No visa needed

Do citizens of Cuba need a visa for Nicaragua?

Citizens of Cuba don’t need a visa for Nicaragua 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 Cuba: the passport opens 27 countries visa-free; Havana — Managua: ≈ 1,290 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 Nicaragua without a visa on a Cuba passport?

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

Nicaragua visa rules at a glance

With a Cuba passport you can visit 27 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 50 with an e-visa; 95 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Cuba passport ranks 153rd of 199.
Cuba passport: visa-free access to 27 countries; Nicaragua passport: 74.
Citizens of Cuba and Nicaragua can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Belarus, Russia, Palestine, Uzbekistan, Micronesia, Seychelles, Malaysia, and Singapore.
A language both countries share: Spanish.
Citizens of Nicaragua, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Cuba. Cuba visa for citizens of Nicaragua

Travelling to Nicaragua: good to know

Havana — Managua: about 1,290 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Havana 12:00 — Managua 10:00.
Local currency: Nicaraguan Córdoba.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ NIO 37.
Nicaragua is the 8th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Cuba.