No visa needed

Do citizens of Belize need a visa for Benin?

Citizens of Belize don’t need a visa for Benin 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 Belize: the passport opens 59 countries visa-free; Belmopan — Porto-Novo: ≈ 9,940 km, about 13 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 Benin without a visa on a Belize passport?

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

Benin visa rules at a glance

With a Belize passport you can visit 59 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 45 with an e-visa; 71 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Belize passport ranks 97th of 199.
Belize passport: visa-free access to 59 countries; Benin passport: 34.
Citizens of Belize and Benin can travel together visa-free to 17 countries, for example: Bahamas, Haiti, Ecuador, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Gambia, Micronesia, Rwanda, South Africa, Kenya, Philippines, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Malaysia.
Citizens of Benin, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Belize. Belize visa for citizens of Benin

Travelling to Benin: good to know

Belmopan — Porto-Novo: about 9,940 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 13 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Belmopan 12:00 — Porto-Novo 19:00.
Local currency: West African CFA Franc.
Languages: French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ F CFA 575.
Benin is the 84th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Belize.