Burkina Faso: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 33
- Consulates
- 3
- missions abroad
- 54
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 19
Live & travel in Burkina Faso
Monthly budget
$1,500/mo
Prices vs USA: 33%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 586.37 XOF
Internet access
28%
of people online
Air quality
37.3
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Emergency
18 · 112 · 17
Plug types
Europlug, Type E
Calling code
+226
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: May 3, 2026
2.5
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · TerraClimate · U.S. State Dept
- Cost4.3
- Safety2.8
- Internet access1.0
- Air quality1.0
- Climate3.5
SOS · Burkina Faso18Restaurants, cafés and dishes in Burkina FasoMillet beer · akassa
Government consensus
Do not travel· 3 of 3 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 11, 2026 · Proclamation of the Republic
- Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Jan 3, 2027 · Anniversary of the 1966 Upper Voltan coup d’état
- Mar 8, 2027 · International Women’s Day
- Mar 9, 2027 · End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)
- Mar 28, 2027 · Easter Sunday
- Mar 29, 2027 · Easter Monday
Cities in Burkina Faso
Traveller essentials · Burkina Faso
- Emergency
- 18 · 112 · 17
- Calling code
- +226
- Currency
- XOF
- Plug types
- Europlug, E
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Time zone
- Africa/Ouagadougou
Foreign missions in Burkina Faso
AlgeriaOuagadougou1BelgiumOuagadougou1BrazilOuagadougou1CanadaOuagadougou1ChadOuagadougou1ChinaOuagadougou1Côte d’IvoireOuagadougou1CubaOuagadougou1DenmarkOuagadougou1FranceOuagadougou2GermanyOuagadougou1GhanaOuagadougou1IndiaOuagadougou1ItalyOuagadougou1JapanOuagadougou1LibyaOuagadougou1LuxembourgOuagadougou1MaliOuagadougou1MoroccoOuagadougou1NetherlandsOuagadougou1NigerOuagadougou1NigeriaOuagadougou1Saudi ArabiaOuagadougou1SenegalOuagadougou1South AfricaOuagadougou1SwedenOuagadougou1SwitzerlandOuagadougou1TaiwanOuagadougou1TunisiaOuagadougou1TürkiyeOuagadougou1United StatesOuagadougou1Vatican CityOuagadougou1
Burkina Faso missions abroad
AlgeriaAlgiers1AustriaVienna1BelgiumBrussels1BeninPorto-Novo1BrazilBrasília1CanadaOttawa1ChadN'Djamena1ChinaBeijing1Côte d’IvoireAbidjan4CroatiaZagreb1CubaHavana1DenmarkCopenhagen, Aarhus Municipality2EgyptCairo1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FranceParis, Bordeaux, 6th arrondissement of Lyon4GabonLibreville1GermanyParis, Munich2GhanaAccra1IndiaNew Delhi1ItalyRome, Milan, Turin4JapanTokyo1KenyaNairobi1KuwaitKuwait City1LibyaTripoli1MaliBamako2MoroccoRabat1NigerNiamey1NigeriaAbuja, Lagos2QatarDoha1RussiaMoscow1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1SenegalDakar1South AfricaPretoria1SpainBarcelona1SwedenUppsala1SwitzerlandGeneva1TogoLomé1TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2United StatesWashington, D.C.1
Who can enter Burkina Faso without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Burkina Faso?
33 missions, 32 countries.
Emergency: Burkina Faso?
18 (fire department), 112 (emergency medical services), 17 (police)
Who can enter Burkina Faso without a visa?
19: Benin, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, and Morocco…