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Mayotte visa rules for Rwanda passport holders

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The answer

No. Rwanda passport holders need a visa to visit Mayotte.

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Official source

service-public.gouv.frService-Public.fr, Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)Checked 3 Nov 2026

If you are not in one of the cases of exemption and you want to travel overseas, you must hold a limited-validity entry visa for the intended destination

Quoted from the source.

Who sets the entry rules

Mayotte is part of France but outside the Schengen area, so it has its own visa rules.

Source: service-public.gouv.fr

Before you go

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

Conditions from official sources

  • Not needed with a valid residence permit or long-stay visa issued by France or another Schengen state.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months.

sa durée de validité est supérieure d'au moins trois mois à la date à laquelle le demandeur a prévu de quitter le territoire visé ci-dessus si son séjour n'excède pas 90 jours sur une période de 180 jours

Tourist entry only

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

Visa-free nearby

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

  1. MalawiLilongwe, about 1,240 km from MamoudzouVisa-free
  2. TanzaniaDodoma, about 1,270 km from MamoudzouVisa-free
  3. MauritiusPort Louis, about 1,540 km from MamoudzouVisa-free
  4. KenyaNairobi, about 1,580 km from MamoudzouVisa-free · 180 days
  5. SomaliaMogadishu, about 1,650 km from MamoudzouVisa-free

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

Weather in Mamoudzou

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

  1. JanHigh 30.8°CLow 25.3°CRain 282 mm
  2. FebHigh 30.9°CLow 25.3°CRain 221 mm
  3. MarHigh 31.1°CLow 25.3°CRain 214 mm
  4. AprHigh 31.1°CLow 25.4°CRain 96 mm
  5. MayHigh 30.1°CLow 24.9°CRain 32 mm
  6. JunHigh 28.8°CLow 23.6°CRain 19 mm
  7. JulHigh 27.9°CLow 22.4°CRain 10 mm
  8. AugHigh 28.0°CLow 21.4°CRain 11 mm
  9. SepHigh 28.7°CLow 21.9°CRain 21 mm
  10. OctHigh 29.8°CLow 23.4°CRain 41 mm
  11. NovHigh 30.6°CLow 24.7°CRain 84 mm
  12. DecHigh 31.0°CLow 25.2°CRain 167 mm

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

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

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