No visa needed

Do citizens of San Marino need a visa for South Africa?

Citizens of San Marino 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 San Marino: the passport opens 103 countries visa-free; San Marino — Pretoria: ≈ 7,910 km, about 10.5 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 San Marino passport?

Yes, citizens of San Marino 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 San Marino passport you can visit 103 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 24 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the San Marino passport ranks 49th of 199.
San Marino passport: visa-free access to 103 countries; South Africa passport: 60.
Citizens of San Marino and South Africa can travel together visa-free to 43 countries, for example: Tunisia, Palestine, Georgia, Gambia, Kenya, Zambia, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Botswana, Grenada, and Dominican Republic.
Citizens of South Africa, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to San Marino. San Marino visa for citizens of South Africa

Travelling to South Africa: good to know

San Marino — Pretoria: about 7,910 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: South African Rand.
Languages: Afrikaans, English, South Ndebele, and Northern Sotho.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ZAR 16.
South Africa is the 138th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of San Marino.