No visa needed

Do citizens of Mauritania need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Mauritania 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 Mauritania: the passport opens 26 countries visa-free; Nouakchott — Praia: ≈ 880 km, about 1.5 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 Mauritania passport?

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

Cape Verde visa rules at a glance

With a Mauritania passport you can visit 26 countries visa-free, 25 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 Mauritania passport ranks 157th of 199.
Mauritania passport: visa-free access to 26 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Mauritania and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Benin, Tunisia, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Rwanda, Haiti, and Kenya.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Mauritania. Mauritania visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Nouakchott — Praia: about 880 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Nouakchott 12:00 — Praia 11:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 4th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Mauritania.