Los Cabos vs Malé Atolls

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

Los Cabos 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

Los Cabos compared with Malé Atolls
Los Cabos	Measure	Malé Atolls
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
4	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$117–$878/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$127–$856/night pp
3 of 4	Adults-only resorts	2 of 13
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
Summer and fall storms can bring heavy rain; the desert setting does not rule out disruption	Rainy season	May–November (southwest monsoon), wettest September–November
December–May for milder temperatures	Sweet spot	January–March
Desert scenery, golf, marina outings and resort time	Best for	First Maldives trips, shorter stays, red-eye arrivals

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

Malé Atolls

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Los Cabos and Malé Atolls
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
Malé Atolls · 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
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 Cabo San Lucas / San José del Cabo and Malé: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.