No visa needed

Do citizens of the United Arab Emirates need a visa for Guatemala?

Citizens of the United Arab Emirates 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 the United Arab Emirates: the passport opens 127 countries visa-free; Abu Dhabi — Guatemala City: ≈ 14,240 km, about 18.5 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 Guatemala without a visa on a United Arab Emirates passport?

Yes, citizens of the United Arab Emirates 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 United Arab Emirates passport you can visit 127 countries visa-free, 34 with a visa on arrival and 26 with an e-visa; 11 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the United Arab Emirates passport ranks 2nd of 199.
United Arab Emirates passport: visa-free access to 127 countries; Guatemala passport: 78.
Citizens of the United Arab Emirates and Guatemala can travel together visa-free to 74 countries, for example: Palestine, Uzbekistan, Cyprus, Turkey, Seychelles, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Russia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Citizens of Guatemala, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to the United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates visa for citizens of Guatemala

Travelling to Guatemala: good to know

Abu Dhabi — Guatemala City: about 14,240 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 18.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −10 hours.
Local time: Abu Dhabi 12:00 — Guatemala City 02:00.
Local currency: Guatemalan Quetzal.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ GTQ 7.64.
Guatemala is the 190th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the United Arab Emirates.