No visa needed

Do citizens of Togo need a visa for Benin?

Citizens of Togo 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 Togo: the passport opens 30 countries visa-free.

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 Togo passport?

Yes, citizens of Togo 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 Togo passport you can visit 30 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 45 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Togo passport ranks 142nd of 199.
Togo passport: visa-free access to 30 countries; Benin passport: 34.
Citizens of Togo and Benin can travel together visa-free to 26 countries, for example: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Chad, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Cape Verde, and Rwanda.
A language both countries share: French.
Both countries use the same currency — West African CFA Franc — so there is no need to exchange money.
Togo and Benin share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Benin, in turn, don’t need a visa for Togo. Togo visa for citizens of Benin