No visa needed

Do citizens of the United States need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of the United States 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 United States: the passport opens 112 countries visa-free; Washington, D.C. — Praia: ≈ 5,840 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 United States passport?

Yes, citizens of the United States 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 United States passport you can visit 112 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 19 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the United States passport ranks 39th of 199.
United States passport: visa-free access to 112 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of the United States and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 22 countries, for example: Bahamas, Haiti, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Ecuador, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Sao Tome and Principe, Palestine, Angola, Micronesia, Zambia, and South Africa.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the United States. United States visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Washington, D.C. — Praia: about 5,840 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +8 hours.
Local time: Washington, D.C. 12:00 — Praia 20:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 32nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the United States.