No visa needed

Do citizens of Burundi need a visa for Uganda?

Citizens of Burundi don’t need a visa for Uganda 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 Burundi: the passport opens 18 countries visa-free; Gitega — Kampala: ≈ 510 km, about 1 hour 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 Uganda without a visa on a Burundi passport?

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

Uganda visa rules at a glance

With a Burundi passport you can visit 18 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 104 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Burundi passport ranks 175th of 199.
Burundi passport: visa-free access to 18 countries; Uganda passport: 34.
Citizens of Burundi and Uganda can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Seychelles, Benin, Gambia, Singapore, Barbados, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Ecuador, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Uganda, in turn, don’t need a visa for Burundi. Burundi visa for citizens of Uganda

Travelling to Uganda: good to know

Gitega — Kampala: about 510 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Gitega 12:00 — Kampala 13:00.
Local currency: Ugandan Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ UGX 3,833.
Uganda is the 2nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Burundi.