No visa needed

Do citizens of Greece need a visa for South Africa?

Citizens of Greece don’t need a visa for South Africa and can stay up to 90 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 Greece: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Athens — Pretoria: ≈ 7,100 km, about 9.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to South Africa without a visa on a Greece passport?

Yes, citizens of Greece don’t need a visa for South Africa for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

South Africa visa rules at a glance

With a Greece passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 28 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 Greece passport ranks 17th of 199.
Greece passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; South Africa passport: 60.
Citizens of Greece and South Africa can travel together visa-free to 50 countries, for example: Tunisia, Palestine, Georgia, Rwanda, Gambia, Angola, Seychelles, Zambia, Botswana, Eswatini, Mauritius, Lesotho, Thailand, Antigua and Barbuda, and Macau.
Citizens of South Africa, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Greece. Greece visa for citizens of South Africa

Travelling to South Africa: good to know

Athens — Pretoria: about 7,100 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Athens 12:00 — Pretoria 11:00.
Local currency: South African Rand.
Languages: Afrikaans, English, South Ndebele, and Northern Sotho.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ZAR 16.
South Africa is the 127th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Greece.