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Niger visa rules for United States passport holders

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The answer

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

No tourist entry

Official source

embassyofniger-usa.orgEmbassy of Niger to the United States of AmericaChecked 31 Oct 2026

The Embassy of Niger in Washington announces the suspension of entry visas for American citizens, effective Thursday, August 28, 2025. This suspension will remain in place until further notice.

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 Niger passport holders need to visit the United States.

Niger 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.

Niger 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 Niamey, nearest first.

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