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Malawi visa for citizens of Ivory Coast

Citizens of Ivory Coast 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 Ivory Coast: the passport opens 29 countries visa-free; Yamoussoukro — Lilongwe: ≈ 4,890 km, about 6.5 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 Ivory Coast passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Ivory Coast 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 Ivory Coast passport you can visit 29 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 97 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Ivory Coast passport ranks 147th of 199.
Ivory Coast passport: visa-free access to 29 countries; Malawi passport: 41.
Citizens of Ivory Coast and Malawi can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Ghana, Benin, Gambia, Rwanda, Kenya, Mozambique, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Seychelles, Haiti, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Malawi, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast visa for citizens of Malawi

Travelling to Malawi: good to know

Yamoussoukro — Lilongwe: about 4,890 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2 hours.
Local time: Yamoussoukro 12:00 — Lilongwe 14:00.
Local currency: Malawian Kwacha.
Languages: English and Nyanja.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MWK 1,748.
Malawi is the 63rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Ivory Coast.