No visa needed

Do citizens of Switzerland need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Switzerland 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 Switzerland: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Bern — Praia: ≈ 4,570 km, about 6 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 Switzerland passport?

Yes, citizens of Switzerland 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 Switzerland passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 29 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 Switzerland passport ranks 17th of 199.
Switzerland passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Switzerland and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 25 countries, for example: Tunisia, Morocco, Palestine, Senegal, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Rwanda, Angola, Dominica, Barbados, Zambia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Bahamas, and Haiti.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Switzerland. Switzerland visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Bern — Praia: about 4,570 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Bern 12:00 — Praia 09:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 80th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Switzerland.