How much is a bottle of water in Morocco?

Bottled water is cheap in Morocco, and you should drink plenty of it — the climate is dry and you’ll lose more than you expect. From a hanut (the little corner shops on every street) or a supermarket like Marjane or Carrefour, a 1.5-litre bottle of Sidi Ali or Ain Saiss costs 5–10 MAD ($0.50–1). A small half-litre is 4–7 MAD. That’s the price locals pay and the price you should pay too.

Where it climbs is the convenience markup. A cafe on Jemaa el-Fnaa or a restaurant terrace will charge 15–30 MAD ($1.50–3) for the same small bottle, and a hotel minibar can be 40 MAD or more. None of this will break your trip, but over two weeks the difference between shop water and cafe water adds up to real money, so I stock up on big bottles from a supermarket and refill a smaller one to carry.

On tap water: it’s chlorinated and considered safe to drink in most cities, but most visitors find it upsets their stomach because the mineral content differs from home. I recommend bottled or filtered water for drinking, and that goes double in the desert and rural south. A reusable bottle with a built-in filter is a smart, low-waste option if you’re here a while.

Quick honest note: prices vary a little by region and brand — desert and remote-village shops charge slightly more because everything is trucked in. Still, you should almost never pay more than 10 MAD for a big bottle at a normal shop. If someone quotes you triple that on the street, walk twenty metres to the next hanut.