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Djibouti visa for citizens of Somalia

Citizens of Somalia get a Djibouti visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Somalia: the passport opens 11 countries visa-free; Mogadishu — Djibouti: ≈ 1,090 km, about 2 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Djibouti without a visa on a Somalia passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Somalia get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Djibouti visa rules at a glance

With a Somalia passport you can visit 11 countries visa-free, 20 with a visa on arrival and 51 with an e-visa; 113 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Somalia passport ranks 192nd of 199.
Somalia passport: visa-free access to 11 countries; Djibouti passport: 17.
Citizens of Somalia and Djibouti can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Kenya, Seychelles, Rwanda, Benin, Gambia, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Micronesia, and Haiti.
A language both countries share: Arabic.
Somalia and Djibouti share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Djibouti, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Somalia. Somalia visa for citizens of Djibouti

Travelling to Djibouti: good to know

Mogadishu — Djibouti: about 1,090 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Djiboutian Franc.
Languages: Arabic and French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ DJF 178.
Djibouti is the 3rd closest of 194 destinations open to citizens of Somalia.