No visa needed

Do citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis need a visa for Nicaragua?

Citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis: the passport opens 103 countries visa-free; Basseterre — Managua: ≈ 2,590 km, about 3.5 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 Nicaragua without a visa on a Saint Kitts and Nevis passport?

Yes, citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis passport you can visit 103 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 37 with an e-visa; 30 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Saint Kitts and Nevis passport ranks 49th of 199.
Saint Kitts and Nevis passport: visa-free access to 103 countries; Nicaragua passport: 74.
Citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Nicaragua can travel together visa-free to 71 countries, for example: Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Haiti, Bahamas, Panama, Ecuador, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Citizens of Nicaragua, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts and Nevis visa for citizens of Nicaragua

Travelling to Nicaragua: good to know

Basseterre — Managua: about 2,590 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Basseterre 12:00 — Managua 10:00.
Local currency: Nicaraguan Córdoba.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ NIO 37.
Nicaragua is the 19th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis.