No visa needed

Do citizens of Malta need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Malta 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 Malta: the passport opens 123 countries visa-free; Valletta — Praia: ≈ 4,430 km, about 6 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 Malta passport?

Yes, citizens of Malta 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 Malta passport you can visit 123 countries visa-free, 25 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 Malta passport ranks 3rd of 199.
Malta passport: visa-free access to 123 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Malta and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 25 countries, for example: Tunisia, Morocco, Palestine, Senegal, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Rwanda, Angola, Zambia, Seychelles, South Africa, Mauritius, Barbados, Dominica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Malta. Malta visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Valletta — Praia: about 4,430 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Valletta 12:00 — Praia 09:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 97th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Malta.