Cuba: visas, documents and safety

Cuba at a glance

Key information to orient yourself in the country: current situation, essential facts and useful guidance.

Local time (UTC-04:00)

20:28:07

October 31, 2026

Capital

Havana

Data status

Up to date

26.6 °C

Clear

High 29.9°

Low 23.7°

Precipitation 0 mm

Wind 6.0 m/s

Today · Oct 31

Showers

23.7° / 29.9°

Precipitation 1 mm

Tomorrow · Nov 1

Heavy rain

23.2° / 27.8°

Precipitation 14.9 mm

Monday · Nov 2

Showers

22.5° / 28.1°

Precipitation 1.3 mm

Weather: Havana (capital) Official API

Essential facts

Currency: Cuban convertible peso (CUC)
Language: Spanish
Capital: Havana
Population: 9,748,007
Timezone: UTC-04:00

Country overview

The Italian presence in Cuba brings together essential services, community organizations, official references and cross-country collaboration opportunities to support Italians traveling, living, working or connecting between countries.

Travel in Cuba

Planning a trip to Cuba means understanding entry requirements, the documents you need and safety guidance before you leave.

In this guide you will find information on visas for Italian citizens, passport validity, health and safety, along with embassy contacts, consular services and emergency numbers in Cuba.

Before you leave

Italian passport · citizens of Italy

Entry requirements

Visa rules, permitted stay, required documents and official sources. Always confirm what applies to you before you travel.

eVisa for 90 days

Source and verification date are shown in the card below.

Max stay · 90 days
Extension · up to 90 days

Cuba's foreign ministry says tourist visas or tourist cards are issued to foreigners travelling to Cuba for pleasure, tourism or recreation, valid for a single entry and a 90-day stay, extendable once for the same period; its eVisa-Cuba site takes applications online. Cuba's Migration Law requires foreigners to hold an entry visa unless a convention signed by Cuba exempts their country's citizens; no official source we could read lists those conventions. D'Viajeros, Cuba's advance traveller information form, is mandatory for every passenger, and Canada's travel advice says you must be able to show proof of medical insurance on entry.

Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive in Cuba and 3 months after your planned departure date.
Travel insurance: Canada's travel advice says you must be able to show proof of medical insurance on entry to Cuba, and that if you have none, or the Cuban immigration authorities are not satisfied with the proof you show, you may have to obtain insurance from a Cuban insurance company on arrival, which may have limited coverage. No Cuban government page we could read states the rule.
Return or onward ticket: The UK government tells British visitors they must also show proof of onward or return travel.
Vaccinations: WHO lists Cuba as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from countries at risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited more than 12 hours through the airport of such a country.

Entry & documents

Open the «Travel without surprises» checklist for this destination

Safety

Travel advisory: Level 2 - Exercise Increased Caution

Updated to reflect information on power grid failures and Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) licenses for travel. Exercise increased caution in Cuba due to crime and unreliable electrical power.

Official source

Source: U.S. Department of State

Health

Official health guidance

World Health Organization (WHO) Viaggiare Sicuri (Italy) CDC Travel Health

Italian offices

1 office listed

Office

Embassy - L'Avana

L'AVANA

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Sources and updates

Origin, time reference and terms of use for data shown for Cuba.

Sources and updates

Official references, verification dates and provenance of the information published on this page.

Last institutional source check: 3 Oct 2026, 02:00

Official country sources

Data used on this page

TravelRequirements.info Entry requirements for Italian citizens (Travel tab and /travel hub)

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MET Norway Weather conditions and forecast for the capital

Weather reference: 1 Nov 2026, 00:17 · Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026, 01:00

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GeoNames Capital, coordinates and time zone

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Cuba

Today in the country

Today · Oct 31

Tomorrow · Nov 1

Monday · Nov 2

Essential facts

Country overview