No visa needed

Do citizens of Switzerland need a visa for Rwanda?

Citizens of Switzerland 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 Switzerland: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Bern — Kigali: ≈ 5,870 km, about 8 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 Switzerland passport?

Yes, citizens of Switzerland 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 Switzerland passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Switzerland passport ranks 17th of 199.
Switzerland passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Rwanda passport: 29.
Citizens of Switzerland and Rwanda can travel together visa-free to 18 countries, for example: Palestine, Senegal, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Grenada, Haiti, Mauritius, Ecuador, Singapore, and Philippines.
A language both countries share: French.
Citizens of Rwanda, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Switzerland. Switzerland visa for citizens of Rwanda

Travelling to Rwanda: good to know

Bern — Kigali: about 5,870 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8 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 106th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Switzerland.