Free WiFi in Marrakech: Where It Works, and Where It Doesn’t

This guide covers where free WiFi actually works in Marrakech, how good it is, whether it is safe, and what to do in the places it does not reach. Sources are named at the end; the airport, safety and airline facts were read on 19 October 2026.

Is there free WiFi at Marrakech airport?

Yes. ONDA, the national airports office, announced that WiFi at Marrakech Menara became free on 12 December 2015, after the same service opened at Casablanca’s Mohammed V airport. To connect, you accept the terms of use on the sign-in page, then your phone, tablet or laptop is online. The press reports of that announcement were the most recent official detail we could read: ONDA’s own website blocked automated reading on 19 October 2026.

Airport WiFi is good for the first minutes: telling someone you have landed, finding your driver’s name, opening your riad’s address. It is shared by everyone who has just got off a plane, and it stops at the terminal doors. Our guide to getting online at Marrakech airport compares it with a SIM counter, an eSIM and a router delivered to your riad or hotel.

Free WiFi in riads, hotels and cafés

Almost every riad and hotel in Marrakech advertises free WiFi, and many cafés and restaurants give you the password with your order. It is free, and it is usually fine for messages. Two limits are worth knowing before you count on it.

• It stays where it is. Café WiFi works while you sit there. Riad WiFi works in the riad, and often not well in every room: thick walls and one router shared by every guest weaken it, as we explain in do riads in Marrakech have WiFi.
• It is shared. When the rooms or the terrace are full, everyone is on the same line. A video call or a photo backup at 9 pm competes with every other guest.

Is there free public WiFi in the medina or on Jemaa el-Fna?

We could not find one. On 19 October 2026 we found no official source, from the city or from an operator, for a free public WiFi network covering the medina streets, the souks or Jemaa el-Fna. Some cafés around the square have their own WiFi for customers, but that is not a network you can walk with.

This matters because the streets are exactly where you need a connection. The medina’s lanes are hard to follow without a map, taxi and ride apps need data to book, and a translation or a payment can come up anywhere. Google Maps itself works in the medina when your phone has data; what helps is in does Google Maps work in the Marrakech medina.

Is free WiFi safe to use in Marrakech?

The risk is the same in any city, and two official bodies describe it in plain terms.

• The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that on public WiFi, attackers on the same network can intercept or change your data. It describes “evil twin” access points that copy the name of a real café network, and says the only way to be sure is to ask the staff which network is theirs. Its advice is to use public WiFi only for browsing, and a VPN to log in to services.
• France’s official cyber-security service (cybermalveillance.gouv.fr) says, in its ten essential measures: avoid public or unknown WiFi networks, and when you are on the move prefer the 3G or 4G connection of your phone plan. If you have no choice, do nothing sensitive on public WiFi and use a VPN if you can.

In practice, keep banking, card payments and work logins for a connection you control. A pocket WiFi router is one: it uses the 4G mobile network, and its WiFi is yours alone, protected by the password printed on the card that comes with it.

Free WiFi, roaming or your own router

Roaming prices vary a lot by operator and by country; our roaming guide for Morocco explains how to check yours before you fly.

Does Royal Air Maroc have WiFi on board?

On most flights, not yet. In January 2025, the Moroccan business site Médias24 reported that Royal Air Maroc’s newest 787-9 Dreamliner was its first aircraft with internet for passengers, for long-haul routes, and that until then the airline only had on-board WiFi for its entertainment system. On 7 October 2026, Royal Air Maroc announced that it will fit Starlink WiFi to 41 aircraft in stages from early 2027, free for members of its Safar Flyer loyalty programme. For now, plan to be offline during the flight.

How a pocket WiFi fills the gaps

A router does what free WiFi cannot: it goes with you. We deliver it free to your riad, hotel or apartment in Marrakech, charged and switched on. Everyone joins it with the password on its card, phones and laptops alike, up to 10 devices.

• Unlimited data, with no daily allowance, no total cap and no throttling during the rental.
• A private network, not shared with strangers, on Maroc Telecom’s mobile network.
• Battery for up to 8 hours, so it lasts a day in the souks; a power bank is available as an option.
• €4.90 a day for the whole group, minimum 2 days, with a €50 refundable deposit released when the router comes back.

Keep the free WiFi for what it is good at, the riad in the evening or a café break, and let the router cover the rest of the day.

Frequently asked questions

Sources. Airport WiFi: ONDA announcement that WiFi at Marrakech Menara became free on 12 December 2015, as reported by Bladi.net on 23 December 2015 (ONDA’s website blocked automated reading on 19 October 2026). Public WiFi safety: NCSC “Exercise in a Box: Connecting securely” (ncsc.gov.uk) and cybermalveillance.gouv.fr “Les 10 mesures essentielles pour assurer votre sécurité numérique”, measure 10, both read on 19 October 2026. Royal Air Maroc: Médias24, 1 January 2025; Morocco World News report of the airline’s announcement, 7 October 2026. Public WiFi in the medina: no official source found on 19 October 2026. Our prices are our published rates on 19 October 2026.