No visa needed

Do citizens of Sudan need a visa for Rwanda?

Citizens of Sudan don’t need a visa for Rwanda and can stay up to 30 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 Sudan: the passport opens 13 countries visa-free; Khartoum — Kigali: ≈ 1,970 km, about 3 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Rwanda without a visa on a Sudan passport?

Yes, citizens of Sudan don’t need a visa for Rwanda for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Rwanda visa rules at a glance

With a Sudan passport you can visit 13 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 51 with an e-visa; 108 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Sudan passport ranks 184th of 199.
Sudan passport: visa-free access to 13 countries; Rwanda passport: 29.
Citizens of Sudan and Rwanda can travel together visa-free to 10 countries, for example: Kenya, Seychelles, Benin, Ghana, Gambia, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, and Micronesia.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Rwanda, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Sudan. Sudan visa for citizens of Rwanda

Travelling to Rwanda: good to know

Khartoum — Kigali: about 1,970 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Rwandan Franc.
Languages: English, French, and Kinyarwanda.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ RWF 1,479.
Rwanda is the 14th closest of 195 destinations open to citizens of Sudan.