When to go · Maldives
When to go to the Maldives
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, the Maldives has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in January to April and June.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): May and July to December.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to December.
- The warmest month is May (29°C) and the coolest January (28°C). The wettest is November (233 mm) and the driest February (37 mm); about 1,723 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The model's grid cell here is mostly sea, so the daily high and low sit closer together than they do on land: afternoons ashore are usually warmer, and nights cooler.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayWet
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovWet
- DecWet
Month by month
Every month in the Maldives
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°C | 27°C | 53 mm | 79% | 57% | 5.8 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 28°C | 27°C | 37 mm | 79% | 50% | 6.3 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 28°C | 28°C | 50 mm | 77% | 45% | 6.6 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 29°C | 28°C | 98 mm | 78% | 56% | 6.2 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 29°C | 28°C | 191 mm | 81% | 75% | 5.3 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 29°C | 28°C | 148 mm | 81% | 80% | 5.2 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 28°C | 28°C | 165 mm | 81% | 80% | 5.1 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 28°C | 28°C | 193 mm | 81% | 78% | 5.4 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 28°C | 27°C | 185 mm | 81% | 76% | 5.5 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 28°C | 27°C | 186 mm | 81% | 72% | 5.6 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 28°C | 27°C | 233 mm | 81% | 75% | 5 | 29°C | Wet |
| December | 28°C | 27°C | 184 mm | 80% | 71% | 5 | 25°C | Wet |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
The figures are modelled at Malé, the atlas city this page's place is measured from.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Thiruvananthapuram612 kmGood for going: April, December and January
- Kollam624 kmGood for going: December and January
- Tirunelveli685 kmGood for going: May to September, December and January
- Kochi709 kmGood for going: December
- Thoothukudi722 kmGood for going: December and January
- Thrissur766 kmGood for going: November and December
- Sri Lanka766 kmGood for going: January to March and June to August
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