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Morocco SIM card: where to buy one and what it costs
A prepaid SIM card in Morocco costs about €1.80 at Orange (with about €1.80 of credit) and must be registered with your passport; unlimited visitor data starts at about €11 for 7 days at both Orange and inwi (prices checked on 10 November 2026). You can buy one at a Maroc Telecom, Orange or inwi shop, from an authorised reseller or online from Orange. If you would rather have a data-only eSIM installed before you leave, eSIM Maroc costs €24 for 7 days; for several people or devices in Marrakech, the Rent A Phone pocket Wi-Fi router costs €4.90 a day, delivered free to where you are staying.
The essentials
- Passport required: since 1 April 2014, every prepaid SIM must be registered to the buyer (ANRT decision).
- Unlimited visitor bundles: about €11 for 7 days at Orange (Marhaba) and inwi; Maroc Telecom: about €29.50 for 14 days (copy of its page dated 2 November 2026).
- Standard SIM: about €1.80 at Orange with about €1.80 of credit, then “*3” data top-ups from about €0.50 (at inwi, about €9.20 buys 24 GB for 30 days).
- Your phone must be unlocked; some models no longer take a physical SIM, and most iPhones bought in mainland China do not take an eSIM.
- To be online the moment you land, do not count on an airport counter: no opening hours are published anywhere.
Pocket WiFi in Marrakech
Maroc Telecom 4G router: €4.90 a day (2-day minimum), up to 10 devices, delivered and collected free of charge at your accommodation in Marrakech, 9 am to 6 pm.
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In this article
- How much does a SIM card cost in Morocco?
- Where to buy a SIM card in Morocco: shop, airport or online?
- Physical SIM or Moroccan operator eSIM?
- What to bring: passport and an unlocked phone
- Activating the SIM, step by step
- How to top up a Moroccan SIM: *3, *6 and *1 passes
- Maroc Telecom, Orange or inwi: which operator should you pick?
- Local SIM, eSIM or pocket Wi-Fi: which to choose?
- No shop needed: a pocket Wi-Fi delivered in Marrakech
- Buying a SIM in Morocco: frequently asked questions
How much does a SIM card cost in Morocco?
The SIM itself costs next to nothing: what you pay for is data, in one of two ways. A visitor bundle is a ready-made pack (SIM or eSIM) with data for a fixed period; the standard SIM that Moroccans use is then topped up with “Pass *3” data. The three operators’ visitor bundles:
| Operator | Offer | Price | What you get | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | Marhaba | about €11 / €20.50 / €29.50 | Unlimited data for 7 / 14 / 30 days | Delivered SIM or eSIM |
| inwi | eSIM pack | about €11 / €20.50 | Unlimited data for 7 / 14 days + 10 min of calls | eSIM (shop or website) |
| inwi | eSIM pack | about €29.50 / €48 | Unlimited 14 days + 9 h of calls + 100 texts / unlimited 30 days + unlimited calls | eSIM |
| Maroc Telecom | Essentiel Social Media | about €6.40 | Unlimited social media + 1 GB + 1 h of national calls, 30 days | eSIM |
| Maroc Telecom | Essentiel / Essentiel Plus | about €11 / €18.50 | 20 GB / 45 GB valid 30 days | eSIM |
| Maroc Telecom | Essentiel Max | about €29.50 | Unlimited data for 14 days + 9 h of calls + 100 texts | eSIM |
Orange and inwi: operator pages read on 10 November 2026. Maroc Telecom: “E-SIM Visiteurs” offers, archived copy of its page dated 2 November 2026, read on 10 November (the site blocks automated access); no price has changed since the August 2026 version.
All of these include a real Moroccan number. None of the three pages puts a figure on the fair-use limit of “unlimited”: Maroc Telecom only says, for its passes, that speed “may be adjusted in case of excessive use”. Watch out at inwi: its pack at about €29.50 lasts 14 days, not 30, and its unlimited month costs about €48, while Orange’s costs about €29.50.
