Malé to Chennai runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €120.50 and €137.61, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 11m over 1,276 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€120.50 to €137.61
- 282%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Malé
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:03First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €327.59Sat19
- about €285.70Sun20
- about €229.65Mon21
- about €200.74Tue22
- about €201.92Wed23
- about €235.55Thu24
- about €210.77Fri25
- about €200.74Sat26
- about €159.44Sun27
- about €157.08Mon28
- about €161.80Tue29
- about €149.41Wed30
- about €165.93Thu1
- about €176.55Fri2
- about €130.53Sat3
- about €125.22Sun4
- about €120.50Mon5
- about €120.50Tue6
- about €129.35Wed7
- about €141.15Thu8
- about €129.35Fri9
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Chennai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Chennai for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Chennai Fort railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Malé to Chennai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €147.6490 days
- €85.6960 days
- €93.3645 days
- €108.1130 days
- €129.3521 days
- €176.5514 days
- €210.777 days
- €229.653 days
- €327.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €85.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 282 percent. The dearest point is €327.59, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Malé to Chennai and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
0.5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
1,276 km
1,239 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
103,693 → 4,681,087
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,276 km against 1,239 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Colombo, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Bengaluru. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Chennai is large, and the road in from MAA can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Chennai
Settled in advance, so the ride into Chennai costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Chennai Fort railway station
Most of the points near Chennai Fort railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Malé to Chennai
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Malé to Chennai?
The fastest journey from Malé to Chennai takes 5h 11m door to door, of which 2h 5m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 17m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Malé to Chennai?
The cheapest fare from Malé to Chennai is €120.50, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €165.34. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Malé to Chennai?
The cheapest way from Malé to Chennai is by flight, at €120.50 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 15m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Malé to Chennai?
Fares from Malé to Chennai bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €85.69. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 282 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Malé to Chennai?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Malé to Chennai, at €149.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 18 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Malé to Chennai?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Malé to Chennai, at €93.36 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Malé to Chennai?
No operator record names Malé to Chennai directly. Maldivian publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Malé to Chennai?
20 percent of the services we sell from Malé to Chennai are direct. The rest connect at Colombo, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Bengaluru, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Malé to Chennai use?
Services from Malé to Chennai by flight leave from Male MLE and arrive at Chennai MAA. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Malé to Chennai?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Malé to Chennai allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Malé to Chennai on 18 September 2026: 1276 km of route against 1239 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €120.50, and 5h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Chennai a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Chennai and across India
Day trips that leave Chennai in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Malé reaches 31 places in 20 countries on services we hold, over distances from 612 to 8,517 km. Chennai reaches 104 places in 26 countries, from 41 to 8,211 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Malé
- 31Places you can leave for
- 20Countries
- 34Operators
Arriving in Chennai
Leaving Chennai
- 104Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 41Operators