Casablanca for digital nomads — cost of living, coworking, where to live

The sheet

Researched 8 September 2026 · figures hold for September 2026

One-bed flat, furnished, Gauthier or Anfa/Ain Diab: MAD 6,500–9,500 ($700–1,020); Asking prices on Mubawab listings opened in September 2026: a 45 m² one-bed with pool in Riviera at 6,500, a 60 m² one-bed in Gauthier at 9,000, a 62 m² one-bed in Ain Diab at 9,500. Unfurnished one-beds further out (Nassim, Hermitage) listed at 4,300–5,600.
Coworking hot desk, month: MAD 900–1,500 ($97–161); Independent spaces in Maarif and Anfa per the workin.space directory updated 7 September 2026; Regus and Spaces charge 2,190–2,390 a month for the same thing.
Coworking day pass: MAD 80–300 ($9–32); Cowork & Live in Anfa publishes 80 a day (September 2026); the wider Moroccan market range of 100–300 a day is from a jobsquare.ma survey published June 2026. Most Casablanca spaces do not publish a day rate.
Coffee in a laptop café: from MAD 22 ($2.40); Quoted by a 2026 Morocco nomad guide for Loft 26 in Maarif, which also sells a 100-dirham day package with a reserved desk and unlimited coffee.
Prepaid SIM with data, 30 days: MAD 100–200 ($11–22); Airport kiosk prices checked March 2026: inwi or Orange 20 GB for 100, 40 GB for 200; Maroc Telecom 30 GB for 200. City shops charge the same plus a small activation fee.
Tram and busway monthly pass: MAD 230 ($25); Casa Tramway standard monthly subscription, 30 days unlimited across the tram and busway network, September 2026; the personal card costs a one-off 15 dirhams.
Meeting room, coworking, per day: MAD 450 ($48); Mow Coworking and Brain Offices published rate, September 2026, for the day a client visit needs a door that shuts.

Browser-based tests aggregated by SpeedOf.Me for the first half of 2026 put Morocco's median download at about 17.5 Mbps with 64 ms latency, desktop connections around 20 Mbps and mobile around 14 Mbps, which ranks the country 85th of 119. That is the measured reality behind the 50 to 100 Mbps fibre that coworking spaces and 2026 guides advertise; a paid desk with fibre is the safe bet for video calls, and a fixed line in a rented flat should be tested before signing. On arrival, buy an inwi or Orange data SIM at the Mohammed V airport kiosk: 20 GB for MAD 100 ($11) or 40 GB for MAD 200 ($22) on a 30-day plan, as checked in March 2026; Maroc Telecom charges MAD 200 for 30 GB and MAD 400 for 60 GB with the widest coverage. City shops match the airport prices plus a small activation fee, and since 2026 all three operators sell the same tourist plans as eSIMs.

Where to work

Cowork & Live Casablanca · Anfaday MAD 80 ($9) · month Not published; hourly 90, private room 300 a dayThe only space in the directory with a published walk-in day rate, and the cheapest way to test the city before committing to a month.
Mow Coworking · Maarifday Not published · month MAD 1,500 ($161)Mid-price independent in the district most nomads end up living in; meeting rooms at 450 a day and private offices from 3,500.
Syllabus Coworking · Maarifday Not published · month MAD 900 ($97)The cheapest published monthly desk in Maarif on the September 2026 directory listing.
My Desk Business Center · Maarifday Not published · month MAD 1,200 ($129)Business-centre style with private offices at 5,000 a month; a sober option for calls and client meetings.
Spaces Casablanca, Metwork · Gauthierday Not published · month MAD 2,390 ($257)IWG's Spaces brand in the neighbourhood with the best furnished one-beds; the premium buys the global membership and a lounge that behaves like one in Paris.
Regus Abdelmoumen · Maarifday Meeting room 838 a day; desk day rate not published · month MAD 2,390 ($257)One of nine Regus centres in the city, useful for anyone already holding an IWG plan from elsewhere.

Cafés that tolerate laptops

% Arabica Casablanca · Boulevard d'Anfa, corner of Rue La FontainePower sockets and the highest laptop-friendliness rating on the city's work-café list; open 07:00 to 23:00.
Espressolab · Rue NormandieMultiple power sockets, long hours (07:00 to 23:00) and a rating close to Arabica's for working; the chain format means nobody minds a three-hour sitter.
The Cloud Coffee Lab · 22 Rue Abou Al Wakt KhalafSockets, reliable wifi and outdoor seating; listed as great for laptop work on both the September 2026 café directories opened, open 08:00 to 21:00.
Boost Coffee Ghandi · 255 Boulevard GhandiSockets and 07:00 to 23:00 hours for anyone living out towards Ghandi and Oasis rather than in the centre.
Illy Café · Casablanca (address not published by the directory)Fast internet and a calm room, rated good for laptop work in the September 2026 listing.
Loft 26 · MaarifSells a 100-dirham work package with a reserved desk and unlimited coffee; wifi quoted at 30 to 40 Mbps in a 2026 guide.

