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fiogf49gjkf0d GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
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THE CLIMATE, WHICH IS DETERMINED BY TWO MONSOONS IS WARM
HUMID. THE RAINY SOUTH-WEST MONSOON BEGINS IN MAY AND
CONTINUES UNTIL OCTOBER, WHILE GENERALLY FINE NORTH-EAST
MONSOON PREVAILS FROM NOVEMBER TO MARCH. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL
RAINFALL IS 1967MM AND THE MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
IS 30 DEGREES WHILE THE DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IS 26
DEGREES. FROM NOVEMBER TO THE END OF APRIL, DAYS MAY BE HOT
AND DRY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND CALM SEAS. FROM MAY TO
OCTOBER, THE MALDIVES EXPERIENCE LONGER PERIODS OF RAIN AND
ROUGHER SEAS.
CLOTHING: INFORMAL AND CASUAL LIGHTWEIGHT. WHEN VISITING THE
CAPITAL ISLAND, DRESS MODESTLY AS THE MALDIVES ARE 100% SUNNI
MUSLIM. SKIRTS AND SHORTS SHOULD COVER THE THIGHS AND SHOULD
NOT BE DIAPHANOUS. NUDITY IS NOT PERMITTED ON THE BEACHES.
MALE ALT UNKNOWN
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JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
TEMP MAX C 30 30 30 31 31 30 31 30 30 30 30 30
MIN C 25 24 25 26 26 25 24 25 25 24 23 23
RAIN MM 292 58 325 99 165 276 121 165 213 330 213 172
HUMIDITY AM 74 74 72 72 76 81 79 79 79 77 78 74
% PM 73 75 74 74 77 81 82 79 79 78 79 80
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