Honduras

Honduras has no digital nomad visa. Tourists from visa-exempt countries can be admitted for up to 90 days under Art. 116 of the migration regulation. In justified cases the migration authority can grant one extension of 30 days after the initial 90 days. The border officer stamps the length of stay, which can be shorter: British visitors, for example, receive a 30-day entry stamp.

Honduras belongs to the CA-4 agreement with Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. How time spent in the other three counts toward a stay in Honduras is best confirmed with the Instituto Nacional de Migración before a long trip.

For a long stay, the pensionado residence is the established route. It is built for retirees with a stable pension from abroad paid into a Honduran bank, and it does not allow paid work in Honduras without a separate permit. A 2025 ministerial agreement also lets the ministry approve applicants with half the required pension at its discretion.

Two related categories have no page here yet. Rentista residence covers people with stable income from assets of at least $2,500 a month, but Art. 23 of the regulation bars rentistas from work paid with a salary or any other remuneration, so it does not clearly cover remote employment. Investor residence covers people who put capital into an approved business.

Honduras uses the lempira (HNL). Crowd-sourced data last updated Oct. 2, 2026, give these monthly figures:

The San Pedro Sula total adds the average one-bedroom rent, outside the center and in it, to the estimate of a single person's other costs. Dollar amounts use the Oct. 4, 2026 exchange rate. Both cities rest on few contributors, so the figures are a rough guide only.

There is no current data for Roatán, and no published survey covers the Bay Islands.

Roatán in the Bay Islands suits remote workers drawn by the sea and diving. It has a hyperbaric chamber, but UK travel advice warns that emergency medical facilities on the islands are extremely limited and that petty theft affects tourist areas there too.

Utila is a smaller Bay Island with recompression facilities for divers. It suits people who want a slow pace and can accept fewer services.

Tegucigalpa, the capital, has the main government offices, including the INM office that handles residence paperwork, and private clinics. The UK government advises against walking around the city.

San Pedro Sula in the north carries the same safety caution as the capital. It is one of the few Honduran cities with a published cost estimate, based on October 2026 data.

Honduras's median fixed broadband download speed was 96.32 Mbps in August 2026, and its median mobile speed 43.2 Mbps.

Fixed broadband at that level handles video calls and large uploads. The national median hides local differences, so a speed test at a rental before signing a lease is worth the time.

Coworking spaces are concentrated in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and the tourist areas of Roatán. Current listings are the best guide to what is open.

Tax residence starts after more than three months in Honduras in a calendar year. The rule comes from Art. 15 of the income tax regulation.

Under the same regulation, residents are taxable on income from sources in Honduras or abroad (Art. 11). No official guidance from the tax authority (SAR) confirming an exemption for foreign income was found, so remote workers who pass the residence test should get local tax advice before assuming foreign earnings are untaxed.

Pensionado residents have a specific exemption. Pensioner residents are exempt from Honduran income tax on the pension received under the residence permit, and may import household goods once and one vehicle free of import duties. Rentistas get the same exemption on their income under Art. 25 to 27 of the migration law.

No special tax regime for remote workers appears in the official sources. Home-country tax rules still apply to anyone who keeps tax residence there.

• Entry: Passports need at least 6 months of validity after arrival and 2 blank pages. Travelers should check that the officer stamps the passport on arrival, because a missing stamp can lead to a fine.
• Safety: Honduras has one of the highest violent crime rates in Latin America. Petty theft is common in cities and tourist areas, and protests can bring roadblocks at short notice.
• Cash: ATMs are available in the main towns. Machines in shopping centers are the safer choice, and withdrawals at night are best avoided.
• Healthcare: State hospitals are underfunded and short of medicines, and private clinics exist only in major towns. Insurance should cover treatment and repatriation.
• Weather: the hurricane season normally runs from May to November, and landslides and flooding can close roads. Earthquakes are also a risk.
• Banking for residents: pensionado and rentista residents must receive their income through a Honduran financial institution, so opening a local account comes early in the process.