MBD Travel Maldives Guide
More than a list of sights: a practical guide to planning the order of your trip, choosing where to stay and adapting the plan to the season.
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Maldives
This page holds both the Maldives hotels and the destinations inside the country.
Find your month
North Malé Atoll reference, not all of Maldives · Average low / high, °C
Bars show each month’s low-to-high temperature range. Select a month for departures.
Monthly averages of daily readings · 2021-2025
About the data
Historical monthly low and high temperature averages, not a forecast. The bars share one temperature scale.
Price level: no data.
Choose where to stay
Compare location and property class. Open the hotel for current rooms and rates.
MBD Editorial · 2026Country file
Country fileMBD Travel Maldives Guide
Know the country
Maldives Travel Guide 2026: Places to Visit and Maldivian Culture
The Maldives are more than 1,000 islands in the Indian Ocean, arranged in 26 natural atolls. The dry season runs from November to April, with calm seas and clear skies. From May to October the southwest monsoon brings rain and wind, though the showers are usually short. Travel between islands is by seaplane, speedboat and local ferry.
Places to visit
- Malé: the crowded capital, with its fish market and the Friday Mosque.
- Hulhumalé: a settlement built on reclaimed land next to the airport island.
- North and South Malé Atolls: the resort islands closest to the capital.
- Ari and Raa Atolls: atolls known for snorkelling and diving on their reefs.
Planning tips
Each resort sits on its own island, and the transfer type and length from the airport depend on the atoll. Confirm the transfer times when you book. Dress codes are relaxed inside resort limits, while modest dress is expected on islands where local people live.
MBD Travel and trip notes
MBD Travel does not offer a package tour to the Maldives, so the country is hotel-led. We list 15 hotels with 124 room types: 4 in North Malé Atoll, 3 in South Malé Atoll, two each in Hulhumalé, South Ari Atoll and Malé, and one each in Raa Atoll and Furanafushi. 10 of the hotels are five-star.
Official tourism site: Visit Maldives Corporation (VMC) (visitmaldives.com). The country's official tourism board. You can follow it before you travel.
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