No visa needed

Do citizens of Ivory Coast need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Ivory Coast 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 Ivory Coast: the passport opens 29 countries visa-free; Yamoussoukro — Praia: ≈ 2,180 km, about 3 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 Ivory Coast passport?

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

Cape Verde visa rules at a glance

With a Ivory Coast passport you can visit 29 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 97 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Ivory Coast passport ranks 147th of 199.
Ivory Coast passport: visa-free access to 29 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Ivory Coast and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Togo, Burkina Faso, Benin, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Niger, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Gambia, Senegal, Tunisia, and Rwanda.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, don’t need a visa for Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Yamoussoukro — Praia: about 2,180 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Yamoussoukro 12:00 — Praia 11:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 19th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Ivory Coast.