
Fire Engine
Minibus
Pickup Truck
Delivery Truck
Articulated Lorry
Tractor
Manual Wheelchair
Motorized Wheelchair
Kick Scooter
Bicycle
Motor Scooter
Motorcycle
Auto Rickshaw
Police Car Light
Oncoming Bus
Oncoming Taxi
Wheel
Railway Car
Tram Car
Mountain Railway
Monorail
High-speed Train
Bullet Train
Light Rail
Locomotive
Train
Metro
Tram
Station
Fuel Pump
Construction
Bus Stop
Railway Track
Motorway
Oil Drum
Stop Sign

Transport air 13 emojis

Parachute
Aerial Tramway
Mountain Cableway
Suspension Railway
Airplane
Airplane Departure
Airplane Arrival
Small Airplane
Seat
Satellite
Rocket
Flying Saucer
Helicopter

Place other 17 emojis

Circus Tent
Ferris Wheel
Roller Coaster
Playground Slide
Carousel Horse
Fountain
Tent
Sunrise
Sunset
Cityscape at Dusk
Cityscape
Night with Stars
Bridge at Night
Foggy
Barber Pole
Hot Springs

Transport water 10 emojis

Canoe
Sailboat
Speedboat
Motor Boat
Passenger Ship
Ferry
Ship
Anchor
Ring Buoy

Place geographic 10 emojis

Beach with Umbrella
Desert Island
Desert
Volcano
Mountain
Snow-capped Mountain
Mount Fuji
Camping
National Park

Place religious 6 emojis

Church
Mosque
Synagogue
Hindu Temple
Kaaba
Shinto Shrine

Time 31 emojis

Watch
Stopwatch
Timer Clock
Alarm Clock
Mantelpiece Clock
Hourglass Done
One Oโ€™clock
Two Oโ€™clock
Four Oโ€™clock
Five Oโ€™clock
Six Oโ€™clock
Nine Oโ€™clock
Ten Oโ€™clock
One-thirty
Two-thirty
Three-thirty
Four-thirty
Five-thirty
Six-thirty
Seven-thirty
Eight-thirty
Nine-thirty
Ten-thirty
Eleven-thirty
Twelve-thirty

Everything else 2 emojis

Luggage
Bellhop Bell

02 โ€” Meanings

Travel & Place Emojis and their meanings

What each one actually says in a chat โ€” the reading, not the dictionary name.

๐Ÿงณ
Luggage

Generally, the ๐Ÿงณ emoji means โ€œtravelโ€ or โ€œgoing away.โ€

๐ŸŒ‚
Closed Umbrella

Generally, the ๐ŸŒ‚ emoji means rain or that someone is seeking shelter from the weather.

โ˜‚๏ธ
Umbrella

Generally, the umbrella emoji just means rain or weather.

๐Ÿชจ
Rock

Generally, it just means "rock" or โ€œstone.โ€

๐ŸŒž
Sun with Face

Generally, ๐ŸŒž means someone is feeling happy and cheerful, like the sun is shining.

๐ŸŒ
Full Moon Face

Generally, it just means the person is referencing the full moon.

๐ŸŒ›
First Quarter Moon Face

Generally, ๐ŸŒ› means youโ€™re feeling sleepy, peaceful, or like youโ€™re dreaming.

๐ŸŒœ
Last Quarter Moon Face

Generally, the ๐ŸŒœ emoji means someone is feeling calm, sleepy, or peaceful.

๐ŸŒš
New Moon Face

Basically, it's just a cute way to say somethingโ€™s dark or mysterious.

๐ŸŒ•
Full Moon

Generally, the full moon emoji just means a full moon.

๐ŸŒ–
Waning Gibbous Moon

Generally, ๐ŸŒ– means the Waning Gibbous Moon.

๐ŸŒ—
Last Quarter Moon

Generally, ๐ŸŒ— means "the last quarter moon."

๐ŸŒ˜
Waning Crescent Moon

Generally, ๐ŸŒ˜ means a waning crescent moon.

๐ŸŒ‘
New Moon

Basically, when someone sends you ๐ŸŒ‘ in a text, theyโ€™re usually talking about a new beginning or a period of darkness before something new starts.

