No visa needed

Do citizens of Djibouti need a visa for Ethiopia?

Citizens of Djibouti don’t need a visa for Ethiopia and can stay up to 90 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 Djibouti: the passport opens 17 countries visa-free; Djibouti — Addis Ababa: ≈ 560 km, about 1 hour of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

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

Yes, citizens of Djibouti don’t need a visa for Ethiopia for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Ethiopia visa rules at a glance

With a Djibouti passport you can visit 17 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 54 with an e-visa; 101 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Djibouti passport ranks 177th of 199.
Djibouti passport: visa-free access to 17 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Djibouti and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 12 countries, for example: Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Benin, Gambia, Singapore, Philippines, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Djibouti and Ethiopia share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Djibouti. Djibouti visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Djibouti — Addis Ababa: about 560 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 2nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Djibouti.