Visa on arrival

Malawi visa for citizens of Benin

Citizens of Benin 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 Benin: the passport opens 34 countries visa-free; Porto-Novo — Lilongwe: ≈ 4,120 km, about 5.5 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 Benin passport you can visit 34 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Benin passport ranks 134th of 199.
Benin passport: visa-free access to 34 countries; Malawi passport: 41.
Citizens of Benin and Malawi can travel together visa-free to 18 countries, for example: Ghana, Gambia, Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Bahamas, Ecuador, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Citizens of Malawi, in turn, don’t need a visa for Benin. Benin visa for citizens of Malawi

Travelling to Malawi: good to know

Porto-Novo — Lilongwe: about 4,120 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Porto-Novo 12:00 — Lilongwe 13:00.
Local currency: Malawian Kwacha.
Languages: English and Nyanja.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MWK 1,748.
Malawi is the 48th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Benin.