Kulhudhuffushi weather in July

In July, Kulhudhuffushi sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 149 mm of rain across 19.1 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of July to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Kulhudhuffushi's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kulhudhuffushi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
5th warmest
Overnight low
26°
7th coldest
Rainfall
149 mm
19.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:03 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
85%
11th clearest
Wind
22 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Kulhudhuffushi is island in Haa Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical July day in Kulhudhuffushi reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Kulhudhuffushi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 20 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
20
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kulhudhuffushi weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 26°376.511.77.1
Feb28° / 27°26511.87.3
Mar28° / 27°305.2126.7
Apr29° / 27°701312.15.2
May29° / 27°2032312.33.9
Jun28° / 27°16421.612.43.9
Jul28° / 26°14919.112.34.6
Aug28° / 26°13617.112.25.0
Sep28° / 26°17118.6124.9
Oct28° / 26°17919.711.94.9
Nov28° / 26°16017.711.75.1
Dec28° / 26°13313.711.65.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kulhudhuffushi gets around 149 mm of rain over 19.1 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 61% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the miserable band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12575
22773
32872
43070
53169
63367
73466
83664
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114060
124258
134357
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Wind in July

Winds average 22 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of July to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 5.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Kulhudhuffushi

In seasonPeak

None of Kulhudhuffushi's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kulhudhuffushi sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Kulhudhuffushi?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Kulhudhuffushi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kulhudhuffushi in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Kulhudhuffushi sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection and a windbreaker. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Kulhudhuffushi in July

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in April at about 30°C and coldest in January near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Kulhudhuffushi in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kulhudhuffushi peaks around September 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highSep 16UV 13Dec 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Kulhudhuffushi in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kulhudhuffushi is worst in May — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (October, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateMay 1219 µg/m³Oct 1611 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep12Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov13Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kulhudhuffushi?

Kulhudhuffushi sits at 6.6°N, 73.1°E, 0 m above sea level, in Maldives. The nearest listed city is Male, 276 km away.

Male

Topography around Kulhudhuffushi

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kulhudhuffushi.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kulhudhuffushi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10 m around an average of 0 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m.

The land around Kulhudhuffushi is covered by water (93%) within 3 km, water (98%) within 16 km, and water (100%) within 80 km.

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19 m
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July weather nearby: Male 276 km · Alappuzha 480 km · Kochi 509 km · Thaikattussery 551 km · Irimbiliyam 577 km · Munnar 584 km · Madurai 666 km · Mysore 743 km

Maldives travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / J / K / L
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 51% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$14,615
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2020
Homicide rate
0.6
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
1.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kulhudhuffushi (6.6221°, 73.07°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).