No visa needed

Do citizens of Sweden need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Sweden 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 Sweden: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Stockholm — Praia: ≈ 5,990 km, about 8 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 Sweden passport?

Yes, citizens of Sweden 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 Sweden 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 Sweden passport ranks 6th of 199.
Sweden passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Sweden and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Tunisia, Palestine, Morocco, Senegal, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Seychelles, Bahamas, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Macau, Haiti, and Zambia.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Sweden. Sweden visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Stockholm — Praia: about 5,990 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Stockholm 12:00 — Praia 09:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 91st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sweden.