No visa needed

Do citizens of Malawi need a visa for Bangladesh?

Citizens of Malawi don’t need a visa for Bangladesh and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Malawi: the passport opens 41 countries visa-free; Lilongwe — Dhaka: ≈ 7,450 km, about 10 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Bangladesh without a visa on a Malawi passport?

Yes, citizens of Malawi don’t need a visa for Bangladesh for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Bangladesh visa rules at a glance

With a Malawi passport you can visit 41 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 45 with an e-visa; 90 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Malawi passport ranks 121st of 199.
Malawi passport: visa-free access to 41 countries; Bangladesh passport: 16.
Citizens of Malawi and Bangladesh can travel together visa-free to 15 countries, for example: Rwanda, Seychelles, Gambia, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, Micronesia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Kiribati.
Citizens of Bangladesh, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Malawi. Malawi visa for citizens of Bangladesh

Travelling to Bangladesh: good to know

Lilongwe — Dhaka: about 7,450 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +4 hours.
Local time: Lilongwe 12:00 — Dhaka 16:00.
Local currency: Bangladeshi Taka.
Languages: Bangla.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BDT 123.
Bangladesh is the 109th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Malawi.