Best Time to Visit Maldives

It’s monsoon all around the year in Maldives but in varying degrees. The main tourist season is from December to March when the sun comes out often. Tourist activity peaks around the Christmas-New Year week. It’s wise to book in advance for this time. The rest of the year is prone to heavier rainfall but there many days even then which are bright and glorious. For serious divers the months of April and November (when the weather’s changing) are supposed to offer exceptionally clear waters and the best viewing.

Climate

Being an equatorial region means that Maldives has one more or less constant season, and in this case it’s a constant monsoon. The variation is only a question of less or more: December to March (‘iruvai’) the rains are less severe, April to November (‘hulhangu’) it can get squally and intensely wet.