No visa needed

Do citizens of Spain need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Spain 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 Spain: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Madrid — Praia: ≈ 3,420 km, about 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 Spain passport?

Yes, citizens of Spain 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 Spain passport you can visit 122 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 13 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Spain passport ranks 6th of 199.
Spain passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Spain and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Gambia, Palestine, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Bahamas, Zambia, Seychelles, and South Africa.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Spain. Spain visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Madrid — Praia: about 3,420 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Madrid 12:00 — Praia 09:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 58th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Spain.