Ghana: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 71
- Consulates
- 21
- missions abroad
- 70
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 62
Live & travel in Ghana
Monthly budget
$1,900/mo
Prices vs USA: 42%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 11.68 GHS
Internet access
72%
of people online
Air quality
28.1
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
English
Emergency
999 · 192 · 193
Plug types
British and related types, BS 1363
Calling code
+233
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Jul 6, 2026
3.6
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost3.9
- Safety4.3
- Internet access3.3
- Air quality2.0
- Climate4.3
SOS · Ghana999Restaurants, cafés and dishes in GhanaLa Tante DC10 Restaurant · Kenkey · Omo tuo · Tubaani · Pito · Waakye
Government consensus
Increased caution· 3 of 3 governments- United StatesIncreased caution· parts of the country
- United KingdomIncreased caution· parts of the country
- CanadaIncreased caution
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 4, 2026 · Farmers Day
- Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Dec 26, 2026 · Boxing Day
- Dec 28, 2026 · Boxing Day (substitute day)
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Jan 7, 2027 · Constitution Day
- Mar 6, 2027 · Independence Day
- Mar 8, 2027 · Independence Day (substitute day)
Cities in Ghana
Traveller essentials · Ghana
- Emergency
- 999 · 192 · 193 · 191
- Calling code
- +233
- Currency
- GHS
- Plug types
- British and related types, BS 1363
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Accra
- Time zone
- Africa/Accra
Foreign missions in Ghana
AlgeriaAccra1AngolaAccra1AustraliaAccra1AustriaAccra1BelgiumAccra1BeninAccra1BrazilAccra1Burkina FasoAccra1CanadaAccra1ChileAccra1ChinaAccra1ColombiaAccra1Côte d’IvoireAccra1CubaAccra1CzechiaAccra1DenmarkAccra1DjiboutiAccra1DR CongoAccra1EgyptAccra1Equatorial GuineaAccra1EthiopiaAccra1FranceGreater Accra Region1GermanyAccra2GuineaAccra1HungaryAccra1IndiaAccra1IndonesiaAccra1IranAccra1IrelandAccra1IsraelAccra1ItalyAccra1JapanAccra1KuwaitAccra1LiberiaAccra1LibyaAccra1MalaysiaAccra1MaliAccra1MaltaAccra1MexicoAccra1MoroccoAccra1NamibiaAccra1NetherlandsAccra1NigerAccra1NigeriaAccra1NorwayAccra2PalestineAccra1PeruAccra2RussiaAccra1Saudi ArabiaAccra1SenegalAccra1SeychellesAccra1Sierra LeoneAccra1South AfricaAccra1South KoreaAccra1SpainAccra1SudanAccra1SurinameAccra1SwedenAccra1SwitzerlandAccra1TogoAccra1TürkiyeGreater Accra Region1United Arab EmiratesAccra1United KingdomAccra1United StatesAccra1Vatican CityAccra1Western SaharaAccra1ZambiaAccra1ZimbabweAccra1
Ghana missions abroad
AlgeriaAlgiers1AngolaLuanda1AustraliaCanberra2AustriaVienna1BelgiumBrussels1BeninCotonou1BrazilBrasília1Burkina FasoOuagadougou1CanadaOttawa, Markham2ChinaBeijing1Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1CubaHavana1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen1DR CongoKinshasa1EgyptCairo1Equatorial GuineaMalabo1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FranceParis1GabonLibreville1GermanyBerlin, Munich3GuineaConakry1IndiaNew Delhi1IranTehran1IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome, L'Aquila3JapanTokyo1KenyaNairobi1KuwaitKuwait City1LiberiaMonrovia1LibyaTripoli1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MaliBamako1MaltaValletta1MoroccoRabat1NamibiaWindhoek1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1NigeriaAbuja, Lagos2NorwayOslo1PakistanIslamabad1PhilippinesManila1PolandWarsaw1QatarDoha1Republic of the CongoBrazzaville1RussiaMoscow1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1SenegalDakar1Sierra LeoneFreetown1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid1SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern1TogoLomé1TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara1UgandaKampala1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi1United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C., New York City2ZambiaLusaka1ZimbabweHarare1
Who can enter Ghana 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 Ghana?
71 missions, 68 countries.
Emergency: Ghana?
999, 192 (fire department), 193 (emergency medical services), 191 (police)
Who can enter Ghana without a visa?
62: Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominica, Eswatini, Gambia, Grenada, and Guinea…