No visa needed

Do citizens of the United States need a visa for Mozambique?

Citizens of the United States 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 the United States: the passport opens 112 countries visa-free; Washington, D.C. — Maputo: ≈ 13,420 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 Mozambique without a visa on a United States passport?

Yes, citizens of the United States 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 United States passport you can visit 112 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 19 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the United States passport ranks 39th of 199.
United States passport: visa-free access to 112 countries; Mozambique passport: 32.
Citizens of the United States and Mozambique can travel together visa-free to 23 countries, for example: Haiti, Jamaica, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Ecuador, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Kiribati, Micronesia, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, and South Africa.
Citizens of Mozambique, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the United States. United States visa for citizens of Mozambique

Travelling to Mozambique: good to know

Washington, D.C. — Maputo: about 13,420 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 17.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +11 hours.
Local time: Washington, D.C. 12:00 — Maputo 23:00.
Local currency: Mozambican Metical.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MZN 64.
Mozambique is the 176th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the United States.