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Latvia visa rules for North Korea passport holders

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The answer

No. North Korea passport holders need a visa to visit Latvia.

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Official source

publications.europa.euPublications Office of the European Union (consolidated text of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, as on EUR-Lex)Checked 29 Oct 2026

1. STATES Afghanistan Armenia Angola Azerbaijan Bangladesh Burkina Faso Bahrain Burundi Benin Bolivia Bhutan Botswana Belarus Belize Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African Republic Congo Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon China Cuba Cape Verde Djibouti Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana The Gambia Guinea Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Indonesia India Iraq Iran Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Comoros North Korea Kuwait Kazakhstan Laos Lebanon Sri Lanka Liberia Lesotho Libya Morocco Madagascar Mali Myanmar/Burma Mongolia Mauritania Maldives Malawi Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Nepal Oman Papua New Guinea Philippines Pakistan Qatar Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Sierra Leone Senegal Somalia Suriname South Sudan São Tomé and Príncipe Syria Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Turkmenistan Tunisia Turkey Tanzania Uganda Uzbekistan

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Before you go

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months.

its validity shall extend at least three months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What Latvia passport holders need to visit North Korea.

Visa-free nearby

Other places North Korea passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Riga, nearest first.

  1. Svalbard & Jan MayenLongyearbyen, about 2,390 km from RigaVisa-free

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

Weather in Riga

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

  1. JanHigh -0.2°CLow -4.4°CRain 43 mm
  2. FebHigh -0.5°CLow -5.7°CRain 40 mm
  3. MarHigh 4.3°CLow -2.3°CRain 34 mm
  4. AprHigh 11.7°CLow 2.7°CRain 33 mm
  5. MayHigh 17.2°CLow 7.4°CRain 52 mm
  6. JunHigh 20.7°CLow 11.5°CRain 69 mm
  7. JulHigh 23.7°CLow 14.5°CRain 87 mm
  8. AugHigh 22.4°CLow 13.7°CRain 78 mm
  9. SepHigh 17.0°CLow 9.2°CRain 65 mm
  10. OctHigh 10.3°CLow 4.6°CRain 82 mm
  11. NovHigh 4.3°CLow 0.4°CRain 58 mm
  12. DecHigh 0.6°CLow -3.3°CRain 50 mm

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

Averages of 22 years between 1991 and 2012, computed by One Time Livin’.

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