The standard SIM and *3 top-ups
If you are staying several weeks or use little data, the standard SIM often works out cheaper. At Orange, the SIM alone costs about €1.80 with about €1.80 of balance, and the top-up “lasts up to 3 months” (orange.ma, 10 November 2026); inwi’s prepaid SIM includes about €1.80 of starting balance, valid 3 months (price brochure, July 2025). We found no official price for a Maroc Telecom SIM on its own. You then buy a “*3” data top-up; here is what each amount gets you:
| *3 top-up | inwi (10 November 2026) | Maroc Telecom (May 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| about €0.50 | 500 MB, 1 day | 500 MB, 1 day |
| about €0.90 | 1 GB, 3 days (7 days online) | 1 GB, 3 days |
| about €1.80 | 2 GB, 7 days (14 days online) | 2 GB, 7 days |
| about €2.80 | 6 GB, 14 days (promotion) | 3 GB, 14 days |
| about €4.60 | 11 GB, 30 days | 5 GB, 1 month |
| about €9.20 | 24 GB, 30 days | 10 GB, 1 month |
| about €18.50 | 48 GB, 30 days | 20 GB, 1 month |
| about €27.50 | 72 GB, 30 days | 30 GB, 2 months |
| about €46 | 120 GB, 30 days | 50 GB, 3 months |
inwi: “Recharge Internet *3” page read on 10 November 2026; in brackets, the validity of inwi’s “exclu digitale” (online purchase) offer. Maroc Telecom: Pass *3 page, latest readable archived copy (23 May 2026; the site blocks automated access), standard allowances. Orange does not publish the allowance of each amount as text.
At Orange, the “Recharge Internet *3” page advertises 500 MB to 200 GB depending on the amount, from about €0.50, valid for up to 30 days (orange.ma, 10 November 2026). At Maroc Telecom, the May 2026 allowances were doubled by a promotion “until 30 June 2026” and we do not know whether it was extended. Either way, ask the seller for the exact allowance when you buy.
Where to buy a SIM card in Morocco: shop, airport or online?
The safest place is the operator’s shop in town, where staff register the line in your name against your passport. Online, Orange sells its Marhaba offer as a SIM delivered in Morocco or as an eSIM. As for airport counters, none publishes opening hours.
Operator shop in town
Official prices Maroc Telecom, Orange, inwi
- Line properly registered in your name
- Staff insert the SIM and activate the pass
- You need to find the shop and sometimes queue
Best for: the safest option, on your first day in town.
Airport counter
Depends on the airport no published opening hours
- Casablanca Mohammed V: Orange, IAM and inwi appear in ONDA’s list of airport shops
- Marrakech-Menara: no operator in the official shop list we checked
- Travellers report stands in the arrivals halls
Best for: a backup on arrival, not your only plan.
Authorised reseller
Top-ups everywhere shops showing the operator’s logo
- Very common, handy for topping up
- Must also register your passport
- Turn down an “already activated” SIM
Best for: top-ups during your trip.
Online, before or during your trip
Orange Marhaba SIM delivered in Morocco or eSIM by QR code
- eSIM QR code arrives by email a few minutes after payment
- Payment by bank card only
- The form lists the passport, but an error message mentions only a Moroccan ID card or residence card
Best for: landing with a Moroccan line ready to go.
Airport shops: ONDA website (March 2025 copy for Casablanca, 2023 list for Marrakech). Orange: online shop read on 10 November 2026.
Maroc Telecom also sells its visitor eSIMs in its online shop, and inwi says you can ask for its eSIM in a shop “or on our website”, without saying whether a tourist can buy it from abroad. How to activate them is explained below, and the offers are covered in detail on our page about local eSIMs from Maroc Telecom, Orange and inwi.
For the arrival itself, we have gathered what really works in getting online the moment you land in Morocco.
Physical SIM or Moroccan operator eSIM?
