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Macau travel guide: visa, weather and holidays

Entry rules for every passport, live weather, public holidays for Macau.

Do you need a visa for Macau?

It depends on your passport. Of the 198 other passports in our data, 85 passports can enter Macau without a visa and 106 more get a visa on arrival or an eTA.

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Macau at a glance

Region
Eastern Asia, Asia
Currency
Macanese pataca (P, MOP)
Languages
Portuguese, Chinese
Calling code
+853
Drives on the
left

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Questions

Do I need a visa for Macau?

It depends on your passport. Of the 198 other passports in our data, 85 passports can enter Macau without a visa, 106 passports can get a visa on arrival and 7 passports need a visa in advance. Pick your passport on this page, or see the full list on the all-passports page for Macau.

Which side of the road do they drive on in Macau?

Traffic keeps to the left in Macau.

What currency does Macau use?

Macanese pataca (P, MOP).

What is the calling code for Macau?

+853.

How up to date is this information?

Entry rules come from the open Passport Index dataset, last updated 18 February 2026. Governments change rules often, so check with the embassy or the official immigration site before you book. Weather and public holidays on this page are fetched live from Open-Meteo and Nager.Date.

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Entry rules come from the open Passport Index dataset by Ilya Ilyankou (MIT), last updated 18 February 2026. Governments change rules often, so treat this as a guide and check with the embassy or the official immigration site before you book.