Nicaragua: visas, documents and safety

Nicaragua at a glance

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

Local time (UTC-06:00)

18:29:08

October 31, 2026

Capital

Managua

Data status

Update delayed

27.6 °C

Partly cloudy

High 33.7°

Low 25.3°

Precipitation 0 mm

Wind 5.7 m/s

Today · Oct 31

Showers

25.3° / 33.7°

Precipitation 2.5 mm

Tomorrow · Nov 1

Heavy rain

25.0° / 33.7°

Precipitation 2.4 mm

Monday · Nov 2

Showers

24.7° / 34.2°

Precipitation 4.5 mm

Weather: Managua (capital) Official API

Essential facts

Currency: Nicaraguan c+�rdoba (NIO)
Language: Spanish
Capital: Managua
Population: 6,803,886
Timezone: UTC-06:00

Country overview

The Italian presence in Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua

Planning a trip to Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua.

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.

Visa free

Source and verification date are shown in the card below.

Under Disposición 002-2026, in force from 16 February 2026, Nicaragua's migration directorate lists the nationalities that do not need a visa to enter — among them the US, Canada, the UK, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar — and those that need a consulted visa (Category C), among them Mexico, Colombia, New Zealand, China, India and Cuba (for several, ordinary passports only). The UK Foreign Office says British visitors can stay up to 90 days without a visa and must pay an arrival tax of 10 US dollars in cash. The directorate's leaflet says the consulted visa is applied for, paid for and downloaded online, without going to a consulate.

Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive.
Return or onward ticket: The UK Foreign Office tells British visitors, who can visit Nicaragua for up to 90 days without a visa, that they may be refused entry if they do not have an onward ticket. Nicaragua's migration directorate says applicants for a Category C consulted visa must present a return ticket to their country of origin or departure.
Vaccinations: The UK Foreign Office says you must have a yellow fever vaccination certificate if you are coming from a country listed as a transmission risk. WHO's country list gives the requirement for travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission.

Entry & documents

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Safety

Travel advisory: Level 3 - Reconsider Travel

Reissued with updates to information on arbitrary enforcement of laws. Reconsider travel to Nicaragua due to arbitrary enforcement of laws, the risk of wrongful detention, and limited healthcare availability.

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 - Managua

Managua

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Data transparency

Sources and updates

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

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, 01:01 · Update delayed

Official source Terms NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0
GeoNames Capital, coordinates and time zone

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Nicaragua

Today in the country

Today · Oct 31

Tomorrow · Nov 1

Monday · Nov 2

Essential facts

Country overview