No visa needed

Do citizens of Greece need a visa for the Gambia?

Citizens of Greece don’t need a visa for the Gambia 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 Greece: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Athens — Banjul: ≈ 4,810 km, about 6.5 hours 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 the Gambia without a visa on a Greece passport?

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

Gambia visa rules at a glance

With a Greece passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Greece passport ranks 17th of 199.
Greece passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Gambia passport: 43.
Citizens of Greece and the Gambia can travel together visa-free to 25 countries, for example: Tunisia, Rwanda, Senegal, Cape Verde, Seychelles, Botswana, Eswatini, Mauritius, Lesotho, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Malaysia, Grenada, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Citizens of the Gambia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Greece. Greece visa for citizens of the Gambia

Travelling to the Gambia: good to know

Athens — Banjul: about 4,810 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Athens 12:00 — Banjul 09:00.
Local currency: Gambian Dalasi.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ GMD 74.
Gambia is the 104th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Greece.