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Lara & Antalya vs Malé Atolls
Lara & Antalya 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
| Lara & Antalya | Measure | Malé Atolls |
|---|---|---|
| Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution | U.S. travel advisory | Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution |
| 10 | Resorts in our catalog | 13 (better) |
| ★ 4.5 | Average guest rating | ★ 4.7 (better) |
| $63–$243/night pp (better) | Nightly rates | $127–$856/night pp |
| 0 of 10 | Adults-only resorts | 2 of 13 |
| No hurricane season | Hurricane exposure | No hurricane season |
| November–February | Rainy season | May–November (southwest monsoon), wettest September–November |
| May–June and September–October; July–August regularly tops 90°F | Sweet spot | January–March |
| Short transfers, big-resort value with a city attached, the old town | Best for | First Maldives trips, shorter stays, red-eye arrivals |
| April–October; May–June and September–October 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
Lara & Antalya
Malé Atolls
Weather, month by month
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lara & Antalya · high °F | 59 | 60 | 64 | 70 | 78 | 86 | 93 | 93 | 88 | 80 | 70 | 62 |
| Malé Atolls · high °F | 86 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 |
| Lara & Antalya · rain (in) | 8.6 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 10.4 |
| 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 Antalya and Malé: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.
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