Nigeria: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 119
- Consulates
- 51
- missions abroad
- 84
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 18
Live & travel in Nigeria
Monthly budget
$950/mo
Prices vs USA: 21%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 1,346.24 NGN
Internet access
41%
of people online
Air quality
65.7
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
English
Emergency
112 · 199
Plug types
BS 546, BS 1363
Calling code
+234
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Jun 11, 2026
2.7
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost4.9
- Safety1.8
- Internet access1.1
- Air quality1.0
- Climate4.5
SOS · Nigeria112Restaurants, cafés and dishes in NigeriaMama Cass · Veggie Victory · Moin moin · Suya · Edikang ikong · Dan wake · Afang soup
Government consensus
Reconsider travel· 2 of 3 governments- United StatesReconsider travel· parts of the country
- United KingdomIncreased caution· parts of the country
- CanadaReconsider travel· parts of the country
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Dec 26, 2026 · Boxing Day
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Mar 9, 2027 · Id el Fitr
- Mar 26, 2027 · Good Friday
- Mar 29, 2027 · Easter Monday
- May 1, 2027 · Worker’s Day
- May 3, 2027 · Worker’s Day (substitute day)
Cities in Nigeria
Traveller essentials · Nigeria
- Emergency
- 112 · 199
- Calling code
- +234
- Currency
- NGN
- Plug types
- BS 546, BS 1363
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Abuja
- Time zone
- Africa/Lagos
Foreign missions in Nigeria
AlgeriaAbuja1AngolaAbuja1ArgentinaAbuja1AustraliaAbuja, Lagos2AustriaAbuja, Lagos2BelarusAbuja1BelgiumAbuja1BeninAbuja, Lagos2BotswanaAbuja1BrazilAbuja, Lagos2BulgariaAbuja1Burkina FasoAbuja, Lagos2BurundiAbuja1CameroonCalabar, Lagos2CanadaAbuja, Lagos2ChadAbuja1ChinaAbuja, Lagos3Côte d’IvoireAbuja1CubaAbuja1CzechiaAbuja1DenmarkAbuja1EgyptAbuja1EthiopiaAbuja1FinlandAbuja1FranceAbuja, Lagos3GermanyAbuja, Lagos2GhanaAbuja, Lagos2GreeceAbuja1GuineaAbuja1HungaryAbuja, Lagos2IndiaAbuja, Lagos2IndonesiaAbuja, Lagos2IranAbuja1IraqAbuja1IrelandAbuja, Lagos2IsraelAbuja1ItalyAbuja, Lagos2JamaicaAbuja1JapanAbuja, Lagos2KenyaAbuja, Lagos2LebanonAbuja, Lagos3LiberiaAbuja1MalaysiaAbuja1MexicoAbuja1MoroccoAbuja1NetherlandsAbuja, Lagos3NigerAbuja1North KoreaAbuja1NorwayAbuja1PakistanAbuja1PalestineAbuja1PhilippinesAbuja1PolandAbuja1PortugalAbuja1QatarAbuja1RomaniaAbuja1RussiaAbuja, Lagos2Saudi ArabiaAbuja1SenegalLagos1SerbiaAbuja1Sierra LeoneLagos, Abuja2SingaporeLagos1SlovakiaAbuja1South AfricaAbuja, Lagos2South KoreaAbuja, Lagos2SpainAbuja, Lagos2SudanAbuja1SwedenAbuja1SwitzerlandAbuja1SyriaAbuja1TaiwanLagos1TanzaniaAbuja1ThailandAbuja1Trinidad & TobagoAbuja1TunisiaAbuja1TürkiyeAbuja1UgandaAbuja1UkraineAbuja1United Arab EmiratesAbuja, Lagos2United KingdomLagos, Abuja, Calabar4United StatesAbuja, Lagos2Vatican CityAbuja1VenezuelaAbuja1VietnamAbuja1ZambiaAbuja1
Nigeria missions abroad
AngolaLuanda1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1AustraliaCanberra1AustriaVienna1BelgiumBrussels1BotswanaGaborone1BrazilBrasília1Burkina FasoOuagadougou1BurundiBujumbura1CameroonYaoundé, Douala3CanadaOttawa1Central African RepublicBangui1ChadN'Djamena1ChinaBeijing1Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1CubaHavana1CzechiaPrague1EgyptCairo1Equatorial GuineaMalabo, Bata2EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FranceParis1GabonLibreville1GermanyBerlin, Frankfurt2GhanaAccra1GreeceAthens1GuineaConakry1Guinea-BissauBissau1HungaryBudapest1IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran1IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome2JapanTokyo1KenyaNairobi1LebanonBeirut1LiberiaMonrovia1LibyaTripoli1MalawiLilongwe1MaliBamako1MexicoMexico City1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1NigerNiamey1North KoreaPyongyang1PakistanIslamabad1PhilippinesManila1PolandWarsaw1PortugalLisbon1QatarDoha1Republic of the CongoBrazzaville1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow1RwandaKigali1São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah2SenegalDakar1South AfricaPretoria, Johannesburg2South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid1SudanKhartoum1SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern1TaiwanTaipei2ThailandBangkok1TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara1UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi1United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C.2VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi1ZambiaLusaka1
Who can enter Nigeria 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 Nigeria?
119 missions, 85 countries.
Emergency: Nigeria?
112, 199 (fire department), 199 (emergency medical services), 199 (police)
Who can enter Nigeria without a visa?
18: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and Mali…