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Best time to visit Maui
United States · North America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Maui
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- JanJMaui in January: sweet spot
- FebFMaui in February: good
- MarMMaui in March: ok, busy
- AprAMaui in April: good
- MayMMaui in May: sweet spot
- JunJMaui in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJMaui in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugAMaui in August: good, busy
- SepSMaui in September: sweet spot
- OctOMaui in October: sweet spot
- NovNMaui in November: sweet spot
- DecDMaui in December: sweet spot
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Month by month
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| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26° | 4d | 78% | 10.2h | sweet spot | 26C max, 4 rainy days |
| Feb | 25° | 6d | 77% | 10.3h | good | 25C max, 6 rainy days |
| Mar | 26° | 7d | 78% | 10.3h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Apr | 27° | 8d | 77% | 11.3h | good | 27C max, 8 rainy days |
| May | 27° | 9d | 76% | 12.4h | sweet spot | 27C max, 9 rainy days |
| Jun | 29° | 6d | 75% | 12.8h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 29° | 4d | 74% | 12.8h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 30° | 5d | 75% | 12.3h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 30° | 5d | 75% | 11.7h | sweet spot | 30C max, 5 rainy days |
| Oct | 29° | 4d | 77% | 10.9h | sweet spot | 29C max, 4 rainy days |
| Nov | 28° | 3d | 77% | 10.2h | sweet spot | 28C max, 3 rainy days |
| Dec | 26° | 5d | 78% | 9.9h | sweet spot | 26C max, 5 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Maui's April days now average 26.7°C, 1.5°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 24.5° | 24.5° | 24.9° | 25.2° | 26.3° | 27.4° | 28.1° | 28.6° | 28.6° | 27.9° | 26.7° | 25.0° |
| 2017–26 | 25.8° | 25.3° | 25.9° | 26.7° | 27.4° | 28.5° | 29.4° | 29.6° | 29.6° | 28.8° | 27.7° | 26.4° |
| Change | +1.2° | +0.8° | +0.9° | +1.5° | +1.1° | +1.1° | +1.3° | +1.0° | +0.9° | +1.0° | +1.0° | +1.4° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Maui is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from San Francisco
- from Los Angeles
- from Seattle
- from Vancouver
- from Mexico City
- from Tokyo
- from Chicago
- from Auckland
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Maui, flying or not.
Before you go
Type A and B plugs at 120 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the United states dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. Everything for United States: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay work almost everywhere, though a few small places take cash only. Keep some $1 and $5 notes for tips; Venmo and PayPal are for locals.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Expected: 15–20% in sit-down restaurants (18–20% is standard in New York) and 10–20% for taxi, Uber and Lyft drivers. Large groups may find it already on the bill.
Getting around Maui
- Apps — Rides: Lyft, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Text messages (SMS), WhatsApp. In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami and some other cities you can also book a driverless Waymo in its own app.
While Maui has a basic public transportation system, many places are not accessible by bus, and most visitors rent a car. Renting a car in Hawaii is relatively inexpensive. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Maui, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 911 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 5 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (34)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa/getting-help
- omny.info
- omny.info/fares
- clippercard.com/contactless-payments
- clippercard.com/pay-with-phone
- mtc.ca.gov/news/starting-wednesday-bart-riders-can-tap-bank-cards
- sfcta.org/blogs/next-generation-clipper-tap-pay-here
- metro.net/fares/how-to-pay
- transitchicago.com/howto/pay-for-your-fare
- info.myorca.com/contactless
- miamidade.gov/global/service.page?Mduid_service=ser1565197498854306
- mbta.com/fares/charlie/tap-ride
- holocard.net/for-visitors
- holocard.net/help
- sdmts.com/fares/pronto-ways-pay
- ridepronto.com
- norta.com/ride-with-us/how-to-pay
- norta.com/ride-with-us/how-to-pay/fares
- norta.com/ride-with-us/how-to-pay/lepass
- capmetro.org/fares
- wmata.com/fares
- wmata.com/pay/tap-ride-go.html
- muni.org/Departments/transit/PeopleMover/Pages/FaresandPasses.aspx
- uber.com/global/en/cities/new-york
- lyft.com/rider/cities/new-york-ny
- waymo.com/faq
- visittheusa.com/travel-trade/faq
- nyctourism.com/tipping-sales-tax
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/United_States
- infobip.com/blog/most-popular-messaging-apps-by-country
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
Maui in pictures
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Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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B.D.'s world, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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B.D.'s world, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The year in Maui
Maui's weather is generally pleasant year-round, but visitors should be cautious of hurricane season from June through November. Rain is rare during peak months, typically falling in winter.
| Busiest |
mid Dec to early Jan — High holiday travel and pleasant weather.
mid Jun to late Aug — Summer vacation season with families traveling.
|
|---|---|
| Quieter, still good |
early Apr to mid Jun — Transitioning weather and fewer tourists than summer.
early Sep to late Nov — Post-summer lull, good weather, and fewer crowds.
|
| Watch out for | hurricane season |
Written by a language model from the climate figures above. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe.
What Maui is like
The island of Maui is one of the islands of Hawaii, a state of the United States of America. It is the second-largest of the eight major islands and the third-most populous. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Haleakala National Park offers alpine wilderness and stunning views of Maui and beyond (from the summit you can see five of the eight main islands, more than are visible from anywhere else in Hawaii). More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- The Mount Haleakala Sunrise Bike Tour: takes you by bus up the mountain for a spectacular sunrise before your guided bike tour down. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Kahului Airport (OGG IATA) is the main airport for the island of Maui, and the second largest commercial airport in the state. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying healthy
- While quite rare, there are a few cases of rat lungworm disease on Maui and the Big Island. This is an extremely serious parasitic disease that affects the brain and spinal cord, and can be fatal. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Maui, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Maui
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Compare with
- Anchorage
- Asheville
- Austin
- Boston
- Charleston
- Chicago
- Key West
- Los Angeles
- Mexico City
- Miami
- New Orleans
- New York
- Oahu
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Scottsdale
- Seattle
- The Grand Canyon
- Toronto
- Vancouver
- Washington DC
- Yellowstone
- Yosemite
- Zion
Nearby
- Vancouver Canada · 4,313 km
- Mexico City Mexico · 5,981 km
- Tokyo Japan · 6,336 km
- Auckland New Zealand · 7,089 km
Kind of place
Maui is in United States, North America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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