No visa needed

Do citizens of Colombia need a visa for Panama?

Citizens of Colombia don’t need a visa for Panama 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 Colombia: the passport opens 84 countries visa-free; Bogotá — Panama City: ≈ 770 km, about 1.5 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 Panama without a visa on a Colombia passport?

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

Panama visa rules at a glance

With a Colombia passport you can visit 84 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 38 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Colombia passport ranks 72nd of 199.
Colombia passport: visa-free access to 84 countries; Panama passport: 88.
Citizens of Colombia and Panama can travel together visa-free to 76 countries, for example: Ecuador, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Honduras, Dominica, Barbados, Peru, Antigua and Barbuda, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and Bahamas.
A language both countries share: Spanish.
Colombia and Panama share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Panama, in turn, don’t need a visa for Colombia. Colombia visa for citizens of Panama

Travelling to Panama: good to know

Bogotá — Panama City: about 770 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Panamanian Balboa and US Dollar.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PAB 1.00.
Panama is the 2nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Colombia.