Asia
Maldives
Capital Male · 515,696 people · Rufiyaa
- Top cities
- 229KMale
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- ClimateWarm24–35°
Top cities
Source: GeoNames
Airports in Maldives
Malé International Airport is Maldives' busiest gateway.
1 major airport. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.
Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →
Passport strength in Maldives
Maldives's passport ranks #51 worldwide — 91 destinations visa-free.
This is the passport you’d gain by naturalizing here — a long-horizon payoff measured in years of residency, not a signal for the move itself.
- Mobility
- #5191 destinations
- GDP reach
- #8536.8% of world GDP
- Heritage
- #85427 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →
Climate in Maldives
Warm summers, gentle winters.
Maldives' cities run 24° to 35° feels-like across the year.
Feels-like °C — where most people live, vs the city-to-city spread
Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →
Who thrives in Maldives
A handful of lifestyles thrive in Maldives.
Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Winter Escapist leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.
Great fit
Decent fit
Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →