People ask about the internet. The internet is mostly fine. The things that make or break a working month are duller and nobody mentions them.
The time zone is the real advantage
Morocco runs on GMT+1 for most of the year, and drops to GMT during Ramadan. For anyone working with Europe that means no time difference at all, or an hour. Meetings happen at normal hours and nobody is taking calls at midnight.
That single fact makes Marrakech a far more practical base than most places with this weather.
Where you stay decides everything
A riad in the medina is beautiful and difficult to work from. The courtyard is open to the sky, so it is loud when the neighbourhood is loud and cold in winter. Rooms are dim by design. There is often nowhere with both a table at the right height and a plug.
An apartment or villa in Gueliz is the practical answer: modern layouts, desks, reliable power, cafés with wifi on the street below, and you can walk to buy food.
A villa outside town works well for a couple or a family, provided you accept that you will be driving for anything. Fibre is common in the Palmeraie now, but ask specifically rather than assuming.
Ask these before booking
- Is there a table and chair at working height, and a plug near it
- Is the wifi fibre, and does it reach the room you will work in
- Is there a backup — a local SIM with data is cheap and worth having regardless
- How does the place handle power cuts, which are short but do happen
The rhythm
In summer, the inverted day works for remote work too: early start, long afternoon break, back online in the evening when Europe is still at its desk.
In winter, the thing that catches people out is the cold in the morning. A riad room at eight in January is genuinely cold and you will not work well in it. Ask about heating.
The practical bits
A local SIM is inexpensive and sold at the airport and in any phone shop; take your passport. Cafés in Gueliz are used to people working and nobody will move you along. Coworking spaces exist and are straightforward to find, though most people end up working from where they stay once the first week settles.
Banks and admin run on their own hours and close early. Plan anything official for the morning.
Planning a stay in Marrakech?
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