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Cuba visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders

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The answer

e-Visa needed. United Kingdom passport holders need an e-Visa before travel to visit Cuba.

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e-Visa
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90 days per entry
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Tourist entry
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Official source

misiones.cubaminrex.cuCuban Embassy in Norway (MINREX missions site)Checked 29 Oct 2026

With eVisaCuba, users should complete their tourist visa application process online, from any device connected to the Internet

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

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

Conditions from official sources

  • Needs the D'Viajeros advance traveler declaration filed online up to 7 days before arrival.
  • Needs proof of medical insurance that covers the trip.
  • If flying directly from the United States, get the tourist card from the US airline or travel agent instead.

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 Cuba passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.

Cuba passport United Kingdom

Visa needed

VN 1.1. A person who meets one or more of the criteria below needs entry clearance (a visa) in advance of travel to the UK for any purpose, unless they meet one of the exceptions set out in VN2.1 and VN2.2. (subject to VN 2.3.). (a) Nationals or citizens of the following countries or territorial entities (a "*" indicates there are exceptions in VN 2.2 to VN 6.5): Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad People's Republic of China* Colombia Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast) Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (North) Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (formerly Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia) Pakistan Palestine Philippines Russia Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St Lucia Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan* Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Visa-free nearby

Other places United Kingdom passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Havana, nearest first.

  1. Cayman IslandsGeorge Town, about 440 km from HavanaVisa-free · 6 months
  2. BahamasNassau, about 550 km from HavanaVisa-free
  3. JamaicaKingston, about 820 km from HavanaVisa-free
  4. BelizeBelmopan, about 930 km from HavanaVisa-free · 30 days
  5. HaitiPort-au-Prince, about 1,160 km from HavanaVisa-free · 90 days

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

Weather in Havana

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

  1. JanHigh 26.2°CLow 19.0°CRain 87 mm
  2. FebHigh 27.3°CLow 19.6°CRain 55 mm
  3. MarHigh 27.8°CLow 19.9°CRain 33 mm
  4. AprHigh 30.2°CLow 22.0°CRain 70 mm
  5. MayHigh 30.5°CLow 23.0°CRain 86 mm
  6. JunHigh 31.4°CLow 24.2°CRain 155 mm
  7. JulHigh 31.9°CLow 24.5°CRain 116 mm
  8. AugHigh 32.4°CLow 24.7°CRain 126 mm
  9. SepHigh 31.7°CLow 24.4°CRain 162 mm
  10. OctHigh 30.3°CLow 23.7°CRain 136 mm
  11. NovHigh 28.1°CLow 21.6°CRain 123 mm
  12. DecHigh 27.2°CLow 20.2°CRain 78 mm

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

Averages of 10 to 21 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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