Africa · Eastern Africa
Malawi
Lake Malawi National Park · Photo: Joachim Huber from Switzerland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Currency
- MWK
- Malawian Kwacha
- Local time
- Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +265
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G
Facts
Malawi in figures
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Currency
- Malawian Kwacha MWKToday's indicative rate: MWK 1,000 ≈ USD 0.575Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: English and NyanjaSpoken: Nyanja and Tumbuka
- Time zones
- Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +265
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 990police997police998ambulance999fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 22,216,120 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 118,480 km²
- Internet domain
- .mw
- Land borders
- MozambiqueTanzaniaZambia
When to go
Climate across Malawi
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
On the map
Where Malawi is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Malawi
Airports
Airports in Malawi
Photographs
Malawi in pictures
LilongwePhoto: Brian Dell · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Malawi
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