No visa needed

Do citizens of Mauritania need a visa for Algeria?

Citizens of Mauritania don’t need a visa for Algeria and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Mauritania: the passport opens 26 countries visa-free; Nouakchott — Algiers: ≈ 2,790 km, about 4 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Algeria without a visa on a Mauritania passport?

Yes, citizens of Mauritania don’t need a visa for Algeria for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Algeria visa rules at a glance

With a Mauritania passport you can visit 26 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Mauritania passport ranks 157th of 199.
Mauritania passport: visa-free access to 26 countries; Algeria passport: 21.
Citizens of Mauritania and Algeria can travel together visa-free to 15 countries, for example: Gambia, Mali, Benin, Tunisia, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Rwanda, Haiti, Kenya, Seychelles, Malaysia, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
A language both countries share: Arabic.
Mauritania and Algeria share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Algeria, in turn, don’t need a visa for Mauritania. Mauritania visa for citizens of Algeria

Travelling to Algeria: good to know

Nouakchott — Algiers: about 2,790 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Nouakchott 12:00 — Algiers 13:00.
Local currency: Algerian Dinar.
Languages: Arabic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ DZD 134.
Algeria is the 19th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Mauritania.