No visa needed

Do citizens of Angola need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Angola don’t need a visa for Cape Verde. 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 Angola: the passport opens 23 countries visa-free; Luanda — Praia: ≈ 4,840 km, about 6.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Can I travel to Cape Verde without a visa on a Angola passport?

Yes, citizens of Angola don’t need a visa for Cape Verde. A valid passport is enough.

Cape Verde visa rules at a glance

With a Angola passport you can visit 23 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 52 with an e-visa; 100 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Angola passport ranks 164th of 199.
Angola passport: visa-free access to 23 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Angola and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 17 countries, for example: Sao Tome and Principe, Zambia, Rwanda, Benin, South Africa, Kenya, Gambia, Seychelles, Mauritius, Tunisia, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, and Singapore.
A language both countries share: Portuguese.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, don’t need a visa for Angola. Angola visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Luanda — Praia: about 4,840 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Luanda 12:00 — Praia 10:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 50th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Angola.