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Malawi visa for citizens of Austria

Citizens of Austria get a Malawi 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 Austria: the passport opens 119 countries visa-free; Vienna — Lilongwe: ≈ 7,130 km, about 9.5 hours of flying.

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

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Malawi visa rules at a glance

With a Austria passport you can visit 119 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Austria passport ranks 21st of 199.
Austria passport: visa-free access to 119 countries; Malawi passport: 41.
Citizens of Austria and Malawi can travel together visa-free to 31 countries, for example: Kosovo, Palestine, Gambia, Angola, Seychelles, Zambia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Botswana, Bahamas, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Citizens of Malawi, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Austria. Austria visa for citizens of Malawi

Travelling to Malawi: good to know

Vienna — Lilongwe: about 7,130 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Malawian Kwacha.
Languages: English and Nyanja.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MWK 1,748.
Malawi is the 120th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Austria.