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Gabon visa rules for United States passport holders

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The answer

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

No tourist entry

Official source

Visa and Entry Ban for U.S. Citizens: U.S. Embassy Libreville (December 29, 2025), U.S. Embassy in Libreville, Gabon (U.S. Department of State)Checked 30 Oct 2026

On December 18, the Gabonese Council of Ministers announced, via local media, that Gabon would apply reciprocal measures suspending visa issuance to U.S. citizens.

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

the date of validity of at least six months

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Gabon passport holders need to visit the United States.

Gabon passport United States

No tourist entry

I have determined to partially restrict and limit the entry of nationals of the following 15 countries: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote d 'Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Gabon 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 Libreville, nearest first.

  1. São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé, about 300 km from LibrevilleVisa-free · 15 days
  2. AngolaLuanda, about 1,110 km from LibrevilleVisa-free · 30 days
  3. St. HelenaJamestown, about 2,460 km from LibrevilleVisa-free · 183 days

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

Weather in Libreville

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

  1. JanHigh 30.0°CLow 24.3°CRain 304 mm
  2. FebHigh 30.6°CLow 24.4°CRain 252 mm
  3. MarHigh 30.8°CLow 24.3°CRain 359 mm
  4. AprHigh 30.5°CLow 24.2°CRain 305 mm
  5. MayHigh 29.9°CLow 24.5°CRain 235 mm
  6. JunHigh 28.3°CLow 23.8°CRain 27 mm
  7. JulHigh 27.2°CLow 22.7°CRain 8 mm
  8. AugHigh 27.5°CLow 23.2°CRain 31 mm
  9. SepHigh 28.4°CLow 23.8°CRain 148 mm
  10. OctHigh 28.8°CLow 23.9°CRain 443 mm
  11. NovHigh 29.2°CLow 23.9°CRain 498 mm
  12. DecHigh 29.6°CLow 24.0°CRain 320 mm

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

Averages of 16 to 25 years between 1992 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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