No visa needed

Do citizens of Algeria need a visa for Mauritania?

Citizens of Algeria don’t need a visa for Mauritania 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 Algeria: the passport opens 21 countries visa-free; Algiers — Nouakchott: ≈ 2,790 km, about 4 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 Mauritania without a visa on a Algeria passport?

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

Mauritania 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; Mauritania passport: 26.
Citizens of Algeria and Mauritania can travel together visa-free to 15 countries, for example: Tunisia, Mali, Syria, Gambia, Benin, Rwanda, Kenya, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Haiti, Malaysia, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
A language both countries share: Arabic.
Algeria and Mauritania share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Mauritania, in turn, don’t need a visa for Algeria. Algeria visa for citizens of Mauritania

Travelling to Mauritania: good to know

Algiers — Nouakchott: about 2,790 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Algiers 12:00 — Nouakchott 11:00.
Local currency: Mauritanian Ouguiya.
Languages: Arabic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MRU 40.
Mauritania is the 50th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Algeria.