Rare2 stops · 12.5h
NYC to HNLUnited States
Honolulu
$410
usually $820
−50%
Most monthly lows $576–$946. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · NYC → MLE
New York to Maldives
Best fare, round trip
$1,044
−6%
below its usual $1,105
you keep $61
Found
- Depart
- Sat 24 Oct
- Return
- Sun 8 Nov
- Stay
- 15 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 20.5h
- Airline
Air India
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $920 and $1,105. The drop beats 8% of measured fares on the board, over 4 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 October around $885 and peak in December near $1,211, 37% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 20.5 hours outbound, on a 15-night trip — ticketed under Air India, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $1,044 for 14,030 km each way, that works out to about $37 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. Across the 12 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Maldives, this fare ranks 4th — 15% above the $909 from Toronto. For context, the middle fare among the 30 routes of similar length we watch out of New York is $868. 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 8% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,347 then versus $1,237 now, across 18 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 $742, on 11 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 20 of 111 days priced, from 76 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $885. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.212223Saturday 24 October: $1k. Compare fares from this day.2526272829Friday 30 October: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $926. Compare fares from this day.23456Saturday 7 November: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.89Tuesday 10 November: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 11 November: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.121314Sunday 15 November: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.161718Thursday 19 November: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.2021222324252627282930
December 2026
12Thursday 3 December: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.Friday 4 December: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 5 December: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.67Tuesday 8 December: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.9101112131415161718192021Tuesday 22 December: $2.5k. Compare fares from this day.23Thursday 24 December: $2.1k. Compare fares from this day.25262728293031
January 2027
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Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Oct, around $885
20% below the $1,105 typical fare
$885Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$920Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$1211Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$1103Feb ’27, around the usual price. Compare February fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Maldives, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Velana (MLE)
- Flight time
- ≈20.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈14,030 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,105 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air India
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Apr
Good to know
NYC → MLE, answered.
Is $1,044 a good price for New York to Maldives?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,105 round-trip and this fare is 6% 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 New York to Maldives?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Oct 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 NYC → 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 4 months of cached fares, Oct comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Maldives?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air India. 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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