No visa needed

Do citizens of South Africa need a visa for Brazil?

Citizens of South Africa don’t need a visa for Brazil 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 South Africa: the passport opens 60 countries visa-free; Pretoria — Brasília: ≈ 7,890 km, about 10.5 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 Brazil without a visa on a South Africa passport?

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

Brazil visa rules at a glance

With a South Africa passport you can visit 60 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 70 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the South Africa passport ranks 96th of 199.
South Africa passport: visa-free access to 60 countries; Brazil passport: 110.
Citizens of South Africa and Brazil can travel together visa-free to 47 countries, for example: Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, Angola, Mauritius, Seychelles, Palestine, Tunisia, Georgia, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
Citizens of Brazil, in turn, don’t need a visa for South Africa. South Africa visa for citizens of Brazil

Travelling to Brazil: good to know

Pretoria — Brasília: about 7,890 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −5 hours.
Local time: Pretoria 12:00 — Brasília 07:00.
Local currency: Brazilian Real.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ R$5.18.
Brazil is the 88th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of South Africa.