Great1 stop · 7h
DEL to KULMalaysia
Kuala Lumpur
$266
usually $390
−32%
Most monthly lows $302–$446. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · DEL → MLE
Delhi to Maldives
Best fare, round trip
$367
−5%
below its usual $385
you keep $18
Found
- Depart
- Wed 4 Nov
- Return
- Sun 8 Nov
- Stay
- 4 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 5h
- Airline
SriLankan Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $384 and $397. The drop beats 5% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
MaldivesThe flight is the cheap part; guesthouses on local islands are what make this a real trip rather than a brochure.Best windowNov–AprAirportsVelana (MLE)Every route into MaldivesFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $367 and peak in March near $480, 31% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 5 hours outbound, on a 4-night trip — ticketed under SriLankan Airlines, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $367 for 2,745 km each way, that works out to about $67 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 6 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Maldives, this fare ranks 3rd — 21% above the $304 from Kuala Lumpur. For context, the middle fare among the 8 routes of similar length we watch out of Delhi is $312. The best time to be in Maldives: Nov–Apr.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 4 Nov, $367
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 7% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $383 then versus $409 now, across 22 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $348, on 3 Nov.
October 2026
17Sunday 18 October: $387, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1920Wednesday 21 October: $440, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Friday 23 October: $391, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Sunday 25 October: $385, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $389, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $397, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28293031
November 2026
12Tuesday 3 November: $384, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $367, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $367, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $445, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $429, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $416, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 9 November: $447, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $407, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 11 November: $382, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $398, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1314Sunday 15 November: $397, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.161718192021Sunday 22 November: $392, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $394, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 24 November: $394, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 25 November: $382, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26Friday 27 November: $407, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 28 November: $411, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 29 November: $422, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 30 November: $414, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $407, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $446, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 3 December: $457, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4567891011Saturday 12 December: $421, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 13 December: $440, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14151617Friday 18 December: $449, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1920Monday 21 December: $469, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22232425Saturday 26 December: $440, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2728Tuesday 29 December: $428, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $397, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $468, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $454, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 2 January: $458, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Monday 4 January: $437, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 5 January: $435, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6789101112131415Saturday 16 January: $386, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.171819Wednesday 20 January: $386, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 145 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $367
5% below the $385 typical fare
$385Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$367Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$397Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$386Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$384Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$480Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Delhi to Maldives, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Indira Gandhi (DEL) ↔ Velana (MLE)
- Flight time
- ≈5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈2,745 km each way
- Typical price
- $385 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- SriLankan Airlines
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Apr
Good to know
DEL → MLE, answered.
Is $367 a good price for Delhi to Maldives?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $385 round-trip and this fare is 5% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Delhi to Maldives?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Maldives are Nov–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book DEL → Maldives?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 6 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Delhi to Maldives?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under SriLankan Airlines. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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