Car Rental or Taxi in Morocco: Which Costs Less?

A day trip is a full day outside the city, for example Rabat or El Jadida from Casablanca, Essaouira or Ouzoud from Marrakech. We count no city rides on those days.

Default fares depend on your arrival city. Casablanca: 250 MAD from the airport to the city, and 1,300 MAD for a day trip to Rabat or El Jadida and back, based on the official fare board at Mohammed V airport (650 MAD each way). Marrakech: about 160 MAD from the airport, and a private transfer to Essaouira and back at published agency prices (about 70 € each way for 1 to 3 passengers, 90 € for 4 to 7). Fares change, so replace them with the price you were quoted. The city ride is a typical petit taxi fare; a petit taxi takes 3 passengers at most, so larger groups are counted as two taxis.

The daily rate follows our fleet prices for your number of days (3, 7 and 10 days or more), and 20% VAT is added in the result. With airport pickup you pay no airport taxi. We count 20 km of city driving per day. Insurance, deposit and extras are not included.