Passport validity
The source states no minimum passport validity.
Visa rules · Tourist entry
South Africa visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders
Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting South Africa.
The answer
Yes. United Kingdom passport holders can visit South Africa visa-free for up to 90 days.
- Entry
- Visa-free
- Stay
- 90 days per entry
- Covers
- Tourist entry
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 90 Days No
Before you go
Tourist entry only
These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.
The other way round
What South Africa passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.
South Africa 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 Pretoria, nearest first.
Weather in Pretoria
Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Pretoria, month by month.
- High 29.2°CLow 18.1°CRain 119 mm
- High 29.2°CLow 18.0°CRain 110 mm
- High 27.8°CLow 16.5°CRain 81 mm
- High 25.4°CLow 12.7°CRain 33 mm
- High 23.1°CLow 8.1°CRain 15 mm
- High 20.7°CLow 5.0°CRain 6 mm
- High 20.5°CLow 4.6°CRain 1 mm
- High 23.6°CLow 7.9°CRain 4 mm
- High 27.4°CLow 12.2°CRain 17 mm
- High 28.6°CLow 14.9°CRain 64 mm
- High 28.7°CLow 16.5°CRain 98 mm
- High 29.0°CLow 17.3°CRain 115 mm
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