Passport validity
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.
Valid passport copy (minimum 6 months validity)
Visa rules · Tourist entry
Mali visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders
Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting Mali.
The answer
e-Visa needed. United Kingdom passport holders need an e-Visa before travel to visit Mali.
- Entry
- e-Visa
- Stay
- Not stated by the source
- Covers
- Tourist entry
Un passeport avec visa d'entrée et de séjour ou de transit pour tous les autres pays.
Before you go
Tourist entry only
These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.
The other way round
What Mali passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.
Mali 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 Bamako, nearest first.
Weather in Bamako
Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Bamako, month by month.
- High 32.7°CLow 16.9°CRain 2 mm
- High 35.8°CLow 20.0°CRain 0 mm
- High 38.5°CLow 22.9°CRain 4 mm
- High 39.4°CLow 25.1°CRain 20 mm
- High 37.9°CLow 25.0°CRain 87 mm
- High 34.7°CLow 23.8°CRain 130 mm
- High 31.4°CLow 22.3°CRain 233 mm
- High 30.6°CLow 21.9°CRain 275 mm
- High 31.9°CLow 21.4°CRain 181 mm
- High 34.4°CLow 21.0°CRain 54 mm
- High 35.4°CLow 17.6°CRain 2 mm
- High 33.3°CLow 16.2°CRain 0 mm
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