No visa needed

Do citizens of Malta need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe?

Citizens of Malta don’t need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe and can stay up to 15 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 Malta: the passport opens 123 countries visa-free; Valletta — São Tomé: ≈ 4,040 km, about 5.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 15 days

Can I travel to Sao Tome and Principe without a visa on a Malta passport?

Yes, citizens of Malta don’t need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe for up to 15 days. A valid passport is enough.

Sao Tome and Principe visa rules at a glance

With a Malta passport you can visit 123 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Malta passport ranks 3rd of 199.
Malta passport: visa-free access to 123 countries; Sao Tome and Principe passport: 28.
Citizens of Malta and Sao Tome and Principe can travel together visa-free to 25 countries, for example: Kosovo, Palestine, Gambia, Rwanda, Angola, Zambia, Seychelles, South Africa, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Bahamas, Malaysia, and Panama.
Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Malta. Malta visa for citizens of Sao Tome and Principe

Travelling to Sao Tome and Principe: good to know

Valletta — São Tomé: about 4,040 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Valletta 12:00 — São Tomé 10:00.
Local currency: São Tomé & Príncipe Dobra.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ STN 21.
Sao Tome and Principe is the 91st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Malta.