Zambia: visas, documents and safety

Zambia at a glance

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

Local time (UTC+02:00)

01:29:46

November 1, 2026

Capital

Lusaka

Data status

Update delayed

21.4 °C

Clear

High 33.9°

Low 20.1°

Precipitation 0 mm

Wind 3.4 m/s

Today · Nov 1

Clear

20.1° / 33.9°

Precipitation 0 mm

Tomorrow · Nov 2

Partly cloudy

21.4° / 35.1°

Precipitation 0 mm

Tuesday · Nov 3

Clear

24.4° / 24.7°

Precipitation 0 mm

Weather: Lusaka (capital) Official API

Essential facts

Currency: Zambian kwacha (ZMW)
Language: English
Capital: Lusaka
Population: 19,693,423
Timezone: UTC+02:00

Country overview

The Italian presence in Zambia 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 Zambia

Planning a trip to Zambia 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 Zambia.

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.

Visa-free for 90 days

Source and verification date are shown in the card below.

Max stay · 90 days
Stay window · 365 days (per-12-months-from-first-entry)

Zambia's Department of Immigration says all ordinary visitors, business visitors and tourists are entitled to a free 90-day visit in any period of 12 months from the day of first entry; the days may not all be given at once, so a visitor may be required to have them extended at the nearest immigration office, free of charge.

Passport validity: The UK government says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive and at least 2 blank pages for entry stamping. Zambia's Department of Immigration says travellers getting a visa on arrival need at least six months' passport validity from the date of entry and at least 3 full blank pages.
Blank passport pages: At least 3 blank passport pages.
Return or onward ticket: Zambia's Department of Immigration says nationals who do not require visas, like other non-citizens and non-residents arriving by air, must be in possession of valid return air tickets, and that visa-on-arrival travellers arriving by air must also hold valid return air tickets.
Vaccinations: The UK government says you must have a certificate to prove you have had a yellow fever vaccination if you are coming from a country listed as a transmission risk.

Entry & documents

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Safety

Travel advisory: Level 1 - Exercise Normal Precautions

Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed. Exercise normal precautions in Zambia.

Official source

Source: U.S. Department of State

Health

Official health guidance

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

Italian offices

2 offices listed

Office

Embassy - Lusaka

Lusaka

Office

Head of mission accreditation office in - Lusaka (Zambia)

Lusaka

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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 Zambia.

Sources and updates

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

Last institutional source check: 3 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: 31 Oct 2026, 20:17 · Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026, 00:00 · 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.

Zambia

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Essential facts

Country overview