No visa needed

Do citizens of the Solomon Islands need a visa for Malawi?

Citizens of the Solomon Islands 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 the Solomon Islands: the passport opens 84 countries visa-free; Honiara — Lilongwe: ≈ 13,530 km, about 17.5 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 Solomon Islands passport?

Yes, citizens of the Solomon Islands 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 Solomon Islands passport you can visit 84 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 51 with an e-visa; 36 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Solomon Islands passport ranks 72nd of 199.
Solomon Islands passport: visa-free access to 84 countries; Malawi passport: 41.
Citizens of the Solomon Islands and Malawi can travel together visa-free to 33 countries, for example: Vanuatu, Micronesia, Kiribati, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Seychelles, Belize, Eswatini, Lesotho, Ecuador, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Malawi, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands visa for citizens of Malawi

Travelling to Malawi: good to know

Honiara — Lilongwe: about 13,530 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 17.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −9 hours.
Local time: Honiara 12:00 — Lilongwe 03:00.
Local currency: Malawian Kwacha.
Languages: English and Nyanja.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MWK 1,748.
Malawi is the 87th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Solomon Islands.