Budget · Casablanca · Morocco
Casablanca on a budget
What a trip to Casablanca really costs, and where the savings are.
Updated By the AMZBooking editorial team
Photo: יאיר ליברמן, CC BY-SA 4.0
Quick answer
Casablanca is affordable for most international visitors. Budget roughly $40–$70 per person per day on a tight budget, $100–$180 mid-range and $250–$600 for luxury, excluding flights. Hotel prices are usually lowest in January–February and November.
Key facts
- Budget traveller
- $40–$70 a day
- Mid-range
- $100–$180 a day
- Luxury
- $250–$600 a day
- Local currency
- MAD
- Free sights
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Daily budget and trip cost
AMZBooking estimates per person in US dollars, excluding flights, reviewed October 2026. Accommodation is the biggest variable; prices rise in peak months.
| Style | Per day | 3 days | 5 days | 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budget | $40–$70 | $120–$210 | $200–$350 | $280–$490 |
| Mid-range | $100–$180 | $300–$540 | $500–$900 | $700–$1,260 |
| Luxury | $250–$600 | $750–$1,800 | $1,250–$3,000 | $1,750–$4,200 |
Typical prices
Approximate prices in Casablanca, October 2026. They change; use them for planning, not as quotes.
| Item | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Tram ticket | about 8 MAD |
| Petit taxi ride in the centre | about 10–25 MAD |
| Coffee or mint tea in a café | about 10–20 MAD |
| Grilled fish lunch | about 60–120 MAD |
| Hassan II Mosque guided tour | about 130–150 MAD |
| Dozen Oualidia oysters | about 60–100 MAD |
| Cocktail in a bar | about 80–130 MAD |
Money-saving tips
- Walking the Art Deco centre, the Corniche, Habous and the old medina costs nothing.
- Eat seafood at Marché Central or the port rather than at Corniche restaurants for lower prices.
- Use the tram and metered petit taxis; agree a price in advance only for grand taxis.
- Many visitors spend only one or two nights in Casablanca; use it for arrival and departure and spend longer in Fes or Marrakech.
- Withdraw cash from bank ATMs; small cafés and taxis do not take cards.
Free things to do
- Corniche Ain Diab — The seafront Boulevard de la Corniche runs for several kilometres past beaches, beach clubs, seafood restaurants and cafés, with a wide promenade popular for evening walks and jogging.
- Old Medina — Casablanca's small walled old town, between the port and Place des Nations Unies, is a working neighbourhood of lanes selling clothes, electronics and household goods rather than a showpiece medina.
- Quartier Habous — The French-planned 'new medina' of the 1930s combines Moroccan forms with ordered streets: arcaded souqs for olives, books, brass, babouches and kaftans, a small mosque and some of the city's best-known traditional pastry shops.
- Art Deco downtown and Boulevard Mohammed V — Built mostly between the 1920s and 1950s, central Casablanca's apartment blocks, cinemas and hotels mix Art Deco lines with Moroccan motifs, a style sometimes called Mauresque.
- Place Mohammed V — The city's main square is framed by 1920s–1930s Neo-Mauresque administrative buildings, including the Wilaya with its clock tower and the courthouse, and by the Grand Théâtre de Casablanca, a large modern performing-arts venue completed in the early 2020s.
- Marché Central — The early 20th-century central market on Boulevard Mohammed V sells fish, oysters, olives, flowers and produce around a courtyard, and the small restaurants along its edge will cook seafood bought from the stalls.
Where to stay on a budget
$$ · Best for first-timers, budget, culture and solo travellers
Centre-Ville
Art Deco boulevards, the Marché Central and budget-to-mid-range hotels
$$ · Best for shopping, budget and solo travellers
Maarif
Shopping streets, the Twin Center and mid-range hotels
$$ · Best for culture, shopping and quiet stays
Habous
The 1930s 'new medina' of arcaded souqs and pastry shops
Eating well for less
- Maakouda — Sandwich stalls around the old medina and in Maarif.
- Snail soup — Street carts in the old medina and around markets, mainly in the evenings.
- Msemen — Breakfast stalls and cafés across the city.
Getting around for less
Casablanca is large and spread out, but a modern tram network and Busway lines link downtown, the Corniche and the suburbs, and red petit taxis are plentiful. Walking works within downtown, the old medina and Habous.
Questions travellers ask
+How much does a trip to Casablanca cost?
About $500–$900 per person for five days mid-range, excluding flights (estimate), or $200–$350 on a tight budget.
+Is Casablanca expensive?
It is affordable for international visitors. Walking the Art Deco centre, the Corniche, Habous and the old medina costs nothing.
+How much money do I need per day in Casablanca?
Roughly $40–$70 on a budget and $100–$180 mid-range (estimates).
+When are hotel prices lowest in Casablanca?
Usually in January–February and November.