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Somalia visa for citizens of Djibouti

Citizens of Djibouti get a Somalia visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Djibouti: the passport opens 17 countries visa-free; Djibouti — Mogadishu: ≈ 1,090 km, about 2 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Somalia without a visa on a Djibouti passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Djibouti get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Somalia visa rules at a glance

With a Djibouti passport you can visit 17 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 54 with an e-visa; 101 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Djibouti passport ranks 177th of 199.
Djibouti passport: visa-free access to 17 countries; Somalia passport: 11.
Citizens of Djibouti and Somalia can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Benin, Gambia, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, and Micronesia.
A language both countries share: Arabic.
Djibouti and Somalia share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Somalia, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Djibouti. Djibouti visa for citizens of Somalia

Travelling to Somalia: good to know

Djibouti — Mogadishu: about 1,090 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Somali Shilling.
Languages: Arabic and Somali.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ SOS 571.
Somalia is the 4th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Djibouti.