MaleMaldives
Male time at a glance
- Country
- Maldives
- Location
- Capital city of Maldives
- Time zone
Indian/Maldives- UTC offset now
UTC+05:00- Current zone label
- GMT+5
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Male time guide
Does Male change its clocks?
UTC+05:00.- Year-round offset
- Maldives Time (MVT), UTC+05:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Indian/Maldives
- Male and London
- 5 hours ahead during GMT; 4 hours ahead during BST
- Male and New York
- 10 hours ahead during EST; 9 hours ahead during EDT
Capital island and Greater Male
Greater Male includes more than Male island
The Maldives 2022 census distinguishes Male island from the wider capital region, including Hulhumale and Vilimale. A Greater Male total therefore should not be presented as the population of the compact central island.
Time-zone identity for Male
- IANA zone
Indian/Maldives- UTC offset now
- UTC+05:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+5
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Male is currently 5 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Male
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Male
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Indian/Maldives, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Male, capital of Maldives
Male is the capital of Maldives. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Maldives
- Administrative area
- Kaafu Atoll, Maldives
- Population
- 103,693
- Coordinates
- 4.1752° N, 73.5092° E. The elevation is 8 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Male
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Male. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- ColomboWestern Province, Sri Lanka766 km northeast
Asia/Colombo30 minutes ahead - BengaluruKarnataka, India1,076 km northeast
Asia/Kolkata30 minutes ahead - HyderabadTelangana, India1,565 km north
Asia/Kolkata30 minutes ahead - MumbaiMaharashtra, India1,658 km north
Asia/Kolkata30 minutes ahead - AhmedabadGujarat, India2,098 km north
Asia/Kolkata30 minutes ahead - VictoriaLa Rivière Anglaise, Seychelles2,231 km southwest
Indian/Mahe1 hour behind
Sources for Male time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Population Dynamics: Census 2022Maldives Bureau of Statistics · 2022 census · AccessedOfficial resident population analysis and capital-area geography.