Kos vs Malé Atolls

Pool deck with loungers overlooking a bay, white modern building, and dining area at Mitsis Selection Blue Domes under blue sky.

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

Kos 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

Kos compared with Malé Atolls
Kos	Measure	Malé Atolls
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
2	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.8 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.7
$177–$857/night pp	Nightly rates	$127–$856/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	2 of 13
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–March	Rainy season	May–November (southwest monsoon), wettest September–November
June and September; July–August is hottest and windiest	Sweet spot	January–March
A straightforward beach week, cycling, short transfers, a day in Turkey	Best for	First Maldives trips, shorter stays, red-eye arrivals
May–October; June and September are the sweet spots	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

Kos

Malé Atolls

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Kos and Malé Atolls
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kos · high °F	59	59	63	68	76	84	88	88	83	76	68	61
Malé Atolls · high °F	86	87	88	88	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
Kos · rain (in)	5.0	3.4	2.4	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.1	3.6	5.8
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