Los Cabos vs Maldives

Oceanfront wedding ceremony setup at Le Blanc Spa Resort Los Cabos with white chairs, stone archway, and sea views.

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

Los Cabos and Maldives, 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

Los Cabos compared with Maldives
Los Cabos	Measure	Maldives
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
1	Resorts in our catalog	34 (better)
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.8 (better)
–	Nightly rates	$127–$1495/night pp
1 of 1	Adults-only resorts	4 of 34
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
Essentially just September, and briefly	Rainy season	May–November (southwest monsoon), wettest September–November
October–June; whales December–April	Sweet spot	January–March
~2–3h from the US West Coast	Flight time	Long-haul, usually one connection

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

Los Cabos

Maldives

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Los Cabos and Maldives
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Los Cabos · high °F	78	79	81	85	89	93	93	92	90	88	84	80
Maldives · high °F	86	87	88	88	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
Los Cabos · rain (in)	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.9	1.6	4.0	1.0	0.4	0.6
Maldives · 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 Cabo San Lucas / San José del Cabo and Malé atolls: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.