No visa needed

Do citizens of New Zealand need a visa for Malawi?

Citizens of New Zealand 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 New Zealand: the passport opens 113 countries visa-free; Wellington — Lilongwe: ≈ 12,680 km, about 16.5 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 New Zealand passport?

Yes, citizens of New Zealand 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 New Zealand passport you can visit 113 countries visa-free, 36 with a visa on arrival and 34 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the New Zealand passport ranks 37th of 199.
New Zealand passport: visa-free access to 113 countries; Malawi passport: 41.
Citizens of New Zealand and Malawi can travel together visa-free to 31 countries, for example: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Ecuador, Lesotho, Eswatini, Belize, South Africa, Botswana, and Seychelles.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Malawi, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to New Zealand. New Zealand visa for citizens of Malawi

Travelling to Malawi: good to know

Wellington — Lilongwe: about 12,680 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −11 hours.
Local time: Wellington 12:00 — Lilongwe 01:00.
Local currency: Malawian Kwacha.
Languages: English and Nyanja.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MWK 1,748.
Malawi is the 66th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of New Zealand.