According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit the Maldives is November to April. Plan 5–14 days.
Best months for the Maldives
- Best months
- November to April
- How long to stay
- 5–14 days
- Continent
- Asia
What the Maldives is best for
Famous for turquoise lagoons, coral reefs, overwater villas, and diving with manta rays and whale sharks.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in the Maldives by month
Monthly averages around Malé; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 27 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| February best | about 28 °C | some rain (39 mm) |
| March best | about 28 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| April best | about 29 °C | some rain (99 mm) |
| May | about 29 °C | a lot of rain (186 mm) |
| June | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (147 mm) |
| July | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (159 mm) |
| August | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (186 mm) |
| September | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (186 mm) |
| October | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (180 mm) |
| November best | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (234 mm) |
| December best | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (177 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about the Maldives
- Capital
- Malé
- Language
- Divehi
- Currency
- Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR)
- Time
- UTC+5
- Plugs
- Type A, C, G, J, K, L · 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +960
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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