No visa needed

Do citizens of Guinea need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Guinea 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 Guinea: the passport opens 28 countries visa-free; Conakry — Praia: ≈ 1,220 km, about 2 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 Guinea passport?

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

Cape Verde visa rules at a glance

With a Guinea passport you can visit 28 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Guinea passport ranks 150th of 199.
Guinea passport: visa-free access to 28 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Guinea and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 26 countries, for example: Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Niger, Benin, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Barbados.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, don’t need a visa for Guinea. Guinea visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Conakry — Praia: about 1,220 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Conakry 12:00 — Praia 11:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 9th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Guinea.