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Niger visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders

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The answer

No. United Kingdom passport holders need a visa to visit Niger.

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Official source

diplomatie.gouv.neMinistère des Affaires Etrangères de la République du NigerChecked 31 Oct 2026

tous les étrangers qui souhaitent se rendre au Niger, sont tenus de présenter à la frontière un passeport et un titre de voyage revêtu d'un visa nigérien, sauf en cas d'exemption prévue par un accord bilatéral ou communautaire.

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Before you go

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 Niger passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.

Niger 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 Niamey, nearest first.

  1. São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé, about 1,550 km from NiameyVisa-free · 15 days
  2. GambiaBanjul, about 2,020 km from NiameyVisa-free · 90 days
  3. SenegalDakar, about 2,110 km from NiameyVisa-free · 90 days
  4. Western SaharaLaayoune, about 2,200 km from NiameyVisa-free · 90 days
  5. MoroccoRabat, about 2,450 km from NiameyVisa-free

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

Weather in Niamey

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

  1. JanHigh 32.2°CLow 16.8°CRain 0 mm
  2. FebHigh 35.9°CLow 20.2°CRain 0 mm
  3. MarHigh 39.6°CLow 24.1°CRain 0 mm
  4. AprHigh 41.6°CLow 28.1°CRain 10 mm
  5. MayHigh 41.0°CLow 29.0°CRain 25 mm
  6. JunHigh 38.1°CLow 26.9°CRain 79 mm
  7. JulHigh 34.7°CLow 24.8°CRain 141 mm
  8. AugHigh 32.9°CLow 23.8°CRain 191 mm
  9. SepHigh 35.0°CLow 24.8°CRain 83 mm
  10. OctHigh 38.1°CLow 25.4°CRain 17 mm
  11. NovHigh 37.1°CLow 21.2°CRain 0 mm
  12. DecHigh 33.9°CLow 17.8°CRain 0 mm

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

Averages of 18 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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