Passport validity
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.
Passport of the visa applicant which is valid for at least 6 months from the intended date of entry to Ethiopia.
Visa rules · Tourist entry
Ethiopia visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders
Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting Ethiopia.
The answer
Visa on arrival. United Kingdom passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Ethiopia.
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- Visa on arrival
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- Tourist entry
United Kingdom Visa on Arrival
Before you go
Tourist entry only
These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.
The other way round
What Ethiopia passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.
Ethiopia passport United Kingdom
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 Addis Ababa, nearest first.
No visa-free place we have reviewed is within 2,500 km yet.
Weather in Addis Ababa
Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Addis Ababa, month by month.
- High 24.2°CLow 8.2°CRain 15 mm
- High 25.4°CLow 9.2°CRain 26 mm
- High 25.6°CLow 10.8°CRain 57 mm
- High 25.9°CLow 11.9°CRain 82 mm
- High 25.5°CLow 12.1°CRain 87 mm
- High 23.7°CLow 11.5°CRain 141 mm
- High 21.4°CLow 11.7°CRain 256 mm
- High 21.4°CLow 11.5°CRain 300 mm
- High 22.1°CLow 11.1°CRain 182 mm
- High 23.5°CLow 9.5°CRain 40 mm
- High 23.2°CLow 7.7°CRain 14 mm
- High 23.2°CLow 7.5°CRain 11 mm
Plan the trip
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Flights to Addis Ababa
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Hotels in Addis Ababa
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EKTA · Insurance
Travel insurance
Medical and trip cover for Ethiopia.
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Airalo · eSIM
eSIM for Ethiopia
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