Canary Islands vs Malé Atolls

Illuminated pools with striped umbrellas and loungers at Bahia Principe Fantasia Tenerife, multi-story resort buildings at dusk.

Canary Islands15 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

Overwater villa at Anantara Veli Maldives with private pool, wooden deck, lounge chairs, and ocean view under clear sky.

Canary Islands and Malé Atolls, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Canary Islands compared with Malé Atolls
Canary Islands	Measure	Malé Atolls
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
15 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	12
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$83–$260/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$127–$856/night pp
3 of 15	Adults-only resorts	2 of 12
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts	Rainy season	May–November (southwest monsoon), wettest September–November
Year-round; December–March is when the islands earn their keep, and summer is the value season	Sweet spot	January–March
Winter sun, a spring-like year-round climate, big well-run resorts	Best for	First Maldives trips, shorter stays, red-eye arrivals
Year-round; Christmas and Easter are the peaks	Season	January–March driest; May–November is the wetter monsoon

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Canary Islands

Malé Atolls

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Canary Islands and Malé Atolls
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canary Islands · high °F	70	71	73	74	76	79	83	84	82	79	75	71
Malé Atolls · high °F	86	87	88	88	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
Canary Islands · rain (in)	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.3
Malé Atolls · rain (in)	4.5	2.0	2.9	5.2	8.5	6.5	5.8	6.9	9.6	8.7	9.1	9.0

Approximate climate normals for Tenerife South and Malé: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.