What is the weather like in the Maldives right now?

Wind across the Maldives is currently 0.8–2.6 kn, with a sea of 0.4–1.8 m. The archipelago is 820 km long, so conditions at one end are routinely nothing like the other — the table on this page gives each atoll separately.

When is the monsoon in the Maldives?

The south-west monsoon, Hulhangu, runs roughly May to November and brings the wind, rain and bigger seas. The north-east monsoon, Iruvai, runs roughly January to March and is drier and calmer. The changeovers in April and December are unsettled, and the shear line between the two often lies across the middle of the country rather than moving over it all at once.

Where does this Maldives weather data come from?

Open-Meteo, which serves forecasts from the major public weather models. Wind, gust, temperature and sea state are read on a grid covering the whole archipelago and refreshed every fifteen minutes. The data is CC BY 4.0.

Weather · 21 atolls · updated every 15 minutes

Maldives weather

Wind 0.8–2.6 kn across the country right now, sea 0.4–1.8 m. The Maldives is 820 km from end to end, so one national figure is nearly always wrong for somebody. Here it is atoll by atoll.

Wind and sea by atoll now

Current wind, gust, sea state and air temperature for each atoll in the Maldives, north to south.
Region	Atoll	Wind		Gust	Sea	Swell	Air
North 7 atolls	Haa Alifu	NE	1.5 kn	4.2 kn	0.7 m	0.4 m	29.5 °C
	Haa Dhaalu	NE	1.5 kn	3.7 kn	0.7 m	0.4 m	29.3 °C
	Shaviyani	NE	1.7 kn	3.8 kn	0.7 m	0.5 m	29.4 °C
	Noonu	NE	1.8 kn	4.0 kn	0.6 m	0.5 m	29.5 °C
	Raa	NE	2.3 kn	4.6 kn	0.6 m	0.5 m	29.7 °C
	Lhaviyani	N	1.9 kn	4.1 kn	0.4 m	0.3 m	29.5 °C
	Baa	NE	2.6 kn	5.0 kn	0.7 m	0.4 m	29.6 °C
Central 10 atolls	Kaafu	N	1.2 kn	3.6 kn	0.5 m	0.4 m	29.3 °C
	Malé City	N	1.3 kn	3.6 kn	0.5 m	0.4 m	29.2 °C
	Alifu Alifu	W	1.6 kn	4.2 kn	0.7 m	0.5 m	29.3 °C
	Alifu Dhaalu	NW	1.5 kn	4.2 kn	0.7 m	0.6 m	29.0 °C
	Vaavu	N	0.8 kn	4.1 kn	0.4 m	0.4 m	29.2 °C
	Faafu	N	1.1 kn	3.7 kn	0.7 m	0.4 m	29.0 °C
	Meemu	NE	1.3 kn	3.6 kn	0.6 m	0.5 m	29.1 °C
	Dhaalu	NE	1.0 kn	3.4 kn	0.7 m	0.5 m	29.0 °C
	Thaa	E	1.3 kn	3.4 kn	0.9 m	0.7 m	29.0 °C
	Laamu	SE	1.3 kn	3.4 kn	0.8 m	0.6 m	29.1 °C
South 4 atolls	Gaafu Alifu	W	2.0 kn	5.2 kn	0.8 m	0.7 m	29.1 °C
	Gaafu Dhaalu	NW	2.5 kn	5.4 kn	1.2 m	0.9 m	29.2 °C
	Gnaviyani	NW	1.8 kn	4.3 kn	1.7 m	1.5 m	29.2 °C
	Seenu	NW	2.4 kn	5.0 kn	1.8 m	1.5 m	29.2 °C

Wind is the ten-metre mean and its gust, in knots; the bar is that mean against the strongest in the country right now, with a tick for the gust. Sea is significant wave height; swell is the longer-period part of it, which is what makes a crossing uncomfortable. Observed 13 min ago.

The two monsoons

Maldivian weather runs on two seasons, and they have Dhivehi names because they matter. Hulhangu, the south-west monsoon, runs roughly May to November: wind, rain, bigger seas, and the swell that closes the western reef passes. Iruvai, the north-east monsoon, runs roughly January to March and is drier, calmer and the reason that is the busy season.

What the calendar does not tell you is that the changeover is not a date. The shear line between the two commonly sits across the country rather than moving over it in one go, which is why the table above can show twelve knots from the west at Malé and four from the south at Addu on the same afternoon.

Weather and tide together

Wind decides comfort; the tide decides access. A reef pass that is workable at high water can be unworkable three hours later regardless of the forecast, and a harbour with a shallow entrance has a window rather than an opening time.

For planning, not for navigation. Use official forecasts and charts, and your own eyes.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0. Tide model: EOT20, doi:10.17882/79489.