No visa needed

Do citizens of Switzerland need a visa for the Gambia?

Citizens of Switzerland 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 Switzerland: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Bern — Banjul: ≈ 4,340 km, about 6 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 Switzerland passport?

Yes, citizens of Switzerland 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 Switzerland passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Switzerland passport ranks 17th of 199.
Switzerland passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Gambia passport: 43.
Citizens of Switzerland and the Gambia can travel together visa-free to 25 countries, for example: Tunisia, Senegal, Cape Verde, Rwanda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica, Botswana, and Eswatini.
Citizens of the Gambia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Switzerland. Switzerland visa for citizens of the Gambia

Travelling to the Gambia: good to know

Bern — Banjul: about 4,340 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Bern 12:00 — Banjul 10:00.
Local currency: Gambian Dalasi.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ GMD 74.
Gambia is the 73rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Switzerland.