No visa needed

Do citizens of Equatorial Guinea need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe?

Citizens of Equatorial Guinea don’t need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe and can stay up to 15 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 Equatorial Guinea: the passport opens 24 countries visa-free; Ciudad de la Paz — São Tomé: ≈ 480 km, about 1 hour of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 15 days

Can I travel to Sao Tome and Principe without a visa on a Equatorial Guinea passport?

Yes, citizens of Equatorial Guinea don’t need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe for up to 15 days. A valid passport is enough.

Sao Tome and Principe visa rules at a glance

With a Equatorial Guinea passport you can visit 24 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Equatorial Guinea passport ranks 161st of 199.
Equatorial Guinea passport: visa-free access to 24 countries; Sao Tome and Principe passport: 28.
Citizens of Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe can travel together visa-free to 16 countries, for example: Benin, Angola, Rwanda, Kenya, Gambia, Palestine, Seychelles, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Ecuador, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia.
A language both countries share: Portuguese.
Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea visa for citizens of Sao Tome and Principe

Travelling to Sao Tome and Principe: good to know

Ciudad de la Paz — São Tomé: about 480 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Ciudad de la Paz 12:00 — São Tomé 11:00.
Local currency: São Tomé & Príncipe Dobra.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ STN 21.
Sao Tome and Principe is the 3rd closest of 196 destinations open to citizens of Equatorial Guinea.