No visa needed

Do citizens of Benin need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Benin 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 Benin: the passport opens 34 countries visa-free; Porto-Novo — Praia: ≈ 3,000 km, about 4.5 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 Benin passport?

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

Cape Verde visa rules at a glance

With a Benin passport you can visit 34 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Benin passport ranks 134th of 199.
Benin passport: visa-free access to 34 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Benin and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 30 countries, for example: Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Rwanda, and Tunisia.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, don’t need a visa for Benin. Benin visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Porto-Novo — Praia: about 3,000 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Porto-Novo 12:00 — Praia 10:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 24th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Benin.