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Date: 2025-09-12
Updated: 2026-11-10
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- Roaming in Morocco

# How to Avoid High Roaming Charges in Morocco: The Complete Guide

Updated on 10 November 2026 · 20 min read

Roaming works in Morocco, but unless your plan includes Morocco it costs extra: on 10 November 2026, EE charged about €9.47 for a 24-hour pass (with no mobile data at all without one), Vodafone UK about €9.47 a day and AT&T and Verizon about €10.74 a day, while Sky Mobile’s Roaming Passport Plus cost about €2.37 a day. Morocco is outside the EU and outside UK networks’ Europe zones, so your normal allowance does not simply carry over: you pay a daily charge, a pass or a price per megabyte. Travelling alone with an eSIM-compatible phone, an eSIM such as eSIM Maroc (€24 for 7 days) costs less than a week of daily charges or passes on EE, Vodafone UK, AT&T or Verizon (about €47 to €75). Two or more people, or several devices, in Marrakech: one Rent A Phone router (€4.90 a day, up to 10 devices) delivered free to your accommodation.

The essentials

- Morocco is not covered by the EU’s roam-like-at-home rules or by UK networks’ Europe bundles.

- UK networks on 10 November 2026: EE about €9.47 for a 24-hour pass and no data without one; Vodafone UK about €9.47 a day (Zone D); Three about €8.28 or €9.47 a day depending on when you joined; Sky Mobile about €2.37 a day; O2 pay monthly data bolt-ons only, from about €30.77 for 100MB.

- US and Canada: AT&T and Verizon about €10.74 a day; Bell about €10.14; Rogers and Fido about €11.40 a day.

- Wi-Fi Calling is no way round it: EE, O2, Sky and giffgaff say it only works in the UK.

- Alone with a compatible phone and no cheaper option from your network: eSIM Maroc, €24 for 7 days. Two or more in Marrakech: one shared Rent A Phone router, €4.90 a day, delivered free to your accommodation.

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.

Book onlineCard payment in euros.

In this article

- Does roaming work in Morocco, and is it included?

- Roaming charges in Morocco by network (10 November 2026)

- Roaming in Morocco from the US and Canada: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Bell, Rogers

- Wi-Fi Calling in Morocco: why it won't save you

- Why roaming bills in Morocco climb so fast

- How to turn off data roaming: settings before you fly

- Cheaper alternatives to roaming in Morocco: local SIM, eSIM, router or Wi-Fi

- Renting a pocket Wi-Fi in Marrakech

- Pass, eSIM or router: which option fits your trip

- Roaming in Morocco: your questions

## Does roaming work in Morocco, and is it included?

Roaming lets your phone use Moroccan networks (Maroc Telecom, Orange Maroc or inwi) with your home SIM. So yes, there is roaming in Morocco: your phone will find a signal. The real question is how much each day or each megabyte will cost.

Inside the European Union, roam-like-at-home rules make operators charge you as if you were at home. They cover the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and the EU’s Your Europe portal warns that roaming outside that area “can be expensive”. Since Brexit, those rules no longer bind UK networks, which set their own zones, and Morocco sits outside their Europe bundles: Zone 2 on EE, Zone 3 on O2, Zone D on Vodafone, “Rest of the world” on giffgaff.

The price does not depend on which Moroccan network your phone picks. It depends on your home network and your plan, which is why two travellers in the same café on Jemaa el-Fna can pay nothing (a plan that includes Morocco) or hundreds of euros.

## Roaming charges in Morocco by network (10 November 2026)

These figures come from each operator’s own Morocco pages, roaming checkers and price guides, checked on 10 November 2026. Prices change and depend on your plan, so confirm in your account before you travel.

### UK networks

Prices checked on 10 November 2026 on each network’s Morocco page or roaming checker (EE, O2, Three, Sky, Vodafone UK) and help centre (giffgaff); Sky Mobile tariff guide effective 6 November 2026; Three price guide effective 12 October 2026. Prices set in pounds, converted to euros (approximate amounts).

EE puts Morocco in Zone 2. Pay-monthly customers use their UK allowance (subject to fair use) with a 24-hour Zone 2 Pass at about €9.47, a 7-day pass at about €47.34 or a 15-day pass at about €71.01; each covers local calls, calls and texts to the UK and incoming calls. You can only buy the pass once you arrive in Morocco: EE texts you instructions when you land. Without a pass there is no mobile data at all; calls cost about €2.91 a minute, made or received, and texts about €1.16. Pay-as-you-go customers pay about €2.13 a minute and €0.71 a text, and EE’s Morocco page shows no data option for them.