If your phone supports it, an operator eSIM is the easier route: your home SIM stays in place and the Moroccan line can be ready before you land. Check your model in the list of eSIM-compatible phones. SIM or eSIM, both are real Moroccan lines with a number, under the same ID rules. If you only need data, a travel eSIM such as eSIM Maroc (€24 for 7 days, 1 GB a day at full speed then 512 kbps) has no line to register in a shop; other travel eSIMs are priced in our comparison of eSIMs for Morocco.
| Criterion | Physical SIM | Moroccan operator eSIM |
|---|---|---|
| Where to get it | Operator shop, authorised reseller, or online from Orange (delivered free to an address in Morocco) | Online from Orange and Maroc Telecom (QR code by email); in a shop at inwi |
| Ready before you land | No: Orange delivers within Morocco | Yes at Orange and Maroc Telecom; the Maroc Telecom line activates with a first call made in Morocco |
| Phone | Unlocked, with a SIM tray | Unlocked and eSIM-compatible (iPhone XS or XR and later, Pixel 4 and later, with exceptions) |
| Your home SIM | Has to come out if the phone has only one tray: no more bank texts | Stays in the phone: you still get your bank’s texts |
| Price | Orange SIM about €1.80 (credit included), then *3 top-ups | Visitor offers: from about €6.40 at Maroc Telecom, about €11 for 7 unlimited days at Orange and inwi |
| Good to know | The only choice on a phone without eSIM | Orange: QR code reusable only if the profile was deleted while online, eSIM not compatible with smartwatches; Maroc Telecom: QR code can be scanned any number of times |
Operators: Orange (shop and eSIM pages read on 10 November 2026), Maroc Telecom (archived copy dated 2 November 2026), inwi (eSIM page read on 10 November 2026). Compatibility: Apple and Google help pages rechecked on 10 November 2026.
What to bring: passport and an unlocked phone
Your passport. Since 1 April 2014, a decision by the ANRT (Morocco’s telecoms regulator) has banned activating a prepaid SIM without identifying the buyer: name and ID number (Agence Ecofin, April 2014). For a visitor, that means the passport. In July 2024 the minister for digital transition gave operators three months to identify every subscriber, including those who bought from resellers, failing which the SIM must be deactivated (Hespress, 9 July 2024). Why this matters to you: see the hidden dangers of anonymous SIM cards.
An unlocked phone. A phone locked to your home carrier will reject a Moroccan SIM or eSIM. On an iPhone, go to Settings, General, About: if “No SIM restrictions” appears next to Carrier Lock, it is unlocked; otherwise only your carrier can unlock it (Apple). On Android the menu varies by brand: the simplest test is to insert, before you leave, the SIM of a friend or relative who is with another carrier; if it is rejected, ask your carrier to unlock the phone. A phone that stays locked will not accept any Moroccan line, but it will still connect over Wi-Fi, for example to a pocket Wi-Fi in Marrakech.
A SIM slot. Check that your phone still takes a physical card. Google says the Pixel 10, 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL bought in the US work with eSIM only, and Apple notes that some iPhone models are “eSIM-only” depending on the country of purchase. On those phones you need an eSIM: Orange Marhaba or a Maroc Telecom or inwi visitor eSIM then replaces the physical SIM.
An iPhone bought in mainland China. This is the opposite case: in mainland China, only the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, iPhone Duo, iPhone 17e and iPhone Air support eSIM (Apple, page rechecked on 10 November 2026, which now adds the iPhone Duo). Many models sold there, from the iPhone XR to the iPhone 17 Pro Max, have two nano-SIM slots instead (Apple, 22 October 2026). On these phones neither eSIM Maroc nor an operator eSIM will install: use a physical Moroccan SIM or, in Marrakech, a pocket Wi-Fi router, which connects over Wi-Fi.
Activating the SIM, step by step
- Before you leave check the unlock status, note your home SIM’s PIN and bring a small case to keep it in.
- In the shop show your passport; staff register the line in your name and hand you the card.
- Insert and restart wait for the operator’s name to appear, then write down your Moroccan number.
- Buy the data pass on the spot: the easiest way is to let the seller convert the credit into a Pass *3.
- Test before you walk away open a web page and send a message with Wi-Fi off, while you are still at the counter.
- For an eSIM scan the QR code over Wi-Fi from your phone’s settings, then follow the operator’s rule below.
