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Malé Atolls vs Turkey
Malé Atolls and Turkey, 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.
Malé Atolls guide · Turkey guide · How we score
By the numbers
| Malé Atolls | Measure | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution | U.S. travel advisory | Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution |
| 11 | Resorts in our catalog | 17 (better) |
| ★ 4.7 (better) | Average guest rating | ★ 4.6 |
| $127–$856/night pp | Nightly rates | $1–$833/night pp (better) |
| 2 of 11 | Adults-only resorts | 0 of 17 |
| No hurricane season | Hurricane exposure | No hurricane season |
| May–November (southwest monsoon), wettest September–November | Rainy season | November–February (impressively wet winters, irrelevant to summer trips) |
| January–March | Sweet spot | May–June and September–October; July–August regularly tops 90°F |
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
Malé Atolls
Turkey
Weather, month by month
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malé Atolls · high °F | 86 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 |
| Turkey · high °F | 59 | 60 | 64 | 70 | 78 | 86 | 93 | 93 | 87 | 79 | 69 | 61 |
| 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 |
| Turkey · rain (in) | 9.2 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 10.2 |
Approximate climate normals for Malé and Antalya coast: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.
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