No visa needed

Do citizens of Croatia need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Croatia 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 Croatia: the passport opens 119 countries visa-free; Zagreb — Praia: ≈ 5,030 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 Croatia passport?

Yes, citizens of Croatia 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 Croatia 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 Croatia passport ranks 21st of 199.
Croatia passport: visa-free access to 119 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Croatia 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, South Africa, Bahamas, and Haiti.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Croatia. Croatia visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Zagreb — Praia: about 5,030 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Zagreb 12:00 — Praia 09:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 99th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Croatia.