On a dual-SIM phone, keep your home line active to receive your bank’s text messages, but switch off its data roaming, or your carrier may charge you roaming charges in Morocco. Morocco is outside the EU’s “roam like at home” area.
Orange: Marhaba SIM or eSIM
- Online: in the Orange e-Boutique, choose “SIM physique” or “e-SIM”, enter your identification details, then pay (bank card only online). The SIM is delivered free anywhere in Morocco; the eSIM is activated by scanning the QR code sent by email.
- When to order the eSIM: Orange says the line is activated as soon as you receive the QR code, without saying whether the pass’s validity starts at that point; order it just before you leave.
- Your balance: call 5554 free of charge or dial #554#, or open the Max it app.
Maroc Telecom: visitor eSIM
- eSIM: bought in Maroc Telecom’s online shop, it arrives by email with a QR code and a PIN; the QR code can be scanned as many times as needed.
- Activation: once in Morocco, make a first call; that is what activates the line and the data balance (operator page, copy dated 2 November 2026).
- Your number: dial #99# (SIM or eSIM).
inwi: eSIM from a shop
- eSIM: ask for it in an inwi shop; the QR code is inside the eSIM pouch, to be scanned over Wi-Fi from your phone’s settings. inwi also mentions its website, without saying whether a tourist can buy it from abroad.
How to top up a Moroccan SIM: *3, *6 and *1 passes
With all three operators, credit is turned into a “pass” using a star code: Orange’s top-up page groups its offers as “Internet *3”, “Social media *6”, “National calls *1” and “Recharge Marhaba *66” for visitor lines. Maroc Telecom and inwi also use *3 for data. The idea: buy a top-up (scratch card, a code sent by text at a reseller, or a card payment online), then pick the pass you want.
| Operator | How to top up | Balance or number |
|---|---|---|
| Orange | Max it app (bank card, Orange Money or top-up card); a top-up card by adding the pass’s star code after the card code; or a reseller, who activates the top-up you choose | Balance: 5554 (free call) or #554#, or “Mon solde” in Max it |
| inwi | Online at inwi.ma (bank card or scratch-card code), My inwi app, or a reseller; from about €0.50 | No code published on the pages we read |
| Maroc Telecom | Reseller or shop: ask for the Pass *3 you want | Number: #99# |
Orange: “Recharge Internet *3”, “Recharge Marhaba *66” and “Carte SIM Orange” pages read on 10 November 2026. inwi: “Recharge rapide” page read on 10 November 2026. Maroc Telecom: operator page (archived copy), as its site blocks automated access.
Orange does not give the full key sequence to dial: the most reliable way is still to ask the shopkeeper to do it in front of you, then check your balance.
- Validity: at Orange, top-ups and the prepaid line last “up to 3 months”; the balance of about €1.80 included in Maroc Telecom and inwi visitor eSIMs is valid for 3 months (90 days).
- Rollover and sharing: at Orange, unused *3 data rolls over to your next *3 top-up, and it can be transferred to someone else.
- Recharge Marhaba *66: at Orange, from about €9.20, it adds a data allowance, unlimited social media and a balance for national and international calls, valid for 30 days.
- Social media passes: handy for WhatsApp and Instagram, but they cover neither browsing nor maps; for Google Maps, buy a data pass.
Maroc Telecom, Orange or inwi: which operator should you pick?
On network quality, Maroc Telecom comes out on top according to Opensignal (April 2026 report, data from January to March 2026): a typical download speed of 27.5 Mbps, against 23.7 Mbps on Orange and 22.8 Mbps on inwi, and the best coverage score (9.2 out of 10, inwi 9.1). Maroc Telecom says it covers 99% of the population with 4G (2025 annual report). 5G was launched on 7 November 2025 by all three operators and needs a compatible phone.
- Short stay, unlimited data: Orange Marhaba or inwi’s eSIM pack, at about €11 for 7 days, are the cheapest unlimited visitor offers.
- Mostly WhatsApp and Instagram: Maroc Telecom’s Essentiel Social Media eSIM, about €6.40, gives unlimited social media and 1 GB for 30 days.
