Local time in the Maldives
Republic of Maldives
Current local time in the Maldives (UTC+5). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Malé
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Differences are relative to Malé, the Maldives, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for the Maldives
- Standard label
- UTC+5
- Standard offset (Malé)
- UTC+5
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Malé
- IANA zones
- Indian/Maldives
The Maldives uses UTC+5 as its standard time. Clocks stay on the same offset all year round — daylight saving time is not observed. Times on this page are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so they always match the real current time in the Maldives.
Sunrise and sunset in Malé
Malé lies close to the equator (4.2° N), so day length barely changes: about 11 h 53 min at the December solstice and 12 h 22 min at the June solstice.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 06:20 | 12:18 | 18:15 | 11 h 55 min |
| 21 February | 06:20 | 12:21 | 18:21 | 12 h 00 min |
| 21 March | 06:11 | 12:14 | 18:17 | 12 h 07 min |
| 21 April | 05:58 | 12:05 | 18:12 | 12 h 14 min |
| 21 May | 05:54 | 12:03 | 18:13 | 12 h 19 min |
| 21 June | 05:58 | 12:08 | 18:19 | 12 h 22 min |
| 21 July | 06:03 | 12:13 | 18:23 | 12 h 20 min |
| 21 August | 06:03 | 12:10 | 18:17 | 12 h 14 min |
| 21 September | 05:56 | 12:00 | 18:04 | 12 h 07 min |
| 21 October | 05:51 | 11:51 | 17:52 | 12 h 01 min |
| 21 November | 05:55 | 11:53 | 17:50 | 11 h 55 min |
| 21 December | 06:08 | 12:05 | 18:01 | 11 h 53 min |
Calculated for Malé (4.17°, 73.51°; coordinates from Wikidata) with the standard solar-position formulas used by NOAA, for a sea-level horizon. Results are accurate to about a minute; hills, buildings and altitude shift what you actually see. Times change by only a minute or two from year to year.
Daylight saving time in the Maldives
The Maldives does not change its clocks: it stays on UTC+5 all year in 2026 and 2027.
Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled at build time. Governments occasionally change their rules at short notice.