Mozambique: visas, documents and safety

Mozambique at a glance

Key information to orient yourself in the country: current situation, essential facts and useful guidance.

Local time (UTC+02:00)

02:28:56

November 1, 2026

Capital

Maputo

Data status

Update delayed

21.2 °C

Clear

High 31.1°

Low 19.6°

Precipitation 0 mm

Wind 7.0 m/s

Today · Nov 1

Partly cloudy

19.6° / 31.1°

Precipitation 0 mm

Tomorrow · Nov 2

Cloudy

23.2° / 28.7°

Precipitation 0 mm

Tuesday · Nov 3

Cloudy

23.1° / 23.6°

Precipitation 0 mm

Weather: Maputo (capital) Official API

Essential facts

Currency: Mozambican metical (MZN)
Language: Portuguese
Capital: Maputo
Population: 34,090,466
Timezone: UTC+02:00

Country overview

The Italian presence in Mozambique brings together essential services, community organizations, official references and cross-country collaboration opportunities to support Italians traveling, living, working or connecting between countries.

Travel in Mozambique

Planning a trip to Mozambique means understanding entry requirements, the documents you need and safety guidance before you leave.

In this guide you will find information on visas for Italian citizens, passport validity, health and safety, along with embassy contacts, consular services and emergency numbers in Mozambique.

Before you leave

Italian passport · citizens of Italy

Entry requirements

Visa rules, permitted stay, required documents and official sources. Always confirm what applies to you before you travel.

Electronic travel authorization

Source and verification date are shown in the card below.

Max stay · 30 days

Mozambique's Decree 10/2023 says a national of a country covered by the visa exemption who wishes to enter must pre-register on www.evisa.gov.mz at least 48 hours before boarding, paying a processing fee equivalent to 650 meticais.

Passport validity: Decree 10/2023 requires the citizens it exempts from the visa to hold a passport valid for at least six months, and the eVisa portal asks for a passport valid more than 6 months. The UK government says you also need at least 2 blank pages for entry stamps.
Blank passport pages: At least 2 blank passport pages.
Return or onward ticket: The eVisa portal lists confirmed return tickets among the documents for a tourist eVisa application. Decree 10/2023 requires the citizens it exempts from the visa to hold a return air ticket, except when travelling by land, and proof of accommodation. No official source we could read states the requirement for the other visa-exempt nationalities.
Vaccinations: WHO's country list says Mozambique requires proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission, and from travellers who have transited for more than 12 hours through an airport of such a country.

Entry & documents

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Safety

Travel advisory: Level 2 - Exercise Increased Caution

Updated to reflect change in overall travel advisory level from 3 to 2 due to decrease of election related protests, and addition of Niassa Special Reserve to Do Not Travel section. Exercise increased caution when traveling to Mozambique due to health issues, crime, civil unrest, and terrorism.

Official source

Source: U.S. Department of State

Health

Official health guidance

World Health Organization (WHO) Viaggiare Sicuri (Italy) CDC Travel Health

Italian offices

4 offices listed

Office

Embassy - Maputo

Maputo

Office

Câmara de Comércio Moçambique-Itália

Maputo

Office

Head of mission accreditation office in - Maputo (Mozambico)

Maputo

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Automated data for information only. It does not replace guidance from local authorities, MAECI or Viaggiare Sicuri.

Data transparency

Sources and updates

Origin, time reference and terms of use for data shown for Mozambique.

Sources and updates

Official references, verification dates and provenance of the information published on this page.

Last institutional source check: 7 Oct 2026, 02:00

Official country sources

Data used on this page

TravelRequirements.info Entry requirements for Italian citizens (Travel tab and /travel hub)

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MET Norway Weather conditions and forecast for the capital

Weather reference: 1 Nov 2026, 00:16 · Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026, 01:00 · Update delayed

Official source Terms NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0
GeoNames Capital, coordinates and time zone

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Data is stored in the UnitedItalians database and refreshed periodically from the listed sources. Reference year, update date and availability may vary between providers.

Mozambique

Today in the country

Today · Nov 1

Tomorrow · Nov 2

Tuesday · Nov 3

Essential facts

Country overview