No visa needed

Do citizens of Austria need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Austria don’t need a visa for Cape Verde and can stay up to 30 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 Austria: the passport opens 119 countries visa-free; Vienna — Praia: ≈ 5,190 km, about 7 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

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

Yes, citizens of Austria don’t need a visa for Cape Verde for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Cape Verde visa rules at a glance

With a Austria passport you can visit 119 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Austria passport ranks 21st of 199.
Austria passport: visa-free access to 119 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Austria and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Tunisia, Palestine, Morocco, Senegal, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Seychelles, Zambia, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, South Africa, and Haiti.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Austria. Austria visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Vienna — Praia: about 5,190 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Vienna 12:00 — Praia 09:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 97th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Austria.