No visa needed

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

Citizens of Portugal 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 Portugal: the passport opens 121 countries visa-free; Lisbon — São Tomé: ≈ 4,560 km, about 6 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 Portugal passport?

Yes, citizens of Portugal 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 Portugal passport you can visit 121 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Portugal passport ranks 14th of 199.
Portugal passport: visa-free access to 121 countries; Sao Tome and Principe passport: 28.
Citizens of Portugal and Sao Tome and Principe can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Kosovo, Gambia, Palestine, Dominica, Barbados, Angola, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Bahamas, Zambia, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and South Africa.
A language both countries share: Portuguese.
Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Portugal. Portugal visa for citizens of Sao Tome and Principe

Travelling to Sao Tome and Principe: good to know

Lisbon — São Tomé: about 4,560 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 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 77th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Portugal.