Where to live in Morocco
We track 5 cities in Morocco: Casablanca, Fes, Marrakesh, Rabat and Tangier. Average temperatures run from 18°C to 21°C. We estimate a couple needs €2,188 to €2,282 a month to live centrally. Morocco sits in our low to medium tax tier. For foreigners, long-term residency is comparatively open.
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- Tax tier
- Low to medium
- Moderate personal income tax
- Languages
- Arabic, French
- Limited English
- Safety
- 62/100
- country-level
- Healthcare
- 52/100
- country-level
- Internet
- ~30 Mbps
- median fixed broadband
The 5 cities we track
| City | Size | Setting | Avg temp | Rain a year | Est. cost a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casablanca | large | coastal | 18°C | 351 mm | €2,282 |
| Fes | large | near the coast | 19°C | 484 mm | €2,201 |
| Marrakesh | large | near the coast | 21°C | 215 mm | €2,188 |
| Rabat | large | coastal | 18°C | 435 mm | €2,258 |
| Tangier | large | coastal | 18°C | 737 mm | €2,191 |
Source: City size from GeoNames, temperature from the Open-Meteo archive (2019 to 2023 averages), rainfall from TerraClimate (1991 to 2020 normals), coast distance from Natural Earth. Cost is our model estimate for a couple living centrally.
Taxes
Morocco sits in our low to medium tax tier: moderate personal income tax. The tier applies to every city here, and couples who cap tax below it will not see these cities in their results.
Source: OurNextCity tax tiers, assigned by hand from each country's top marginal personal income tax rate and overall tax reputation, with no fixed rate cut-offs. Coarse by design; not tax advice.
Residency and visas
Comparatively open. Realistic long-term residency is the renewable carte de séjour (certificat d'immatriculation) under a sufficient-means or retiree category; there is no formal passive-income visa, golden visa, or investor program, and thresholds are set discretionarily by the local prefecture.
The cheapest self-funded routes we track for Morocco:
- Income: about $544 a month (Carte de séjour sufficient-means/retiree route, ~MAD 5,000/mo (no statutory minimum; typical prefecture-observed threshold in smaller towns, higher in Casablanca/Rabat); converted at 1 USD = 9.19 MAD; as of June 2026)
For short visits, 73 of 198 passports can enter visa-free, 8 can get an e-visa or visa on arrival and 117 need a visa in advance.
Source: OurNextCity residency dataset, hand-reviewed approximations researched against published immigration rules, figures as of June 2026. Not legal advice: check the official source before you apply. Short-stay entry from the passport-index dataset (ilyankou, MIT).