ExceptionalNonstop · 2h
MAD to RAKMorocco
Marrakech
$36
usually $95
−62%
Most monthly lows $58–$101. Cheaper than every other month on record (7).
Flights · MAD → MLE
Madrid to Maldives
Best fare, round trip
$673
−8%
below its usual $730
you keep $57
Found
- Depart
- Wed 18 Nov
- Return
- Tue 24 Nov
- Stay
- 6 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 11h
- Airline
Etihad
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $696 and $909. The drop beats 15% of measured fares on the board, over 7 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 $673 and peak in July near $1,020, 52% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 11 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip — ticketed under Etihad, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $673 for 8,625 km each way, that works out to about $39 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 10th — 17% above the $577 from Vienna. For context, the middle fare among the 35 routes of similar length we watch out of Madrid is $654. The best time to be in Maldives: Nov–Apr.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 2% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $820 then versus $840 now, across 17 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 $656, on 25 Sep.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 17 of 111 days priced, from 88 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
131415161718192021222324Sunday 25 October: $911. Compare fares from this day.2627Wednesday 28 October: $809. Compare fares from this day.293031
November 2026
December 2026
12345Sunday 6 December: $842. Compare fares from this day.Monday 7 December: $763. Compare fares from this day.8Wednesday 9 December: $799. Compare fares from this day.1011121314Tuesday 15 December: $856. Compare fares from this day.1617Friday 18 December: $1.4k. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $1.9k. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $1.5k. Compare fares from this day.212223Thursday 24 December: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.25262728293031
January 2027
1Saturday 2 January: $1k. Compare fares from this day.3456789101112131415161718Tuesday 19 January: $786. Compare fares from this day.20Thursday 21 January: $791. Compare fares from this day.22232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $673
8% below the $730 typical fare
$728Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$673Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$763Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$696Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$685Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$909Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$1020Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Madrid to Maldives, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Barajas (MAD) ↔ Velana (MLE)
- Flight time
- ≈11 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,625 km each way
- Typical price
- $730 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Etihad
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Apr
Good to know
MAD → MLE, answered.
Is $673 a good price for Madrid to Maldives?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $730 round-trip and this fare is 8% 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 Madrid to Maldives?
Across 7 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 MAD → 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 7 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 Madrid to Maldives?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Etihad. 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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