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Ethiopia visa for citizens of Malawi

Citizens of Malawi get an Ethiopia visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Malawi: the passport opens 41 countries visa-free; Lilongwe — Addis Ababa: ≈ 2,620 km, about 4 hours of flying.

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

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Ethiopia 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; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Malawi and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 12 countries, for example: Rwanda, Kenya, Seychelles, Benin, Gambia, Singapore, Philippines, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Malawi. Malawi visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Lilongwe — Addis Ababa: about 2,620 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Lilongwe 12:00 — Addis Ababa 13:00.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 23rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Malawi.