Fes eSIM
In Fes you connect to Maroc Telecom or Orange, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 31 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Maroc Telecom and Orange
- Typical speed in Morocco
- 31 Mbps typical, 6 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Fes
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $7.89 | $7.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $4.30 | $12.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $3.58 | $17.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $2.69 | $26.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $2.14 | $42.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $1.70 | $84.89 |
How Morocco compares across Africa
- Regional typical speed
- 29.5 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Maroc Telecom, Orange
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Ghana, 31 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Ivory Coast, 30 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 4: Marrakech, Fes, Chefchaouen, Casablanca
Landing at Fes-Saiss Airport (FEZ)
- Airport
- FEZ / GMFF
- Distance
- 13 km from the centre of Fes
Getting into Fes
- Road transfer from Fes-Saiss Airport into Fes (FEZ)
Worth knowing about Fes
- Fes-Saiss Airport is about 13 km from the city and handles mainly European and North African routes rather than long-haul.
- Fes has no metro or tram; ground movement in the walled medina is on foot, because its lanes are too narrow for vehicles.
- Fes's urban bus network changed hands on 11 September 2025, when Issal Fes, a subsidiary of national coach operator CTM, took over from the previous operator City Bus.
- Issal Fes is rolling out the city's bus network progressively over six months from the September 2025 takeover, with full deployment following delivery of newly ordered buses.
- Fes's bus handover forms part of a national programme worth 11 billion dirhams to supply 3,746 new buses to 37 delegated transport authorities across Morocco.
- Fes-Saiss handled 598,116 passengers in the first four months of 2026, down 2.53 percent year on year, while Morocco's airports together grew 9.7 percent, according to ONDA.
- ONDA recorded 4,057 aircraft movements at Fes-Saiss in the first four months of 2026, and 176,023 passengers in April alone, down 3.85 percent on April 2025.
- Morocco's Al Boraq high speed line does not reach Fes. It runs between Tangier and Casablanca, and a Fes to Rabat high speed line via Meknes is still only at planning stage.
- The planned Fes to Rabat high speed line via Meknes, at tender and feasibility stage, is projected to cut the journey between the two cities from 3 hours 30 to 1 hour 40.
- Fez el Bali, the old medina, is described as one of the largest and oldest car free urban areas in the world and the oldest continuously inhabited walled city in the Arab world.
- Fes lies at 414 metres elevation in a valley along the Oued Fes, a river historically split into small canals to carry water through the medina.
- Morocco has required every SIM card buyer to be identified against an official document since a 2014 ANRT ruling, and operators may deactivate cards that stay unidentified.
- Morocco's three mobile operators launched commercial 5G on 7 November 2025. Orange Maroc said its 5G reached 135 provinces and prefectures at launch.
- The high speed train still connects to Fes by a change. ONCF lists Kenitra as the interchange where Al Boraq meets conventional trains running to and from Meknes, Fes, Taza and Oujda.
- ONCF's Train plus Auto service books a private car with a driver between Fes station and Fes airport, and for trips inside and beyond the city, from 70 dirhams. Bookings go through oncf-voyages.ma or the station.
- ONCF's chatbot, M'ONCF, answers around the clock on WhatsApp at +212 667 65 2255, in Arabic, Darija, French and English. It takes voice notes as well as text and returns train times and fares.
- For live running information, ONCF Trafic is a free app in French, Arabic and English that finds the nearest station, shows timetables and sends alerts about chosen trains.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Morocco we cover
- Chefchaouen
- 129 km from Fes, nearest airport TTU
- Casablanca
- 246 km from Fes, nearest airport CMN
- Marrakech
- 387 km from Fes, nearest airport RAK