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Maldives Outer Atolls vs Vanua Levu
Maldives Outer Atolls and Vanua Levu, 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
| Maldives Outer Atolls | Measure | Vanua Levu |
|---|---|---|
| Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution | U.S. travel advisory | – |
| 23 (better) | Resorts in our catalog | 3 |
| ★ 4.8 | Average guest rating | ★ 4.9 (better) |
| $133–$2056/night pp (better) | Nightly rates | $208–$1327/night pp |
| 2 of 23 | Adults-only resorts | 2 of 3 |
| No hurricane season (better) | Hurricane exposure | In the hurricane belt |
| May–November (southwest monsoon), wettest September–November, and the manta season | Rainy season | November–April, wettest January–March |
| January–March | Sweet spot | May–October: the dry season and the diving-visibility peak |
| Velana (MLE), then a seaplane, or a domestic flight and a speedboat | Getting there | 45–60 min flight from Nadi to Savusavu or Labasa |
| House reefs, manta and whale-shark seasons, true seclusion, second visits | Best for | Divers, honeymooners, get-away-from-everyone trips |
| January–March driest; May–November is the wetter monsoon and the manta season | Season | May–October dry; November–April wet/cyclone season |
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
Maldives Outer Atolls
Vanua Levu
Weather, month by month
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives Outer Atolls · high °F | 86 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 |
| Vanua Levu · high °F | 87 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 86 |
| Maldives Outer 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 |
| Vanua Levu · rain (in) | 13.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 10.5 |
Approximate climate normals for Malé (the atolls share one climate; the far south is less seasonal) and Savusavu: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.
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