No visa needed

Do citizens of Poland need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Poland 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 Poland: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Warsaw — Praia: ≈ 5,700 km, about 7.5 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 Poland passport?

Yes, citizens of Poland 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 Poland passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 28 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 Poland passport ranks 17th of 199.
Poland passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Poland and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Tunisia, Palestine, Morocco, Senegal, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Seychelles, Zambia, Dominica, Barbados, Macau, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, and Haiti.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Poland. Poland visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Warsaw — Praia: about 5,700 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Warsaw 12:00 — Praia 09:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 98th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Poland.