No visa needed

Do citizens of Mauritania need a visa for Benin?

Citizens of Mauritania 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 Mauritania: the passport opens 26 countries visa-free; Nouakchott — Porto-Novo: ≈ 2,390 km, about 3.5 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 Mauritania passport?

Yes, citizens of Mauritania 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 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; Benin passport: 34.
Citizens of Mauritania and Benin can travel together visa-free to 22 countries, for example: Senegal, Gambia, Cape Verde, Mali, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Tunisia, Chad, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Rwanda, and Haiti.
Citizens of Benin, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Mauritania. Mauritania visa for citizens of Benin

Travelling to Benin: good to know

Nouakchott — Porto-Novo: about 2,390 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Nouakchott 12:00 — Porto-Novo 13:00.
Local currency: West African CFA Franc.
Languages: French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ F CFA 575.
Benin is the 16th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Mauritania.