No visa needed

Do citizens of Panama need a visa for Portugal?

Citizens of Panama don’t need a visa for Portugal 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 Panama: the passport opens 88 countries visa-free; Panama City — Lisbon: ≈ 7,690 km, about 10 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 Portugal without a visa on a Panama passport?

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

Portugal visa rules at a glance

With a Panama passport you can visit 88 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 33 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Panama passport ranks 69th of 199.
Panama passport: visa-free access to 88 countries; Portugal passport: 121.
Citizens of Panama and Portugal can travel together visa-free to 85 countries, for example: Costa Rica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, Jamaica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and Saint Lucia.
Citizens of Portugal, in turn, don’t need a visa for Panama. Panama visa for citizens of Portugal

Travelling to Portugal: good to know

Panama City — Lisbon: about 7,690 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +5 hours.
Local time: Panama City 12:00 — Lisbon 17:00.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Portugal is the 44th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Panama.