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Malawi visa for citizens of Iceland

Citizens of Iceland 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 Iceland: the passport opens 112 countries visa-free; Reykjavík — Lilongwe: ≈ 9,870 km, about 13 hours of flying.

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

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

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Iceland get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Malawi visa rules at a glance

With a Iceland passport you can visit 112 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Iceland passport ranks 39th of 199.
Iceland passport: visa-free access to 112 countries; Malawi passport: 41.
Citizens of Iceland and Malawi can travel together visa-free to 29 countries, for example: Kosovo, Palestine, Gambia, Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Haiti, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, and Ecuador.
Citizens of Malawi, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Iceland. Iceland visa for citizens of Malawi

Travelling to Malawi: good to know

Reykjavík — Lilongwe: about 9,870 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 13 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2 hours.
Local time: Reykjavík 12:00 — Lilongwe 14:00.
Local currency: Malawian Kwacha.
Languages: English and Nyanja.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MWK 1,748.
Malawi is the 160th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Iceland.