No visa needed

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

Citizens of Iceland 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 Iceland: the passport opens 112 countries visa-free; Reykjavík — São Tomé: ≈ 7,470 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: 15 days

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

Yes, citizens of Iceland 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 Iceland passport you can visit 112 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Iceland passport ranks 39th of 199.
Iceland passport: visa-free access to 112 countries; Sao Tome and Principe passport: 28.
Citizens of Iceland and Sao Tome and Principe can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Kosovo, Palestine, Gambia, Bahamas, Dominica, Haiti, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, and Ecuador.
Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Iceland. Iceland visa for citizens of Sao Tome and Principe

Travelling to Sao Tome and Principe: good to know

Reykjavík — São Tomé: about 7,470 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: São Tomé & Príncipe Dobra.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ STN 21.
Sao Tome and Principe is the 119th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Iceland.