No visa needed

Do citizens of Cuba need a visa for Barbados?

Citizens of Cuba don’t need a visa for Barbados and can stay up to 28 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 Cuba: the passport opens 27 countries visa-free; Havana — Bridgetown: ≈ 2,640 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: 28 days

Can I travel to Barbados without a visa on a Cuba passport?

Yes, citizens of Cuba don’t need a visa for Barbados for up to 28 days. A valid passport is enough.

Barbados visa rules at a glance

With a Cuba passport you can visit 27 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 50 with an e-visa; 95 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Cuba passport ranks 153rd of 199.
Cuba passport: visa-free access to 27 countries; Barbados passport: 105.
Citizens of Cuba and Barbados can travel together visa-free to 19 countries, for example: Nicaragua, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Belarus, Palestine, Kiribati, Fiji, Uzbekistan, Micronesia, and Vanuatu.
Citizens of Barbados, in turn, don’t need a visa for Cuba. Cuba visa for citizens of Barbados

Travelling to Barbados: good to know

Havana — Bridgetown: about 2,640 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Barbadian Dollar.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BBD 2.00.
Barbados is the 25th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Cuba.