๐ŸŒ’
Waxing Crescent Moon

Generally, ๐ŸŒ’ means โ€œgood luckโ€ or โ€œIโ€™m thinking of you.โ€

๐ŸŒ“
First Quarter Moon

Generally, it just means โ€œthe first quarter moon.โ€

๐ŸŒ”
Waxing Gibbous Moon

Generally, ๐ŸŒ” means "waxing gibbous moon."

๐ŸŒ™
Crescent Moon

Generally, it just means the moon!

๐ŸŒŽ
Globe Showing Americas

Generally, it just means โ€œEarthโ€ or โ€œthe planet.โ€

๐ŸŒ
Globe Showing Europe-Africa

Generally, ๐ŸŒ means Earth, planet, or the world.

๐ŸŒ
Globe Showing Asia-Australia

Generally, when someone uses the ๐ŸŒ emoji, they're talking about Earth, the planet we live on.

๐Ÿช
Ringed Planet

Basically, itโ€™s just a cute way to represent a planet.

โญ
Star

Generally, it means โ€œamazingโ€ or โ€œcool.โ€

๐ŸŒŸ
Glowing Star

Generally, ๐ŸŒŸ means something is amazing, brilliant, or wonderful.

โšก
High Voltage

Generally, it means something is powerful, fast, or shocking.

โ˜„๏ธ
Comet

Generally, the comet emoji just means a shooting star or something that appears suddenly and briefly.

๐Ÿ”ฅ
Fire

Generally, ๐Ÿ”ฅ means something is amazing, hot, or exciting.

๐ŸŒช๏ธ
Tornado

Generally, the ๐ŸŒช๏ธ emoji means a severe storm or a turbulent situation.

๐ŸŒˆ
Rainbow

Generally, the ๐ŸŒˆ emoji just means โ€œrainbow.โ€

โ˜€๏ธ
Sun

Generally, โ˜€๏ธ means the sun itself.

๐ŸŒค๏ธ
Sun Behind Small Cloud

Basically, it just means โ€œpartly cloudyโ€ or โ€œitโ€™s a bit cloudy but still nice.โ€

โ›…
Sun Behind Cloud

It usually just means itโ€™s partly cloudy outside.

๐ŸŒฅ๏ธ
Sun Behind Large Cloud

Generally, ๐ŸŒฅ๏ธ just means itโ€™s cloudy out.

โ˜๏ธ
Cloud

Generally, the โ˜๏ธ emoji just means a cloud.

๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ
Sun Behind Rain Cloud

Generally, ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ means itโ€™s raining or cloudy, but with some sunshine breaking through.

๐ŸŒง๏ธ
Cloud with Rain

Generally, it just means rain.

โ›ˆ๏ธ
Cloud with Lightning and Rain

Generally, it means thereโ€™s bad weather โ€“ rain, lightning, and thunder.

๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ
Cloud with Lightning

Generally, ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ means a thunderstorm or severe weather.

๐ŸŒจ๏ธ
Cloud with Snow

Basically, itโ€™s just showing that itโ€™s snowing or that itโ€™s cold and snowy.

โ„๏ธ
Snowflake

Generally, the snowflake emoji just means โ€œsnowflake.โ€

โ˜ƒ๏ธ
Snowman

Generally, the snowman emoji just means a snowman.

โ›„
Snowman Without Snow

Generally, it just means a snowman!

๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ
Wind Face

Generally, it just means "wind."

๐Ÿ’ง
Droplet

Generally, the ๐Ÿ’ง emoji just means water.

โ˜”
Umbrella with Rain Drops

Generally, the โ˜” emoji just means it's raining or you want to talk about rain.

๐ŸŒŠ
Water Wave

Generally, ๐ŸŒŠ means water or waves.

๐Ÿ›น
Skateboard

Generally, the ๐Ÿ›น emoji means skateboarding.

๐Ÿ›ผ
Roller Skate

Generally, the ๐Ÿ›ผ emoji means roller skating.

๐Ÿช‚
Parachute

Generally, the ๐Ÿช‚ emoji just means a parachute.

๐ŸŽช
Circus Tent

Generally, ๐ŸŽช means something is exciting, crazy, or a bit chaotic.

๐Ÿš—
Automobile

Generally, when someone sends you the ๐Ÿš— emoji, theyโ€™re just saying theyโ€™re going to drive or that they like cars.

๐Ÿš•
Taxi

Generally, the ๐Ÿš• emoji means someone needs or wants a taxi ride.

