No visa needed

Do citizens of Niger need a visa for Benin?

Citizens of Niger 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 Niger: the passport opens 30 countries visa-free; Niamey — Porto-Novo: ≈ 780 km, about 1.5 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 Niger passport?

Yes, citizens of Niger 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 Niger passport you can visit 30 countries visa-free, 21 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 101 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Niger passport ranks 142nd of 199.
Niger passport: visa-free access to 30 countries; Benin passport: 34.
Citizens of Niger and Benin can travel together visa-free to 28 countries, for example: Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Mali, Ivory Coast, Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Central African Republic, Senegal, and Tunisia.
A language both countries share: French.
Both countries use the same currency — West African CFA Franc — so there is no need to exchange money.
Niger and Benin share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Benin, in turn, don’t need a visa for Niger. Niger visa for citizens of Benin

Travelling to Benin: good to know

Niamey — Porto-Novo: about 780 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: West African CFA Franc.
Languages: French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ F CFA 575.
Benin is the 3rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Niger.