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🇲🇼 Use CautionIs Malawi Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Malawi
Travel verdict: See the scores below. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Petty crime and opportunistic theft in cities
- Rare but reported witchcraft-related violence
- Very poor medical infrastructure outside Lilongwe
Friendly nation; exercise standard caution and avoid isolated areas at night
Malaria prophylaxis essential; typhoid, hepatitis A, and cholera vaccines recommended
Malawian Kwacha used; USD accepted in tourist areas; carry cash in rural areas
Emergency: 990
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