O2 puts Morocco in Zone 3, and its O2 Travel Bolt On (about €8.28 a day) does not cover Morocco. Pay-monthly customers can buy Zone 3 Data Roaming Bolt Ons: 100MB for about €30.77, 500MB for about €53.25 or 1GB for about €76.92; unused bolt-on data rolls over to the end of the next billing month. Without a bolt-on, O2 stops your data abroad, so you pay nothing for it. On pay monthly, calls cost about €3.55 a minute, made or received (one-minute minimum), and texts about €1.18. On pay as you go, bolt-ons are not available and data costs about €8.52 per MB.

Three lists Morocco among its Go Roam Around the World Extra destinations. On pay-monthly plans without roaming built in, a daily charge unlocks your calls, texts and up to 12GB of your UK data: about €8.28 a day if you joined or upgraded between 1 October 2021 and 17 December 2025, about €9.47 a day if you joined on or after 18 December 2025 (from 1 April 2026), and its price guide says daily charges rise each April by inflation plus 3.9%. Passes cost about €20.71 for 3 days, €35.21 for 5 days, €49.70 for 7 days and €99.41 for 14 days. Three’s checker says Complete plans taken since 22 June 2025 have Go Roam built in, with up to 12GB at no extra cost. Pay-as-you-go data costs about €7.10 per MB, and Three’s price guides set a worldwide data roaming limit of about €53.25 a month excluding VAT, although one of its pay-as-you-go help pages gives about €50.86.

Sky Mobile includes Morocco in its 120 Roaming Passport Plus destinations. It costs about €2.37 a day (about €2.96 from 28 February 2027) and switches on by itself when you make a call, send a text or use more than 10MB of data in a day; you pay only for the days you use it. You get your UK data, calls and texts, with up to 25GB of roaming data per billing month, then about €2.96 per GB. Receiving calls and texts is free; local calls in Morocco cost about €4.14 a minute. Sky sets a data roaming spend cap of about €53.25 a month per SIM, which you can remove in your settings.

Vodafone UK lists Morocco in Zone D, its 73 additional worldwide destinations. Its Roaming Charge Checker gives a daily charge of about €9.47 on plans bought on or after 11 August 2021 and about €7.10 on older plans, for calls, texts and up to 25GB of data; a day lasts 24 hours from when roaming is detected, and receiving standard-rate calls and texts is free. On pay as you go, data costs about €0.14 per MB, and Around the World Extra bundles cover Morocco: 2GB with 100 minutes and 100 texts for 8 days at about €22.85, or 2GB of data only for about €16.19.

giffgaff puts Morocco in its “Rest of the world”: your UK plan won’t work there, and you pay from credit for calls, texts and data. Its travel data add-ons do not cover Morocco. We could not read giffgaff’s Morocco prices (its roaming page blocked our check on 10 November 2026), so check them in the giffgaff app before you go.

### EU networks

For visitors from France, Orange says that without a pass it switches on “Connexion 24h” automatically at your first mobile data connection outside Europe (€8.99 per 24 hours, renewed automatically); its own page is unclear on whether Morocco is already covered. SFR also charges €1.19 a minute to receive a call. Several French plans include Morocco: Free Max (unlimited data) and travel plans with 35 to 40GB a month usable in Morocco from Syma, Sosh, B&YOU and RED (€12.99 to €15.99 a month).

From Spain, Digi has charged €1.50 per GB in Morocco since 15 October 2026. Vodafone Spain places Morocco in Zone 2 and charges its €15 daily bundle only on days you use it. Movistar‘s €12.10/MB applies in its “Marruecos & Otros” zone, and Orange Spain includes Morocco in its Destinos Plus zone on some plans only.

EU prices checked on 10 November 2026: Orange France travel and Connexion 24h pages, SFR price guide of 5 November 2026, Bouygues Telecom price guide of 9 November 2026, Free price guide of 21 July 2026, Digi legal notice of 15 October 2026, Vodafone Spain, Movistar and Orange Spain roaming pages, Proximus and Orange Belgium roaming pages (unchanged since October).

## Roaming in Morocco from the US and Canada: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Bell, Rogers

Most North American networks charge for Morocco by the day or by pass, using the data in your home plan; many T-Mobile plans include it. Prices checked on 10 November 2026, excluding taxes, set in US or Canadian dollars and converted to euros (approximate amounts).

