Photo: Abdeaitali · CC BY SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Morocco
Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight · MAD · Western European Summer Time
How it scores for living there
- 42%Cost of livingRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 37%Income taxRated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
- AppliesCapital gainsRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 10MbpsInternetRated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
- 0.74Doctors /1,000Rated 1 of 5 for living there, bad
- 19PM2.5 ug/m3Rated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
- 1.7Homicide /100kRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 75.5Life expectancyRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 91%People onlineRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 37Corruption indexRated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
- 9of 12Mild monthsRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
Facts, not judgements
- UTC+1Time zone
- MADCurrency
- Arabic+1Language
- C, EPower plug
- 13.1mVisitors in 2019
Colour says whether a figure is good for someone moving in, not whether it is high: cheap is green and expensive is red. Every coloured box carries the reason for its colour, the bar under it repeats the score as a width, and boxes with no data are not drawn.
Nomads in Morocco
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Who can help you in Morocco
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Climate and cost by city
Average monthly temperature and rainfall from Open-Meteo ERA5 (2019-2023 mean, CC BY 4.0). Sea surface temperature from Open-Meteo Marine. Price level from the World Bank ICP survey, same-year pairing, omitted where the survey does not cover the country.
Cost of living and lifestyle
Day to day, Morocco costs about 42% of the US level, on a World Bank income of $11k per person (PPP, 2025).
That percentage is measured against your country, not against ours. It follows the country picker in the header, or your account if you are signed in. With neither, it falls back to the United States, which is the 100 of the World Bank index, and the sentence says so.
World Bank ICP price level (US=100) and GNI per capita PPP, CC BY 4.0. It is a national average: a capital runs above it and a small town below it.
Getting to Morocco
| From | Routing | Flight time | Cheapest fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | Non-stop | 2h 45m | €106 |
| Paris | Non-stop | 3h 40m | €72 |
| London | Non-stop | 3h 55m | €83 |
| Manchester | Non-stop | 3h 55m | €91 |
| Frankfurt | Non-stop | 3h 55m | €290 |
| Milano | Non-stop | 4h 40m | €53 |
| Amsterdam | Non-stop | 5h 05m | €219 |
Airports and non-stop routes from OpenFlights (Open Database License). Fares and flight times are cached one-way economy prices from Travelpayouts, the cheapest seen recently rather than a live quote or an average. They move; treat them as an order of magnitude.
What to see in Morocco
Ordered by how many people looked each place up over the last twelve months, so the list is measured interest and not our taste.
UNESCOWorld Heritage Site
Rabat
28,361 readers a month look it up
mountain range
Atlas Mountains
20,845 readers a month look it up
UNESCOheritage
Aït Benhaddou
10,046 readers a month look it up
mosque
Hassan II Mosque
8,869 readers a month look it up
UNESCOWorld Heritage Site
Volubilis
6,516 readers a month look it up
mountain
Jbel Toubkal
6,421 readers a month look it up
mountain range
Rif
6,085 readers a month look it up
international crisis
Agadir Crisis
5,889 readers a month look it up
Photo credits
- Rabat: Pline, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Atlas Mountains: kallerna, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aït Benhaddou: Petar Milošević, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hassan II Mosque: Milamber's portfolio, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Volubilis: Chrisi1964, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jbel Toubkal: Wikimedia Commons, PUBLIC DOMAIN, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rif: Original uploader was Sabertooth at en.wikipedia, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agadir Crisis: GoShow, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The practical basics
- Local time…Western European Summer Time, Africa/Casablanca
- CurrencyMADISO 4217
- LanguagesArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
- PlugsC, E220/380 V 50 Hz
- Safe tap water80%of people on a safely managed supply, World Bank 2024
- UK travel adviceNo blanket warningFCDO, reviewed 2026-08-19
- Population38.4mWorld Bank
Currency codes ISO 4217; plugs and voltage from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); time zone and flag from the countries-states-cities database (ODbL 1.0); travel advice from the UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3).
How many people visit
Morocco logged 2.8 million international arrivals in 2020, the last year the World Bank series covers. That is a pandemic year and it is not what a normal year looks like: in 2019 the same series counted 13.1 million.
World Bank indicator ST.INT.ARVL, international tourism arrivals, CC BY 4.0. Arrivals count trips, not people: the same visitor twice in a year counts twice.
Tax in Morocco, in one line
Personal income tax runs up to 37 per cent. Capital gains: 20% on shares and securities; real estate 20%, with a minimum of 3% of the sale price.
Tax figures are compiled by us and are being re-verified against primary sources. General information, not tax advice.
Data: World Bank, Open-Meteo, M-Lab, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, under open licences. General information, not tax or legal advice.