No visa needed

Do citizens of Malawi need a visa for Tanzania?

Citizens of Malawi don’t need a visa for Tanzania 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 Malawi: the passport opens 41 countries visa-free; Lilongwe — Dodoma: ≈ 890 km, about 1.5 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 Tanzania without a visa on a Malawi passport?

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

Tanzania visa rules at a glance

With a Malawi passport you can visit 41 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 45 with an e-visa; 90 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Malawi passport ranks 121st of 199.
Malawi passport: visa-free access to 41 countries; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of Malawi and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 37 countries, for example: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Eswatini, South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Lesotho, Namibia, Angola, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Benin.
A language both countries share: English.
Malawi and Tanzania share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, don’t need a visa for Malawi. Malawi visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Lilongwe — Dodoma: about 890 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Lilongwe 12:00 — Dodoma 13:00.
Local currency: Tanzanian Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TZS 2,645.
Tanzania is the 3rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Malawi.