No visa needed

Do citizens of Mozambique need a visa for Malawi?

Citizens of Mozambique don’t need a visa for Malawi and can stay up to 90 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 Mozambique: the passport opens 32 countries visa-free; Maputo — Lilongwe: ≈ 1,340 km, about 2 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

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

Yes, citizens of Mozambique don’t need a visa for Malawi for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Malawi visa rules at a glance

With a Mozambique passport you can visit 32 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Mozambique passport ranks 141st of 199.
Mozambique passport: visa-free access to 32 countries; Malawi passport: 41.
Citizens of Mozambique and Malawi can travel together visa-free to 30 countries, for example: Eswatini, South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Tanzania, Mauritius, Rwanda, Kenya, Angola, Uganda, Seychelles, and Benin.
Mozambique and Malawi share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Malawi, in turn, don’t need a visa for Mozambique. Mozambique visa for citizens of Malawi

Travelling to Malawi: good to know

Maputo — Lilongwe: about 1,340 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 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 7th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Mozambique.