Costa del Sol vs Maldives Outer Atolls

Ikos Andalusia's outdoor bar terrace features woven pendant lamps, bar seating, and tall palm trees with pink flowering plants in foreground.

Overwater bungalow with thatched roof at Cinnamon Hakuraa Huraa Maldives, featuring a furnished deck with loungers and colorful cushioned seating.

Maldives Outer Atolls23 resorts · ★ 4.8 average

Costa del Sol and Maldives Outer 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

Costa del Sol compared with Maldives Outer Atolls
Costa del Sol	Measure	Maldives Outer Atolls
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	23 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.8 (better)
$67–$526/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$133–$2056/night pp
0 of 6	Adults-only resorts	2 of 23
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–March	Rainy season	May–November (southwest monsoon), wettest September–November, and the manta season
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	Sweet spot	January–March
Sun with Andalusia attached; day trips to Granada, Seville and Ronda	Best for	House reefs, manta and whale-shark seasons, true seclusion, second visits
May–October; July and August are hottest and busiest	Season	January–March driest; May–November is the wetter monsoon and the manta season

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

Costa del Sol

Maldives Outer Atolls

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa del Sol and Maldives Outer Atolls
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Costa del Sol · high °F	63	64	67	70	75	81	86	86	82	75	68	64
Maldives Outer Atolls · high °F	86	87	88	88	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
Costa del Sol · rain (in)	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	2.2	3.7	3.9
Maldives Outer 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 Málaga and Malé (the atolls share one climate; the far south is less seasonal): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.