Data for Marrakech, Fès, Chefchaouen and the road to the desert, installed before you fly. Morocco is on the Africa plan, and a package here is the difference between finding the riad and paying a boy to lead you to it.
The Morocco plan covers Morocco only.
The same 10 GB in a package that keeps working past Morocco.
32 other countries share the package with Morocco. A few of them:
What's included, when it starts, and how to get connected.
Marrakech and Fès are mazes by design. A working map is what turns a wrong turn into a detour instead of a negotiation with a helpful stranger who expects to be paid. Drop a pin on the riad door before you go in the first time, and expect the blue dot to wander between high walls.
The Al Boraq line links Tangier, Rabat and Casablanca at 320 km/h, and ordinary ONCF trains continue to Marrakech and Fès — book first class for a few euros more and a seat. Grands taxis and CTM buses cover the rest. The Tizi n’Tichka pass to the desert is a full day’s drive with a driver, not an afternoon in a hire car.
The dirham is a closed currency: change money after you arrive and change it back before you leave. ATMs are everywhere in the cities; the souks, taxis and most small restaurants are cash, and riads and larger restaurants take cards. Bargaining is expected in the souks and unwelcome in a shop with prices on the wall.
Marrakech and Fès pass 40°C in July and August, and the desert is worse. March to May and late September to November are the months Morocco is at its best. The mountains have snow from December to March, and the coast — Essaouira, Taghazout — is mild all year with an Atlantic wind. During Ramadan restaurants close by day and the cities come alive at night.
Morocco is relaxed for a Muslim country but conservative outside the resorts; covered shoulders and knees draw less attention, for everyone. Friday midday is prayer time and the souks slow. Tea is poured from a height, sweet, and served three times — refusing the second glass is a small insult.
Morocco is on the Africa plan, so the same eSIM works in Marrakech, on the Al Boraq, in Chefchaouen and in Essaouira without anything to change. Coverage follows the local network: strong in the cities and along the coast, good on the main roads and the mountain passes, and thin in the High Atlas villages and beyond the last town before the dunes, where any SIM drops.
Egypt is on the Middle East plan rather than this one, so a trip that does both needs both packages; the rest of the Africa list — Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and the others on this page — shares the allowance.
Answers about data, coverage and setup for Morocco.
Yes — the medinas of Marrakech, Fès and Chefchaouen are in the middle of the cities and the networks cover them well. What wanders is the GPS, not the signal: high walls and narrow lanes bounce the location around by a few metres. Drop a pin on the riad door the first time you go in, and follow the pin rather than the blue dot when they disagree.
On the road, mostly: Ouarzazate, the Dadès and Todra gorges and Merzouga all have coverage, and the passes are better than you would expect. At the desert camp itself, beyond the last town, the signal comes and goes with the dune you are standing on, on any SIM. Download the route and your booking before you leave Marrakech, and enjoy the evening without it.
Yes. Morocco blocked voice calls in WhatsApp, Skype and similar apps for a period years ago; the block was lifted, and calls over data work normally on the package. onesim is data-only, so WhatsApp, FaceTime and the like are how you call home from here; your own number stays on your home SIM for texts.
