No visa needed

Do citizens of Belize need a visa for Guatemala?

Citizens of Belize don’t need a visa for Guatemala 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 Belize: the passport opens 59 countries visa-free; Belmopan — Guatemala City: ≈ 340 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 Guatemala without a visa on a Belize passport?

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

Guatemala visa rules at a glance

With a Belize passport you can visit 59 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 45 with an e-visa; 71 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Belize passport ranks 97th of 199.
Belize passport: visa-free access to 59 countries; Guatemala passport: 78.
Citizens of Belize and Guatemala can travel together visa-free to 34 countries, for example: Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados.
A language both countries share: Spanish.
Belize and Guatemala share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Guatemala, in turn, don’t need a visa for Belize. Belize visa for citizens of Guatemala

Travelling to Guatemala: good to know

Belmopan — Guatemala City: about 340 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Guatemalan Quetzal.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ GTQ 7.64.
Guatemala is the 1st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Belize.