No visa needed

Do citizens of Latvia need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Latvia 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 Latvia: the passport opens 118 countries visa-free; Riga — Praia: ≈ 6,140 km, about 8 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 Latvia passport?

Yes, citizens of Latvia 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 Latvia passport you can visit 118 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 37 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Latvia passport ranks 27th of 199.
Latvia passport: visa-free access to 118 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Latvia and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Tunisia, Palestine, Morocco, Senegal, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Seychelles, Macau, Zambia, Dominica, Bahamas, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Haiti.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Latvia. Latvia visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Riga — Praia: about 6,140 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −4 hours.
Local time: Riga 12:00 — Praia 08:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 100th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Latvia.