No visa needed

Do citizens of Switzerland need a visa for Mozambique?

Citizens of Switzerland don’t need a visa for Mozambique 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 Switzerland: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Bern — Maputo: ≈ 8,490 km, about 11 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 Mozambique without a visa on a Switzerland passport?

Yes, citizens of Switzerland don’t need a visa for Mozambique for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Mozambique visa rules at a glance

With a Switzerland passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Switzerland passport ranks 17th of 199.
Switzerland passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Mozambique passport: 32.
Citizens of Switzerland and Mozambique can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Rwanda, Angola, Dominica, Barbados, Zambia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Botswana, South Africa, and Eswatini.
Citizens of Mozambique, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Switzerland. Switzerland visa for citizens of Mozambique

Travelling to Mozambique: good to know

Bern — Maputo: about 8,490 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 11 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Mozambican Metical.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MZN 64.
Mozambique is the 148th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Switzerland.