No visa needed

Do citizens of Algeria need a visa for Kenya?

Citizens of Algeria don’t need a visa for Kenya and can stay up to 60 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 Algeria: the passport opens 21 countries visa-free; Algiers — Nairobi: ≈ 5,480 km, about 7.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 60 days

Can I travel to Kenya without a visa on a Algeria passport?

Yes, citizens of Algeria don’t need a visa for Kenya for up to 60 days. A valid passport is enough.

Kenya visa rules at a glance

With a Algeria passport you can visit 21 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 94 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Algeria passport ranks 166th of 199.
Algeria passport: visa-free access to 21 countries; Kenya passport: 38.
Citizens of Algeria and Kenya can travel together visa-free to 11 countries, for example: Gambia, Benin, Rwanda, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Haiti, Malaysia, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
Citizens of Kenya, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Algeria. Algeria visa for citizens of Kenya

Travelling to Kenya: good to know

Algiers — Nairobi: about 5,480 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2 hours.
Local time: Algiers 12:00 — Nairobi 14:00.
Local currency: Kenyan Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ KES 130.
Kenya is the 103rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Algeria.