Male eSIM
In Male you connect to Dhiraagu or Ooredoo, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 47 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Dhiraagu and Ooredoo
- Real speed in Maldives
- 47 Mbps median, 11 Mbps for the slowest tenth332 travellers across Maldives, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Male
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $24.89 | $24.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $19.96 | $59.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $18.58 | $92.89 |
How Maldives compares across Asia
- Speed rank
- 12 of 26 destinations we sell in Asia
- Regional median
- 44 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 23 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Dhiraagu, Ooredoo
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Kazakhstan, 51 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- India, 46 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 1: Male
- tenth percentile
- 11 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 332 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Velana International Airport (MLE)
- Airport
- MLE / VRMM
Getting into Male
- Sinamale (China-Maldives Friendship) Bridge from Hulhule airport island to Male (MLE)
- Airport-Male passenger ferry across the channel (MLE)
Worth knowing about Male
- Velana International Airport is on Hulhule, a separate island from Male; until the Sinamale Bridge opened in 2018 the only link was a ferry.
- The 1.39 km Sinamale Bridge, opened in August 2018, was the first inter-island bridge in the Maldives and now carries road traffic between Male, Hulhule and Hulhumale.
- Male is the most densely populated city in the world, packing about 212,000 people into 1.9 square kilometres.
- The airport has four water runways for seaplanes alongside its single asphalt runway, because most resort transfers continue by seaplane or fast boat.