Is there a cash limit entering or leaving Morocco?

There are two separate things to keep straight here, and travellers often confuse them. The first is the declaration threshold: if you arrive or leave carrying the equivalent of about 100,000 dirhams or more — roughly 10,000 US dollars or euros in any combination of currencies — you are legally required to declare it to customs. Below that, foreign currency moves freely and nobody asks. Declaring is simple and free; failing to declare a large sum is what causes problems.

The second, and the one that actually trips people up, is that the Moroccan dirham is a closed (non-convertible) currency. Officially you are not meant to bring dirhams in or take more than a token amount out — figures have hovered around 2,000 dirhams in the past, but the practical point is the same: do not fly home with a fat wad of dirhams. You cannot easily change them back once you have left, and many overseas exchange desks will not touch them at all.

My standard advice to every departing guest is to manage your dirhams down to almost nothing by the end of the trip. Pay your final hotel bill, tips and airport spending in cash, keep just enough for a coffee, and re-convert any meaningful leftover at a bank or official bureau de change before security. Keep the original exchange receipts — at the airport exchange desk they sometimes want to see proof you bought the dirhams legitimately before converting back.

Bring the bulk of your spending money as a card plus some euros or dollars in cash, and only convert what you will realistically use. As always, the exact thresholds and the allowed export amount can change, so check the current rules with your bank and the Office des Changes before you travel — but the golden rule holds: do not hoard dirhams to take home.