No visa needed

Do citizens of the United Kingdom need a visa for Angola?

Citizens of the United Kingdom don’t need a visa for Angola and can stay up to 30 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 the United Kingdom: the passport opens 115 countries visa-free; London — Luanda: ≈ 6,830 km, about 9 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Angola without a visa on a United Kingdom passport?

Yes, citizens of the United Kingdom don’t need a visa for Angola for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Angola visa rules at a glance

With a United Kingdom passport you can visit 115 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 32 with an e-visa; 19 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the United Kingdom passport ranks 34th of 199.
United Kingdom passport: visa-free access to 115 countries; Angola passport: 23.
Citizens of the United Kingdom and Angola can travel together visa-free to 18 countries, for example: Tunisia, Gambia, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, Rwanda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Zambia, Seychelles, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, and Mauritius.
Citizens of Angola, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the United Kingdom. United Kingdom visa for citizens of Angola

Travelling to Angola: good to know

London — Luanda: about 6,830 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Angolan Kwanza.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ AOA 931.
Angola is the 117th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the United Kingdom.