Where nomads live

GauthierMAD 9,000 ($968) for a furnished 60 m² one-bed with pool, September 2026 listingCentral, walkable to Maarif's shops and the Spaces centre; the neighbourhood the guides name first and the listings price accordingly.
MaarifNo furnished one-bed on the first page of September 2026 listings; a 176 m² unfurnished three-bed asked MAD 10,000 ($1,075)The district with the most coworking desks and the cafés above; larger unfurnished flats dominate the listings, so a one-bed here needs a longer search or a share.
Anfa and Ain DiabMAD 9,500 ($1,022) for a furnished 62 m² one-bed with terrace in Ain Diab; MAD 12,000 ($1,290) for a furnished 128 m² two-bed in Bourgogne OuestThe seafront and villa end of the city, home to Brain Offices, 133 Coworking and Cowork & Live; quieter, pricier, less walkable.
Racine and PalmierMAD 10,000 ($1,075) for an unfurnished 124 m² three-bed in a gated residence; MAD 7,500 ($806) for a furnished 55 m² one-bed in Les PrincessesResidential streets between Maarif and Anfa with gated blocks and the Arabica café on Boulevard d'Anfa at the edge.
Nassim and HermitageMAD 4,300–5,600 ($462–602) for unfurnished 41 to 44 m² one-bedsThe budget end of the September 2026 listings: newer blocks further from the centre, no furniture, a tram or taxi ride to the desks.

The scene

Casablanca is Morocco's business capital rather than its postcard, and the nomad base reflects that. The coworking directory opened for this report lists 49 spaces in the city as of 7 September 2026, and the biggest single operator is IWG, with nine Regus centres and two Spaces sites from the Marina to Sidi Maarouf. The independents cluster in Maarif and Anfa and undercut the chains by roughly half.

The people at the next desk are more likely to be Moroccan founders and staff of nearshore outsourcers than other foreigners. The guides that push Casablanca for remote work do so on infrastructure grounds: international firms, the country's densest fibre and the largest choice of serviced desks. Nobody sells it on atmosphere, and the Maarif blocks where most nomads land are functional rather than pretty.

Where the desks are

Published monthly hot-desk rates in September 2026 run from MAD 720 at Anfa City Working Center and MAD 900 at Syllabus in Maarif, through MAD 1,200 to 1,500 at My Desk, Mow and Brain Offices, to MAD 2,190 to 2,890 at Regus and Spaces. A June 2026 survey of the Moroccan market put the standard hot desk at 800 to 2,000 a month and a day pass at 100 to 300, which matches what the Casablanca directory shows.

Day passes are the weak spot. Only Cowork & Live in Anfa publishes one, at 80 dirhams, and most spaces expect a phone call or a form. Cafés fill the gap for a first week: Arabica on Boulevard d'Anfa, Espressolab on Rue Normandie and the Cloud Coffee Lab all list sockets and long hours, and Loft 26 in Maarif sells a 100-dirham day package that amounts to a desk with unlimited coffee.

Renting

The rental market is large and visible: Mubawab showed 6,432 flats to let in the city in September 2026, and asking prices are stated in dirhams with furnishing and floor area spelled out. Furnished one-beds in Gauthier, Ain Diab and the Ferme Bretonne blocks asked 8,500 to 9,500 a month, a furnished 45 m² one-bed with pool in Riviera asked 6,500, and unfurnished one-beds in Nassim and Hermitage sat at 4,300 to 5,600.

Casablanca Finance City is the outlier: furnished one and two-bed flats there listed at 10,000 to 16,500, priced for corporate tenants. A nomad on a monthly budget does better a tram stop away in Maarif or Racine, and the gap between furnished and unfurnished on identical floor plans is the single biggest lever on the month's cost.

Getting online and getting around

The measured internet is ordinary. Morocco's median download in the first half of 2026 was about 17.5 Mbps in browser tests, and mobile ran slower than desktop. Coworking spaces sell fibre at 50 to 100 Mbps and that is where calls should happen; a café's 30 to 40 Mbps is fine for everything else. A 20 GB data SIM for 100 dirhams from the airport covers a month of tethering as backup.

Transport is the cheapest line in the budget. The Casa Tramway monthly pass costs 230 dirhams for 30 days of unlimited tram and busway travel, on a 15-dirham card valid five years, and the tram links Maarif, the centre and the Ain Diab seafront. Petit taxis cover the rest of the city at metered fares that were not verified for this report.

Seasons

Casablanca sits on the Atlantic and stays mild: average temperatures run from about 13°C in January to 24°C in August, with daytime highs of roughly 18°C in winter and 28°C in late summer. The 425 mm of annual rain falls between October and April, heaviest in November, December and January, and summers are dry but often grey with sea mist in the mornings. April to June and September to October give the best mix of sun and working temperatures; a winter base is workable but flats are built for heat, not cold, and the damp months are when an unheated one-bed shows its faults.

Researched from workin.space · jobsquare.ma · traveltomtom.net · mubawab.ma · laptopfriendly.co · laptopfriendlycafe.com · citytoursmorocco.com · speedof.me · figures hold for September 2026