By Harry Nara · Last updated
Choose Your Season
Broader overviews covering weather patterns, events, and highlights across an entire season.
Plan by Month
Each month at a glance — temperature, crowds, and one click to the full guide.
The One Trip You Cannot Change Your Mind About
Everywhere else on this site, a bad weather day can be answered by going somewhere else. Here it cannot. You land, you take a boat or a seaplane to one island, and that island is the holiday for the length of the stay. That makes the Maldives the most weather-dependent trip we cover, and it is why the month matters more than the resort.
The Dry Season (November to April)
Twenty-six to 31°C, three to seven wet days a month, and the thing that matters underwater: clear water and calm seas. February and March are the driest of the year and give the best visibility for snorkelling and diving. The cost is company and money, with January through March all busy and the New Year window carrying the steepest premium of the twelve months.
The Green Season (May to October)
Thirteen to fifteen wet days a month, but the temperature barely moves, holding 24 to 32°C all year. The rain comes in bursts rather than settling in, and the trade is real: rates fall hard, and September is the single quietest month of the Maldivian year. Visibility is poorer and the sea is livelier, so this suits a trip built around a villa and a beach more than one built around a reef.
Our Maldives Guides
Fourteen guides across both seasons and all twelve months. There are no event pages here and that is deliberate: the Maldives has no comparable public calendar, because the decision is which island and which month, not what is on.