๐Ÿš™
Sport Utility Vehicle

Generally, when someone sends you ๐Ÿš™ in a text, theyโ€™re just referencing an SUV or a large car.

๐ŸšŒ
Bus

Generally, the ๐ŸšŒ emoji just means โ€œbusโ€.

๐ŸšŽ
Trolleybus

Generally, the ๐ŸšŽ emoji just means a trolleybus.

๐ŸŽ๏ธ
Racing Car

Generally, it just means โ€œracing car.โ€

๐Ÿš“
Police Car

Generally, the ๐Ÿš“ emoji means a police car.

๐Ÿš‘
Ambulance

Generally, the ๐Ÿš‘ emoji means โ€œIโ€™m here to helpโ€ or โ€œLet me take care of that.โ€

๐Ÿš’
Fire Engine

It usually means "emergency" or "urgent."

๐Ÿš
Minibus

Generally, when someone sends you a ๐Ÿš, theyโ€™re referencing a minibus or van.

03 โ€” Most used

The travel emojis people actually send

Ranked by how often they are used, not by Unicode order. Every vendor draws them differently โ€” this is what your message looks like on the other side.

All popular emojis โ†’
๐Ÿ”ฅ Fire #16 most used ยท 2010
Fire on Apple
Apple
Fire on Google
Google
Fire on Twitter / X
Twitter / X
Fire on Facebook
Facebook
Fire on OpenMoji
OpenMoji
Fire on Samsung
Samsung

04 โ€” Abroad

Which of these change meaning in other countries

The same picture, a different message. These are the ones from this set worth checking before you send them to someone in another country.

โ›ช๏ธ Church reads differently

A Christian building icon used broadly for โ€œchurchโ€ across denominations, which flattens real differences some people notice.

๐Ÿ•Œ Mosque reads differently

Represents Islam broadly and is used respectfully in daily messaging, but it has also shown up in xenophobic online rhetoric.

๐Ÿ•‹ Kaaba reads differently

Depicts the holiest site in Islam, the focal point of the Hajj pilgrimage โ€” not a generic building icon to drop in casually.

05 โ€” Combinations

Travel & Place Emojis combinations

Ready-made combos built only from this set โ€” for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.

All combinations โ†’

06 โ€” How to use

How to use travel emojis

Copy & paste
Tap any emoji above to copy it. It pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord, a document or a form โ€” no app needed.
In a bio
Two to four characters is the practical limit โ€” longer strings get truncated in bio previews on most apps.
On every device
You copy the character, not the picture. Apple, Google, X and Facebook each draw their own version.

07 โ€” Timeline

When travel emojis arrived

This set was not added at once. It grew over 16 years, which is why the drawing styles inside it do not always match.

2010 102 emojis
2014 59 emojis
2015 34 emojis
2016 4 emojis
2017 1 emoji
2018 4 emojis
2019 6 emojis
2020 5 emojis
2021 3 emojis
2025 1 emoji
2026 2 emojis

08 โ€” FAQ

Travel & Place Emojis โ€” questions

What are travel emojis?
Travel emojis cover transport, landmarks, buildings, weather and the sky. It is the group with the most single-purpose characters โ€” ๐Ÿ›บ ๐ŸšŸ ๐Ÿ—ผ are precise, and precisely because of that, rarely used.
How many travel emojis are there?
This page lists 221 travel emojis, taken from the full Unicode set of 1923 emojis. Each one links to its own page with the meaning, platform designs, codes and downloads.
How do I copy and paste travel emojis?
Tap any emoji above to copy it โ€” it pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord and any text field. Try ๐Ÿงณ ๐ŸŒ‚ โ˜‚๏ธ ๐Ÿชจ ๐ŸŒž ๐ŸŒ ๐ŸŒ› ๐ŸŒœ.
Will these travel emojis look the same for everyone?
The characters are identical everywhere, but the artwork is not: Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, X and Facebook each draw their own version.
Can I use travel emojis in an Instagram bio or a username?
In a bio, yes โ€” two to four characters read as deliberate, longer strings get truncated in previews. Usernames are stricter: Instagram and TikTok allow emojis in the display name but not in the handle.
What are the best travel emojis combinations?
The combinations block on this page is built only from this set, so everything in it stays on palette. Two to four emojis works best.

09 โ€” Nearby

Collections close to travel emojis

These share the most emoji with this page โ€” weather emojis overlaps most, with 17 of the same characters.