T-Mobile‘s Morocco page lists data included on many plans: 30GB at high speed on Better Value plans, 15GB on Experience Beyond and Go5G Next, 5GB on Experience More, Go5G Plus, MAX and One Plus, then 256 kbps; Go5G, Magenta and One give unlimited data at 256 kbps only. Calls cost about €0.45 a minute. T-Mobile also sells International Passes, but its pass page does not name Morocco, so check eligibility in your account. Verizon adds TravelPass automatically on its Unlimited Plus and Unlimited Welcome plans. Bell charges a day only when you use your phone, up to 20 days per billing period. We could not read Telus’s site.

Checked on 10 November 2026 on the AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile international pages and the Bell, Rogers, Fido and Koodo roaming pages.

## Wi-Fi Calling in Morocco: why it won't save you

Wi-Fi Calling sends your normal calls over a Wi-Fi connection instead of the mobile network. Four UK networks say it does not work abroad. EE: “WiFi Calling is only available in the UK”, and its Morocco page tells you to turn it off to avoid extra charges. O2: “WiFi Calling isn’t currently supported outside of the UK” (help page updated 2 November 2026). Sky: “If you try using it abroad, your phone will use the normal mobile signal and roaming charges will apply.” giffgaff: “WiFi Calling is not supported when abroad.” We found no official Three page on Wi-Fi Calling abroad. Some EU networks differ: France’s Free says Wi-Fi calls made abroad are billed at its French rates.

Calls through apps are a different thing: a WhatsApp or FaceTime call on hotel or riad Wi-Fi uses that Wi-Fi, not your network, so your network does not bill it, and WhatsApp itself advises making and answering calls on Wi-Fi to save data. On a mobile connection in Morocco, the same app call uses data, billed at your roaming rate unless you have a pass, an eSIM or a router.

## Why roaming bills in Morocco climb so fast

Watch out

Per-megabyte prices add up fast: 100MB of maps, photo messages and app updates would cost about €852 at O2’s pay-as-you-go rate (about €8.52 per MB), about €710 on Three pay as you go and €1,320 on SFR. Some caps cut in first: Sky sets a data roaming spend cap of about €53.25 a month per SIM, Three a worldwide data roaming limit (about €53.25 excluding VAT in its price guides, about €50.86 on one pay-as-you-go help page), and EU networks must offer a default data limit close to €50 a month excluding VAT, also outside the EU when the local network allows real-time tracking (EU Roaming Regulation 2022/612, article 14). Daily charges are different: they apply on every day your phone uses its allowance, per phone.

- Background data: photo backup, app updates and email sync keep running while the phone is in your pocket; on Android, Google Photos has a setting to stop backing up while roaming.

- Incoming calls are charged on many tariffs: about €2.91 a minute on EE without a pass, €3.55 on O2 pay monthly (its bolt-ons cover data only), €1.19/min with SFR, or €1.82/min plus a €1.21 connection fee with Movistar. Vodafone UK (pay monthly) and Sky do not charge for receiving standard calls.

- Daily charges multiply per phone: with Vodafone Spain’s daily bundle, four phones for seven days come to €420 (UK examples in the router section below).

### How much data do you use?

Of the apps travellers use most, only Netflix publishes official figures: up to 0.3GB an hour on Low quality, 0.7GB on Medium, 1GB in standard definition, 3GB in HD and 7GB in 4K, per device. In its mobile app, “Automatic” gives about 4 hours of viewing per GB and “Save Data” about 6 hours. One hour of a series on Automatic, about 250MB, would therefore cost about €2,130 at O2’s pay-as-you-go rate if nothing stopped it; eSIM Maroc’s 1GB a day at full speed is about 4 hours of Netflix on Automatic. YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram and Google Maps publish no consumption figures, so we give none.

Data use: Netflix help page on data usage, read on 10 November 2026.

## How to turn off data roaming: settings before you fly

- Check your plan Look for Morocco in your plan’s list of included destinations, or run your network’s roaming checker: EE, O2, Three, Sky and Vodafone all have one.

- Know when to buy Buy any add-on on Wi-Fi in your network’s app and note when it expires. EE’s Zone 2 pass can only be bought once you arrive in Morocco.

- Turn off data roaming if you buy nothing On iPhone: Settings, Mobile Data, Mobile Data Options, Data Roaming. On Android the path depends on the brand: search your Settings for “roaming”. Calls and texts still arrive, but no data is used abroad. On Sky, a call, a text or more than 10MB of data in a day starts the daily charge.

- Turn off Wi-Fi Calling on EE, O2, Sky and giffgaff: it does not work abroad, and EE advises switching it off to avoid extra charges.

