No visa needed

Do citizens of Samoa need a visa for Malawi?

Citizens of Samoa 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 Samoa: the passport opens 82 countries visa-free; Apia — Lilongwe: ≈ 15,830 km, about 20.5 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 Samoa passport?

Yes, citizens of Samoa 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 Samoa passport you can visit 82 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 41 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Samoa passport ranks 75th of 199.
Samoa passport: visa-free access to 82 countries; Malawi passport: 41.
Citizens of Samoa and Malawi can travel together visa-free to 34 countries, for example: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Belize, Ecuador, Jamaica, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, and Grenada.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Malawi, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Samoa. Samoa visa for citizens of Malawi

Travelling to Malawi: good to know

Apia — Lilongwe: about 15,830 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 20.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −11 hours.
Local time: Apia 12:00 — Lilongwe 01:00.
Local currency: Malawian Kwacha.
Languages: English and Nyanja.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MWK 1,748.
Malawi is the 118th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Samoa.