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North Korea visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders

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The answer

No. United Kingdom passport holders need a visa to visit North Korea.

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Official source

tourismdprk.gov.kpState General Bureau of Tourist Guidance, DPRK (tourismdprk.gov.kp)Checked 31 Oct 2026

The visa may be issued at the diplomatic missions, consulates or travel companies staying abroad of the DPRK.

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

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

Conditions from official sources

  • Apply for the tourist visa through a DPRK travel company at least 15 days before departure.
  • Send two photos with the visa application.
  • Travelers from an area where avian flu, AIDS, typhoid fever, cholera, measles or another epidemic disease is prevalent must show a vaccination certificate issued by their country.

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 North Korea passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.

North Korea 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 Pyongyang, nearest first.

  1. South KoreaSeoul, about 200 km from PyongyangVisa-free · 90 days
  2. ChinaBeijing, about 810 km from PyongyangVisa-free · 30 days
  3. JapanTokyo, about 1,290 km from PyongyangVisa-free · 90 days
  4. TaiwanTaipei, about 1,600 km from PyongyangVisa-free · 90 days
  5. MongoliaUlan Bator, about 1,810 km from PyongyangVisa-free · 30 days

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

Weather in Pyongyang

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

  1. JanHigh -0.6°CLow -9.8°CRain 11 mm
  2. FebHigh 3.1°CLow -6.4°CRain 16 mm
  3. MarHigh 9.7°CLow -0.8°CRain 20 mm
  4. AprHigh 17.7°CLow 6.2°CRain 51 mm
  5. MayHigh 23.5°CLow 12.3°CRain 75 mm
  6. JunHigh 27.5°CLow 17.6°CRain 92 mm
  7. JulHigh 29.0°CLow 21.5°CRain 291 mm
  8. AugHigh 29.6°CLow 21.6°CRain 213 mm
  9. SepHigh 25.8°CLow 16.0°CRain 105 mm
  10. OctHigh 18.8°CLow 8.0°CRain 44 mm
  11. NovHigh 9.7°CLow 0.6°CRain 41 mm
  12. DecHigh 1.3°CLow -7.1°CRain 18 mm

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

Averages of 21 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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