- Check your spend cap EE and Sky advise checking it before you travel: Sky warns that if it is too low, you might not be able to use your phone abroad.

- Limit background data Set photo backup and app updates to Wi-Fi only. WhatsApp suggests turning off media auto-download over mobile data and roaming if you have no international plan.

- Download offline maps of Marrakech, the medina and the areas you will visit. Google notes that walking, cycling and public transport directions are not available offline.

- Using a Moroccan SIM or eSIM? Keep your home line for bank texts, with data roaming off, and set the new line for mobile data.

## Cheaper alternatives to roaming in Morocco: local SIM, eSIM, router or Wi-Fi

Pocket Wi-Fi router

€4.90 a day per router, unlimited data

- Up to 10 devices for one price

- No phone settings, no eSIM compatibility needed

- One more device to charge (up to 8 hours of battery)

- Delivered free to your accommodation, in Marrakech only

Best for: couples, families, groups, laptops

eSIM Maroc

€24 7 days “unlimited” (1GB a day at full speed, then 512 kbps)

- Bought and installed before you leave

- Starts when you connect in Morocco

- Needs an eSIM-compatible, unlocked phone

- Refundable within 30 days if the plan has not started

Best for: solo travellers with one phone, everything set up at home

Moroccan SIM or eSIM

about €11 Orange Marhaba or inwi eSIM pack, 7 days unlimited data

- About €11 for 7 days of unlimited data

- Includes a Moroccan number

- Passport needed, one more line to manage

- Orange: about €20.50 for 14 days, about €29.50 for 30 days

Best for: needing a Moroccan number, long stays

Prices checked on 10 November 2026 on the Orange Maroc, inwi and eSIM Maroc websites (unchanged since October).

A Moroccan SIM or eSIM is the cheapest of these options for one person who wants 7 days of unlimited data: about €11. Orange Maroc sells its Marhaba offer online as a SIM or as an eSIM sent by QR code (set-up explained in our guide to eSIM in Morocco); inwi sells eSIM packs at the same prices for 7 and 14 days. Maroc Telecom’s visitor eSIM costs about €11 for 20GB over 30 days, or about €29.50 for 14 days of unlimited data with 9 hours of calls and 100 texts, according to the 2 November 2026 version of the operator’s page, and it activates with a first call once you are in Morocco. All three ask for your passport. See our guides to local eSIMs from Moroccan operators and buying a local SIM in Morocco.

An international eSIM is bought at home and starts on arrival. Read the small print behind “unlimited”: most providers slow you down after an allowance, often a daily one; with eSIM Maroc (€24 for 7 days), it is 512 kbps after 1GB a day at full speed. You get data only, no Moroccan number. Our comparison of eSIMs for Morocco lists prices and limits for each provider.

Hotel, riad and café Wi-Fi is free and often fine in the evening, but no help in the souks, on the road to the Atlas or when booking a taxi after dinner.

## Renting a pocket Wi-Fi in Marrakech

Rent A Phone rents a 4G pocket Wi-Fi router (TP-Link, LTE Cat 4) on the Maroc Telecom network, which reports 99% 4G population coverage (2025 annual report) and which Opensignal named Morocco’s best network in April 2026 (coverage score 9.2 out of 10). Data is unlimited, up to 10 devices can connect and the battery lasts up to 8 hours. The theoretical maximum is 150 Mbps; Opensignal measured a typical download speed of 27.5 Mbps on Maroc Telecom from January to March 2026. The router is 4G only, not 5G.

- Price: €4.90 per day per router, 2-day minimum, paid online by card in euros. A €50 deposit per router is held as a card authorisation, not charged, and released on return.

- Free delivery and collection in Marrakech: straight to your hotel, riad, Airbnb or wherever you’re staying, between 9 am and 6 pm. The router works wherever Maroc Telecom 4G reaches, day trips included, but it is handed over and returned in Marrakech.

- Customer service 7 days a week, 9 am to 6 pm, from a French-speaking team.

The honest maths: one traveller with an Orange France plan pays €14.99 for the Pass Maroc, and a Sky Mobile customer about €16.57 for seven days of Roaming Passport Plus, both less than a router for a week (€34.30). A family of four on Vodafone UK for seven days pays about €265 in daily charges, and four EE 7-day passes cost about €189, against €34.30 for one shared router. A router also helps when your group is on different networks, when a phone does not support eSIM, or to connect a laptop. Book a router online.

