No visa needed

Do citizens of Somalia need a visa for Kenya?

Citizens of Somalia 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 Somalia: the passport opens 11 countries visa-free; Mogadishu — Nairobi: ≈ 1,020 km, about 2 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 Somalia passport?

Yes, citizens of Somalia 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 Somalia passport you can visit 11 countries visa-free, 20 with a visa on arrival and 51 with an e-visa; 113 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Somalia passport ranks 192nd of 199.
Somalia passport: visa-free access to 11 countries; Kenya passport: 38.
Citizens of Somalia and Kenya can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Seychelles, Rwanda, Benin, Malaysia, Gambia, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Micronesia, and Haiti.
Somalia and Kenya share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Kenya, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Somalia. Somalia visa for citizens of Kenya

Travelling to Kenya: good to know

Mogadishu — Nairobi: about 1,020 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Kenyan Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ KES 130.
Kenya is the 1st closest of 194 destinations open to citizens of Somalia.