No visa needed

Do citizens of the Netherlands need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of the Netherlands 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 the Netherlands: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Amsterdam — Praia: ≈ 4,860 km, about 6.5 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 Netherlands passport?

Yes, citizens of the Netherlands 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 Netherlands passport you can visit 122 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Netherlands passport ranks 6th of 199.
Netherlands passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of the Netherlands and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Tunisia, Morocco, Palestine, Senegal, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, Haiti, Zambia, Seychelles, and South Africa.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Netherlands. Netherlands visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Amsterdam — Praia: about 4,860 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Amsterdam 12:00 — Praia 09:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 76th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Netherlands.