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Mauritania visa rules for Mali passport holders

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The answer

Yes. Mali passport holders can visit Mauritania visa-free.

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Official source

Visiteurs — Procédure d'obtention d'un visa pour entrer sur le territoire national, Agence Nationale du Registre des Populations et des Titres Sécurisés (ANRPTS), Ministère de l'Intérieur, de la Décentralisation et du Développement Local (Mauritania)Checked 31 Oct 2026

Il s'agit des accords d'exemption mutuelle de visa que notre pays a signés avec ces pays : 1- Mali. 2- Gambie. 3-Niger. 4- Sénégal. 5- Guinée Bissau. 6- Tunisie. 7- Libye. 8- Côte d'Ivoire. 9- Algérie. 10- Tchad. 11-Burkina Faso.

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Before you go

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

Il est interdit à tout titulaire d'un passeport dont la durée de validité est inférieure à 6 mois d'accéder au sol mauritanien.

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What Mauritania passport holders need to visit Mali.

Mauritania passport Mali

Visa-free

No visa is required for ECOWAS countries' citizens, citizens from Algeria,Cameroon,Andorra,Monaco,Chad, Gambia,Morocco, Mauritania,and Tunisia (a valid identity card or passport are acceptable)

Mauritania passport to Mali, full page

Visa-free nearby

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

  1. SenegalDakar, about 410 km from NouakchottVisa-free · 90 days
  2. GambiaBanjul, about 520 km from NouakchottVisa-free
  3. Guinea-BissauBissau, about 690 km from NouakchottVisa-free · 90 days
  4. Cape VerdePraia, about 880 km from NouakchottVisa-free · 90 days
  5. GuineaConakry, about 980 km from NouakchottVisa-free

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

Weather in Nouakchott

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

  1. JanHigh 29.6°CLow 14.9°CRain 0 mm
  2. FebHigh 31.0°CLow 16.4°CRain 1 mm
  3. MarHigh 33.4°CLow 17.8°CRain 0 mm
  4. AprHigh 34.1°CLow 19.2°CRain 0 mm
  5. MayHigh 34.3°CLow 20.6°CRain 0 mm
  6. JunHigh 34.7°CLow 22.5°CRain 2 mm
  7. JulHigh 32.1°CLow 24.4°CRain 8 mm
  8. AugHigh 33.0°CLow 25.5°CRain 39 mm
  9. SepHigh 35.3°CLow 26.0°CRain 40 mm
  10. OctHigh 37.0°CLow 24.0°CRain 6 mm
  11. NovHigh 33.9°CLow 19.7°CRain 2 mm
  12. DecHigh 31.0°CLow 15.9°CRain 3 mm

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

Averages of 18 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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