No visa needed

Do citizens of Guyana need a visa for Costa Rica?

Citizens of Guyana don’t need a visa for Costa Rica 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 Guyana: the passport opens 51 countries visa-free; Georgetown — San José: ≈ 2,870 km, about 4 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 Costa Rica without a visa on a Guyana passport?

Yes, citizens of Guyana don’t need a visa for Costa Rica for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Costa Rica visa rules at a glance

With a Guyana passport you can visit 51 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 45 with an e-visa; 76 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Guyana passport ranks 104th of 199.
Guyana passport: visa-free access to 51 countries; Costa Rica passport: 90.
Citizens of Guyana and Costa Rica can travel together visa-free to 35 countries, for example: Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Jamaica, Ecuador, Brazil, Bahamas, and Peru.
Citizens of Costa Rica, in turn, don’t need a visa for Guyana. Guyana visa for citizens of Costa Rica

Travelling to Costa Rica: good to know

Georgetown — San José: about 2,870 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Georgetown 12:00 — San José 10:00.
Local currency: Costa Rican Colón.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CRC 454.
Costa Rica is the 19th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Guyana.