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No major changes since yesterday.
Governments, one trip
What they're telling their own citizens about Cabo Verde
The real score
The breakdown
See it from your perspective
Go, but pay attention.
The general Sketch Score, unweighted for any specific traveler.
Staying healthy
What to watch out for, health-wise
Active notices
No active CDC travel health notices right now.
Tap water safe to drink: Yes
Vaccines
Required: Yellow Fever
Recommended: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Measles, Rabies, Typhoid
Source: CDC Travelers' Health →Getting in
What you'll need at the border
Visitors to Cape Verde must obtain a visa to enter, unless they come from one of the visa-exempt countries, which are mostly in Africa, Europe and the American continent. Visa may be obtained in advance from a Cape Verde embassy or consulate, or in person upon arrival at any of the international airports.
Source: Wikipedia →From people who've been there
Local know-how
Staying safe
- •Pickpocketing and purse snatching are quite common in Cape Verde, especially in the main cities (Praia, Mindelo) and on the islands popular with tourists (Boa Vista, Sal).
- •The emergency number is 132.
- •UK health authorities have classified Cape Verde as having a risk of Zika virus transmission.
- •The WHO declared that, as of 2024, malaria has been eradicated in the entire country, with no cases reported for over three years.
Staying healthy
- •In the resorts, the tap water is usually desalinated and safe to drink. In other areas, bottled water is cheap and commonly available.
Adapted from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA — edited by travelers, not us.
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The little things that trip people up
Plug & voltage
C / F · 220V
Driving side
right
Emergency
police: 132 / ambulance: 130 / fire: 131
Cash vs. Card
The official currency of Cape Verde is the escudo, denoted by the symbol "'" (a cifrão, a symbol similar to the dollar sign, but with two vertical strokes instead of one) after the amount. Its ISO code is CVE. The currency is fixed against the euro at 110' per euro.
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- us-state — observed 2026-09-09
- ca-gac — observed 2026-09-09
- worldbank-political — observed 2026-09-09
- worldbank-policeTrust — observed 2026-09-09
- wikivoyage — observed 2026-09-09
- lgbtq-legal-wikipedia — observed 2026-09-09