ExceptionalNonstop · 3.5h
LON to RAKMorocco
Marrakech
$48
usually $130
−63%
Most monthly lows $74–$164. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · LON → MLE
London to Maldives
Best fare, round trip
$629
−18%
below its usual $770
you keep $141
Found
- Depart
- Tue 17 Nov
- Return
- Sun 22 Nov
- Stay
- 5 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 11.5h
- Airline
Air Arabia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $742 and $803. The drop beats 50% of measured fares on the board, over 10 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 $629 and peak in July near $1,104, 76% dearer, across the 10 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 11.5 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip — ticketed under Air Arabia, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $629 for 8,517 km each way, that works out to about $37 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 21 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Maldives, this fare ranks 6th — 9% above the $577 from Vienna. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 37 routes of similar length we watch out of London, where the middle fare is $667. The best time to be in Maldives: Nov–Apr.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 17 Nov, $629
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 6% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $805 then versus $753 now, across 20 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 $441, on 15 Nov.
October 2026
151617Sunday 18 October: $985, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $844, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2021Thursday 22 October: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425Monday 26 October: $812, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2728293031
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $754, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $743, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $638, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Thursday 5 November: $742, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $783, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $706, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8Monday 9 November: $636, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $742, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1112131415Monday 16 November: $649, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 17 November: $629, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.1819202122232425262728Sunday 29 November: $794, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 30 November: $770, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
12345Sunday 6 December: $742, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7Tuesday 8 December: $797, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.910Friday 11 December: $883, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12131415161718Saturday 19 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122Wednesday 23 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2425262728Tuesday 29 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $979, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 2 January: $935, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 3 January: $884, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.456Thursday 7 January: $713, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 8 January: $749, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 9 January: $752, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10Monday 11 January: $632, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12Wednesday 13 January: $636, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1415Saturday 16 January: $637, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.17Monday 18 January: $630, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 19 January: $644, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 20 January: $635, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 125 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $629
18% below the $770 typical fare
$753Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$629Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$742Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$630Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$803Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$772Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$820Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$756May, around the usual price. Compare May fares.$784Jun, around the usual price. Compare June fares.$1104Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, London to Maldives, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Heathrow (LHR) · Gatwick (LGW) · Stansted (STN) · Luton (LTN) ↔ Velana (MLE)
- Flight time
- ≈11.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,517 km each way
- Typical price
- $770 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air Arabia
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Apr
Good to know
LON → MLE, answered.
Is $629 a good price for London to Maldives?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $770 round-trip and this fare is 18% 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 London to Maldives?
Across 10 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 LON → 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 10 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 London to Maldives?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air Arabia. 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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