Kenya vs Malé Atolls

Large resort pool with blue loungers, thatched-roof structures, and palm trees lining the Baobab Beach Resort & Spa grounds.

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Kenya 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.

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By the numbers

Kenya compared with Malé Atolls
Kenya	Measure	Malé Atolls
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
13 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	11
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$75–$274/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$127–$856/night pp
0 of 13	Adults-only resorts	2 of 11
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
Long rains April–May, short rains October–November	Rainy season	May–November (southwest monsoon), wettest September–November
December–March and July–September (the latter pairs with Masai Mara migration season)	Sweet spot	January–March

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

Kenya

Malé Atolls

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Kenya and Malé Atolls
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kenya · high °F	90	91	91	88	84	83	82	82	84	86	88	89
Malé Atolls · high °F	86	87	88	88	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
Kenya · rain (in)	1.0	0.7	2.5	6.1	9.3	3.4	2.8	2.5	2.6	3.4	3.8	2.4
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 Diani / Mombasa coast and Malé: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.