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Burkina Faso visa rules for Benin passport holders

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The answer

Yes. Benin passport holders can visit Burkina Faso visa-free.

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Official source

diplomatie.gov.bfMinistère des Affaires étrangères, de la Coopération régionale et des Burkinabè de l'Extérieur, Burkina FasoChecked 31 Oct 2026

La Confédération des Etats du Sahel (AES) est un espace sans visa pour tout ressortissant des Etats membres de la Communauté Economique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO).

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Needs a health booklet that meets the International Health Regulations.
  • Needs a return ticket, or a repatriation deposit or an exemption from it.
  • Needs to fill in, date and sign the border information sheet.

Passport validity

The source states no minimum passport validity.

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Burkina Faso passport holders need to visit Benin.

Visa-free nearby

Other places Benin passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Ouagadougou, nearest first.

  1. NigerNiamey, about 410 km from OuagadougouVisa-free
  2. MaliBamako, about 700 km from OuagadougouVisa-free
  3. Côte d’IvoireYamoussoukro, about 740 km from OuagadougouVisa-free · 90 days
  4. TogoLomé, about 760 km from OuagadougouVisa-free · 30 days
  5. GhanaAccra, about 770 km from OuagadougouVisa-free · 90 days

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Ouagadougou

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Ouagadougou, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 33.5°CLow 17.1°CRain 0 mm
  2. FebHigh 36.2°CLow 20.3°CRain 0 mm
  3. MarHigh 39.4°CLow 24.5°CRain 4 mm
  4. AprHigh 40.1°CLow 27.6°CRain 24 mm
  5. MayHigh 38.5°CLow 27.3°CRain 61 mm
  6. JunHigh 35.5°CLow 25.3°CRain 84 mm
  7. JulHigh 32.7°CLow 23.5°CRain 200 mm
  8. AugHigh 31.5°CLow 23.1°CRain 224 mm
  9. SepHigh 32.9°CLow 23.3°CRain 143 mm
  10. OctHigh 36.0°CLow 24.1°CRain 32 mm
  11. NovHigh 36.7°CLow 20.6°CRain 1 mm
  12. DecHigh 34.3°CLow 17.6°CRain 0 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 19 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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