Climate

a). Climate type

i). The climate of Maldives is governed by the monsoons. because the south-weat and monsoons play a major role in the climate of Maldives. It brings a lot of rains to Maldives. Due to the monsoons, the temperature, humidity and rainfall are strongly effected, the weather changes when it rains.(Central intelligence agency)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

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b).Seasonality  

i). There are two main weather conditions in the capital of Maldives, Male. They are the dry and rainy season.  The hottest months in Male are March and April. The average temperatures can reach up to 32 degree Celsius. And the coldest months are in October, November and December. The average temperature is about 26 degree Celsius. And the wettest month is in October, the average of rainfall is about 30.6mm. 
For the other city of Maldives, Gamu. The hottest month is in August. The average temperature reaches up to 30 degree Celsius. And the coldest month is in January. The average temperature is about 18 degree Celsius. And the wettest month is in October as well, the average of rainfall is about 246 mm. (World weather online)

ii).  The hottest month in Honolulu is in July. The average temperature is about 31 degree Celsius. And the coldest month are in January and February. The average temperature is about 18 degree Celsius. And the wettest month in Honolulu is in December. The average rainfall is about 101.9mm.
Compare Honolulu to Maldives,  Male's average temperature of the hottest month is 1 degree Celsius higher than Honolulu's.  And Honolulu's average temperature of the coldest month is 8 degree Celsius lower than Male's. Therefore, Male is hotter than Honolulu; and honolulu is colder than Male. 
More, Honolulu's average rainfall of the wettest month is about 215.4mm wetter than Male's. Therefore, Honolulu is wetter than Male. (World weather online)

iii). My capital city experience small seasonality just like in Hawaii. The reason is because Male is a tropical city which has very tropical weather. They do not have winter but stay in warm weather all year around.









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