Male
Capital of Maldives: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Male-total: Shahee Ilyas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Male is the capital of Maldives, in Kaafu Atoll. About 103,693 people live in the city proper.
It lies at 4.18° N, 73.51° E, about 8 m (26 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Indian/Maldives time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Male. Green dots: other major cities of Maldives. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Male has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 27°C (81°F). Around 1,722 mm (68 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in MaldivesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1282027 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q9347 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Male-total: Shahee Ilyas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Div Akuru F21: Mohonu at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Galolhu Dhandu: ZZ47, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Q11766766 Male' Sports Complex: Syced, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
