No visa needed

Do citizens of Mauritania need a visa for Mali?

Citizens of Mauritania don’t need a visa for Mali 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 Mauritania: the passport opens 26 countries visa-free; Nouakchott — Bamako: ≈ 1,050 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: 90 days

Can I travel to Mali without a visa on a Mauritania passport?

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

Mali visa rules at a glance

With a Mauritania passport you can visit 26 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Mauritania passport ranks 157th of 199.
Mauritania passport: visa-free access to 26 countries; Mali passport: 30.
Citizens of Mauritania and Mali can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Senegal, Gambia, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Benin, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Rwanda.
Mauritania and Mali share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Mali, in turn, don’t need a visa for Mauritania. Mauritania visa for citizens of Mali

Travelling to Mali: good to know

Nouakchott — Bamako: about 1,050 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: West African CFA Franc.
Languages: French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ F CFA 575.
Mali is the 6th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Mauritania.