- A month: Orange Marhaba at about €29.50 for 30 days unlimited; at Maroc Telecom, about €18.50 gets you 45 GB over 30 days; on a standard inwi SIM, a *3 top-up of about €9.20 gives 24 GB for 30 days.
- Mountains, desert, back roads: coverage matters more than price; read our comparison of mobile coverage in Morocco.
Local SIM, eSIM or pocket Wi-Fi: which to choose?
Our verdict
For a family or group in Marrakech, one shared Rent A Phone router saves buying a line per person: €4.90 a day for up to 10 devices, delivered free to your hotel or riad (book online). Alone on a short trip with no time to spend in a shop, an eSIM bought before you leave is simpler: eSIM Maroc costs €24 for 7 days (1 GB a day at full speed, then 512 kbps), data only (see our guide to using an eSIM in Morocco). For a long stay where you want a local number, a SIM from a Moroccan operator bought in a shop with your passport remains the cheapest option.
No shop needed: a pocket Wi-Fi delivered in Marrakech
If you would rather skip the shop, Rent A Phone rents a 4G pocket Wi-Fi router (TP-Link, LTE Cat 4) on the Maroc Telecom network, with unlimited data and up to 10 devices connected at once; the battery lasts up to 8 hours. Speed can reach 150 Mbps in theory; in practice it depends on where you are. It works on 4G only. Your phones keep their usual SIM for bank texts.
It costs €4.90 per day per router (2-day minimum), paid online by card, with a €50 deposit held on your card and not charged. Delivery and collection are free in Marrakech only (hotel, riad, Airbnb or wherever you’re staying); the router can then travel with you wherever Maroc Telecom 4G reaches. Book a router online.
Buying a SIM in Morocco: frequently asked questions
Is a passport required for SIM registration in Morocco?
Yes. Since 1 April 2014, the ANRT has required every prepaid SIM buyer to be identified; for a foreign visitor, that means the passport. In July 2024 the government restated that SIMs without complete identification must be deactivated.
How much is a SIM card in Morocco?
At Orange the SIM alone costs about €1.80 with about €1.80 of credit (price checked on 10 November 2026). Visitor bundles with unlimited data start at about €11 for 7 days at Orange (Marhaba) and inwi; at Maroc Telecom, the cheapest visitor eSIM costs about €6.40 (unlimited social media and 1 GB over 30 days). A *3 data top-up then starts at about €0.50.
Can I buy a SIM card at Marrakech or Casablanca airport?
At Casablanca Mohammed V, Orange, IAM (Maroc Telecom) and inwi appear in the airport shop list published by ONDA (March 2025 version). At Marrakech-Menara, the official list we checked mentions no operator, although travellers report stands in the arrivals hall. No opening hours are published: plan something for your first hours, such as an eSIM installed before you leave, then buy your SIM at a shop in town.
Can I buy a Moroccan SIM before I arrive?
Yes at Orange: the Marhaba offer can be ordered online, as an eSIM sent by QR code or as a SIM delivered in Morocco, paid by card. Maroc Telecom sells its visitor eSIMs in its online shop, activated by a first call once you are in Morocco.
How do I top up a Moroccan SIM?
Buy a top-up at a shop showing the operator’s logo, online or in the operator’s app (Max it for Orange, My inwi for inwi), then pick the pass: *3 for data with all three operators. At Orange, with a top-up card, you add the pass’s star code after the card code; the safest way is still to ask the shopkeeper to do it in front of you.
Which is the best mobile operator in Morocco for tourists?
Maroc Telecom had the best typical download speed in Q1 2026 (27.5 Mbps, Opensignal), ahead of Orange and inwi. On price, Orange and inwi have the cheapest unlimited week (about €11). Outside the cities, choose by coverage along your route first.
Will my phone work with a Moroccan SIM?
Yes, if it is unlocked and has a slot for a physical card. Some recent models, such as the Pixel 10 bought in the US, work with eSIM only: you then need an eSIM from a Moroccan operator or an international eSIM such as eSIM Maroc. The reverse applies to most iPhones bought in mainland China, which do not take an eSIM: use a physical SIM.
