No visa needed

Do citizens of Djibouti need a visa for Tanzania?

Citizens of Djibouti don’t need a visa for Tanzania 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 Djibouti: the passport opens 17 countries visa-free; Djibouti — Dodoma: ≈ 2,140 km, about 3 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 Tanzania without a visa on a Djibouti passport?

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

Tanzania 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; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of Djibouti and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Benin, Gambia, Singapore, Philippines, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Micronesia, Ecuador, and Hong Kong.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Djibouti. Djibouti visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Djibouti — Dodoma: about 2,140 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Tanzanian Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TZS 2,645.
Tanzania is the 16th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Djibouti.