7. Given positive integers $a_{1}, a_{2}, \cdots, a_{18}$ satisfying
$$
\begin{array}{l}
a_{1}<a_{2}<\cdots<a_{18}, \\
a_{1}+a_{2}+\cdots+a_{18}=2011 .
\end{array}
$$

Then the maximum value of $a_{9}$ is
7.193.

To maximize $a_{9}$, $a_{1}, a_{2}, \cdots, a_{8}$ should be as small as possible, and $a_{10}, a_{11}, \cdots, a_{18}$ should be as close to $a_{9}$ as possible. Therefore, we take $a_{1}, a_{2}, \cdots, a_{8}$ to be $1, 2, \cdots, 8$, respectively, with their sum being 36.
Let $a_{9}=n$. Then
$$
\begin{array}{l}
a_{10}=n+1, a_{11}=n+2, \cdots, a_{18}=n+9 \\
\Rightarrow n=193 .
\end{array}
$$

Thus, the maximum value of $a_{9}$ is 193.