No visa needed

Do citizens of Latvia need a visa for Panama?

Citizens of Latvia 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 Latvia: the passport opens 118 countries visa-free; Riga — Panama City: ≈ 9,980 km, about 13 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 Latvia passport?

Yes, citizens of Latvia 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 Latvia passport you can visit 118 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 37 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Latvia passport ranks 27th of 199.
Latvia passport: visa-free access to 118 countries; Panama passport: 88.
Citizens of Latvia and Panama can travel together visa-free to 84 countries, for example: Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Belarus, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Ukraine, Norway, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, and Moldova.
Citizens of Panama, in turn, don’t need a visa for Latvia. Latvia visa for citizens of Panama

Travelling to Panama: good to know

Riga — Panama City: about 9,980 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 13 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −8 hours.
Local time: Riga 12:00 — Panama City 04:00.
Local currency: Panamanian Balboa and US Dollar.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PAB 1.00.
Panama is the 167th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Latvia.