Maldives · Asia · northern hemisphere
The Maldives is at its best for lakes & coastline in January to March. Good but not prime in April, May and December.
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | 90 | 90 | 91 | 89 | 57 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 41 | 37 | 77 |
| Lakes & Coastline | 93 | 92 | 87 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 71 |
No reliable monthly crowd data for this destination — the proxy used elsewhere did not pass its checks here, so nothing is shown rather than a guess.
Swipe the table sideways for the rest of the year.
The dry season is the northeast monsoon, from January to March. The southwest monsoon brings the wet season from mid-May to November, and December and April are the changeover months
Counting on calm seas from mid-May to November. This is the southwest monsoon, the wet season, and the Met service issues rough-weather warnings at sea.
December is the busiest month of the year, and May and June the quietest
March, April and the first half of May are the warmest weeks of the year, until the monsoon arrives in mid-May.
Trips start and end in Malé. Maafushi, Gulhi and Guraidhoo are local islands with guesthouses, south of the capital in Kaafu Atoll.
The southwest monsoon, the wet season, runs from mid-May to November.Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov
Kept out of the score on purpose. Averaging a rare catastrophe into a monthly number would tell you something false; the warning is the honest form.
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