No visa needed

Do citizens of Malta need a visa for Malawi?

Citizens of Malta don’t need a visa for Malawi and can stay up to 30 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Malta: the passport opens 123 countries visa-free; Valletta — Lilongwe: ≈ 5,900 km, about 8 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

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

Yes, citizens of Malta don’t need a visa for Malawi for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Malawi visa rules at a glance

With a Malta passport you can visit 123 countries visa-free, 25 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 Malta passport ranks 3rd of 199.
Malta passport: visa-free access to 123 countries; Malawi passport: 41.
Citizens of Malta and Malawi can travel together visa-free to 35 countries, for example: Kosovo, Palestine, Gambia, Uganda, Rwanda, Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, and Antigua and Barbuda.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Malawi, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Malta. Malta visa for citizens of Malawi

Travelling to Malawi: good to know

Valletta — Lilongwe: about 5,900 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8 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 114th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Malta.