No visa needed

Do citizens of Cuba need a visa for Malaysia?

Citizens of Cuba don’t need a visa for Malaysia 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 Cuba: the passport opens 27 countries visa-free; Havana — Kuala Lumpur: ≈ 17,060 km, about 22 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 Malaysia without a visa on a Cuba passport?

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

Malaysia visa rules at a glance

With a Cuba passport you can visit 27 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 50 with an e-visa; 95 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Cuba passport ranks 153rd of 199.
Cuba passport: visa-free access to 27 countries; Malaysia passport: 122.
Citizens of Cuba and Malaysia can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Nicaragua, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guyana, Belarus, Palestine, Kiribati, Fiji, Iran, Namibia, and Mongolia.
Citizens of Malaysia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Cuba. Cuba visa for citizens of Malaysia

Travelling to Malaysia: good to know

Havana — Kuala Lumpur: about 17,060 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 22 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +12 hours.
Local time: Havana 12:00 — Kuala Lumpur 00:00.
Local currency: Malaysian Ringgit.
Languages: English and Malay.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MYR 4.08.
Malaysia is the 195th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Cuba.