No visa needed

Do citizens of San Marino need a visa for Kenya?

Citizens of San Marino don’t need a visa for Kenya 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 San Marino: the passport opens 103 countries visa-free; San Marino — Nairobi: ≈ 5,580 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: 90 days

Can I travel to Kenya without a visa on a San Marino passport?

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

Kenya visa rules at a glance

With a San Marino passport you can visit 103 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 24 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the San Marino passport ranks 49th of 199.
San Marino passport: visa-free access to 103 countries; Kenya passport: 38.
Citizens of San Marino and Kenya can travel together visa-free to 22 countries, for example: Gambia, Zambia, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Botswana, Grenada, South Africa, Eswatini, Bahamas, Haiti, Lesotho, and Mauritius.
Citizens of Kenya, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to San Marino. San Marino visa for citizens of Kenya

Travelling to Kenya: good to know

San Marino — Nairobi: about 5,580 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: San Marino 12:00 — Nairobi 13:00.
Local currency: Kenyan Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ KES 130.
Kenya is the 108th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of San Marino.