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Burkina Faso visa rules for United States passport holders

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The answer

No. Burkina Faso does not admit tourists travelling on passports from the United States.

No tourist entry

Official source

gouvernement.gov.bfMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso (Communiqué du Gouvernement, 30 Dec 2025, published on gouvernement.gov.bf)Checked 31 Oct 2026

décision qui inclut désormais le Burkina Faso parmi les pays soumis à des restrictions totales de visas

Quoted from the source.

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 Burkina Faso passport holders need to visit the United States.

Burkina Faso passport United States

No tourist entry

I have determined to fully restrict and limit the entry of nationals of 7 additional countries: Burkina Faso, Laos, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Syria.

Burkina Faso passport to the United States, full page

Visa-free nearby

Other places United States passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Ouagadougou, nearest first.

  1. São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé, about 1,620 km from OuagadougouVisa-free · 15 days
  2. SenegalDakar, about 1,740 km from OuagadougouVisa-free · 90 days
  3. Western SaharaLaayoune, about 2,040 km from OuagadougouVisa-free
  4. Cape VerdePraia, about 2,390 km from OuagadougouVisa-free · 30 days
  5. MoroccoRabat, about 2,470 km from OuagadougouVisa-free

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

Weather in Ouagadougou

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

  1. JanHigh 33.5°CLow 17.1°CRain 0 mm
  2. FebHigh 36.2°CLow 20.3°CRain 0 mm
  3. MarHigh 39.4°CLow 24.5°CRain 4 mm
  4. AprHigh 40.1°CLow 27.6°CRain 24 mm
  5. MayHigh 38.5°CLow 27.3°CRain 61 mm
  6. JunHigh 35.5°CLow 25.3°CRain 84 mm
  7. JulHigh 32.7°CLow 23.5°CRain 200 mm
  8. AugHigh 31.5°CLow 23.1°CRain 224 mm
  9. SepHigh 32.9°CLow 23.3°CRain 143 mm
  10. OctHigh 36.0°CLow 24.1°CRain 32 mm
  11. NovHigh 36.7°CLow 20.6°CRain 1 mm
  12. DecHigh 34.3°CLow 17.6°CRain 0 mm

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

Averages of 19 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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