## Pass, eSIM or router: which option fits your trip

Our verdict

Never land with data roaming on and no add-on, unless your plan includes Morocco. Travelling alone with an eSIM-compatible phone: if your plan already includes data in Morocco (many T-Mobile plans, Three Complete plans taken since June 2025, Free Max) or your network’s option is cheap (Sky Mobile about €2.37 a day, Orange France’s €14.99 Pass Maroc), use it; otherwise eSIM Maroc (€24 for 7 days, 1GB a day at full speed then 512 kbps) costs less than a week on EE, Vodafone UK, AT&T or Verizon (about €47 to €75), is installed before you leave and starts on arrival. Two or more people based in Marrakech will usually pay less with one shared Rent A Phone router (€4.90 a day, up to 10 devices, delivered free to your accommodation) than with a daily charge per phone (book online); the exception on this page is Sky Mobile, where two phones at about €2.37 a day each cost slightly less. Staying in Casablanca? Use an eSIM such as eSIM Maroc: we only deliver the router in Marrakech (see eSIM in Casablanca).

## Roaming in Morocco: your questions

Read next

- Local eSIMs in Morocco: Maroc Telecom, Orange, inwi

- Getting online in Marrakech: eSIM, SIM or pocket Wi-Fi

- Getting online the moment you land in Moroc

## FAQ

**Is there roaming in Morocco?**
Yes. Your phone connects to Maroc Telecom, Orange Maroc or inwi with your home SIM. But Morocco is outside the EU’s roam-like-at-home area and outside UK networks’ Europe zones, so data and calls are charged extra unless your plan says Morocco is included or you buy a pass or add-on.

**How much are roaming charges in Morocco?**
It depends on your network. On 10 November 2026: EE about €9.47 for 24 hours, Vodafone UK about €9.47 a day on plans bought since August 2021, Sky Mobile about €2.37 a day, AT&T and Verizon about €10.74 a day, Vodafone Spain €15 a day for 2GB; pay-as-you-go data cost €12.10/MB on Movistar and €13.20/MB on SFR. Bundles such as Orange France’s 35GB for €14.99 cost far less.

**Does EE work in Morocco?**
Yes, but you need a pass for data. EE puts Morocco in Zone 2: on pay monthly, a 24-hour pass costs about €9.47 and a 7-day pass about €47.34, and you can only buy it once you arrive. Without a pass there is no mobile data, and calls cost about €2.91 a minute, made or received (prices checked on 10 November 2026).

**Does Vodafone UK work in Morocco?**
Yes. Vodafone UK lists Morocco in Zone D, outside Euro Roam: on plans bought since 11 August 2021 you pay about €9.47 a day to use your calls, texts and up to 25GB of data (about €7.10 on older plans). Receiving standard calls and texts is free. Check your own plan with Vodafone’s Roaming Charge Checker.

**Can I use Wi-Fi Calling in Morocco?**
Not on EE, O2, Sky or giffgaff: all four say Wi-Fi Calling only works in the UK, and Sky warns that your phone then uses the normal mobile signal at roaming rates. Calls through WhatsApp or FaceTime on hotel or riad Wi-Fi are a different thing and are not billed by your network.

**Do US phones work in Morocco?**
Yes. AT&T’s International Day Pass and Verizon’s TravelPass cover Morocco at about €10.74 a day; without them, data costs about €1.84 per MB. Many T-Mobile plans include data in Morocco: 5GB to 30GB at high speed, or unlimited at 256 kbps, depending on the plan (prices checked on 10 November 2026, excluding taxes).

**Are incoming calls charged when roaming in Morocco?**
Often, yes: about €2.91 a minute on EE without a pass, €3.55 on O2 pay monthly (its bolt-ons cover data only), €1.19/min on SFR, or €1.82/min plus a connection fee on Movistar. Vodafone UK (pay monthly) and Sky do not charge for receiving standard calls. WhatsApp or FaceTime calls over Wi-Fi are not billed by your network.

**How do I turn off data roaming?**
On iPhone, go to Settings, Mobile Data, Mobile Data Options and switch off Data Roaming. On Android, the path depends on the brand: search your Settings for “roaming” and switch off data roaming. You still receive calls and texts, but no data is used on Moroccan networks.

**Does a pocket Wi-Fi avoid roaming charges?**
For data, yes: your phones connect to the router’s Wi-Fi, which uses a Maroc Telecom SIM. Keep data roaming off on your phones so nothing is billed by your home network. Rent A Phone rents one for €4.90 a day, delivered free to your accommodation in Marrakech.


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