No visa needed

Do citizens of Mozambique need a visa for Zambia?

Citizens of Mozambique don’t need a visa for Zambia 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 Mozambique: the passport opens 32 countries visa-free; Maputo — Lusaka: ≈ 1,250 km, about 2 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 Zambia without a visa on a Mozambique passport?

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

Zambia visa rules at a glance

With a Mozambique passport you can visit 32 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Mozambique passport ranks 141st of 199.
Mozambique passport: visa-free access to 32 countries; Zambia passport: 38.
Citizens of Mozambique and Zambia can travel together visa-free to 29 countries, for example: Eswatini, South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Mauritius, Rwanda, Kenya, Angola, Uganda, Seychelles, and Benin.
Mozambique and Zambia share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Zambia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Mozambique. Mozambique visa for citizens of Zambia

Travelling to Zambia: good to know

Maputo — Lusaka: about 1,250 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Zambian Kwacha.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ZMW 20.
Zambia is the 6th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Mozambique.