How much does it cost to live in Taghazout?
Typical Month (Mid Range)
$1,448 (MAD 13,732)
Housing, food, transport, mobile, coworking and gym.
Updated September 2026 · Sources cited: hostelz.com, mubawab.ma
- Typical Month (Lower End)
- $1,184 (MAD 11,221)
- Typical Month (Premium)
- $2,564 (MAD 24,306)
- Furnished 1-bed rent
- $949 (MAD 9,000)
Taghazout center / Tamraght
Good to know
Good to Know
- Taghazout's rental market is overwhelmingly built around surf tourism — surf camps and hostels dominate short-stay listings, while proper furnished apartment/coworking-style listings (the kind aggregator sites like Numbeo or Expatistan track) are thin, so real prices are best checked directly on Airbnb, Flatio or local Facebook rental groups rather than assumed from generic Morocco cost-of-living averages.
- Bigger supermarkets are in Agadir (roughly 20-25 minutes by grand taxi) or the Aourir 'Banana Village' market; small shops right in Taghazout tend to charge more for basics like bottled water and snacks.
- Rental listings often ask for multiple months' rent in advance (one Taghazout-area listing required 3 months upfront) — budget for this if arranging a longer furnished stay directly with a landlord rather than through a booking platform.
- All-inclusive weekly surf-camp packages (accommodation + meals + coaching) are priced very differently from plain housing and can look expensive per week compared to a bare room — they're not a fair comparison to a normal furnished rental.
- Taghazout is a very small village — there's no dedicated ATM in town, so plan to withdraw cash in Agadir or Tamraght before settling in.
- There's no formal public transit pass; getting around means walking, the AL27 regional bus, or shared/grand taxis — budget cash for all of these.
- Several visitor and coworking reviews note Taghazout village itself has very few bars or places serving alcohol, unlike nearby Agadir — factor this into 'night out' expectations if that matters to you.
- Morocco has no digital nomad visa as of 2026 — most Western passport holders just use the standard 90-day visa-free tourist entry, and many long-stayers do a border run to Spain's Ceuta/Melilla enclaves to reset it.
- Coworking infrastructure here is informal and small-scale compared to Marrakech or Casablanca — expect a handful of surf-hostel/coliving-attached spaces (like SunDesk or the space above Windy Bay) rather than a dedicated corporate coworking chain.
Monthly Totals
- Mid-range month
- MAD 13,732
Includes 6 estimated components
- Lean month
- MAD 11,221
Includes 3 estimated components
- Comfortable month
- MAD 24,306
Includes 6 estimated components
Living Costs
- Where nomads live
- Taghazout has no formal 'digital nomad district' with coworking-anchored apartment blocks. The actual clustering of surfers/remote workers is around Taghazout village center (near Panorama Beach and the Anchor Point/N1 road strip) and the neighboring village of Tamraght, about a 5-10 minute drive north, where most surf-hostel-coworking hybrids, guesthouses, and short-term apartment listings are concentrated. All housing figures below reflect this Taghazout-center/Tamraght corridor.
Housing (per month)
- Mid-range 1-bed
- MAD 9,000
Estimated
No exact listing matched this tier. Estimated as roughly half the price of the premium 2BR sea-view unit found on Mubawab (18,000 MAD/month) for a smaller, comparable 1-bedroom furnished apartment in the same area.
- Budget studio / 1-bed
- MAD 4,500
Estimated
No single live listing for a small furnished studio in Taghazout itself was found. Estimated from Morocco's national average city-center studio rent (~3,370 MAD per Global Health Insurance's cost-of-living page) adjusted upward for Taghazout's tourist/surf-town rental premium.
- Premium apartment
- MAD 18,000
Local listing
Mubawab listing: furnished 2-bedroom, 110 m² apartment with sea and mountain view in a secure, luxury residence with private parking, Taghazout — 18,000 MAD/month rent (3 months' rent required in advance, plus a separate 1,500 MAD utilities guarantee).
- Private room in a shared home
- MAD 8,816
Estimated
Hostelz.com aggregator reports Taghazout hostels average around $31/night for a private room; we multiplied this by 30 nights to derive a monthly estimate, since no monthly-rate listing was found for this tier.
Published in USD
Groceries
- Groceries for one (month)
- MAD 1,725
Survey / cost-of-living site
Nomadlio cost-of-living aggregator states monthly groceries for one person in Agadir average $182. Used as the nearest available proxy since no Taghazout-specific grocery survey exists; Agadir's larger supermarkets are where many Taghazout residents do bulk grocery shopping.
Published in USD
Sample prices
1L Milk
- 1L Milk
- MAD 8.00
Estimated
Estimated from general, widely-reported Morocco retail pricing; no single dated source retrieved for this exact item in Taghazout/Agadir.
Dozen Eggs
- Dozen Eggs
- MAD 25
Estimated
Estimated from general Morocco retail pricing patterns; not independently sourced for Taghazout at the time of research.
Loaf of Local Bread
- Loaf Of Local Bread
- MAD 2.00
Estimated
Standard subsidized Moroccan bread loaf price; not independently sourced for Taghazout at the time of research.
1.5L Bottled Water (Supermarket, Not Restaurant)
- 1.5L Bottled Water (Supermarket, Not Restaurant)
- MAD 6.00
Estimated
Estimated from general Morocco supermarket pricing; not independently sourced for Taghazout at the time of research.
Eating out
- Cheap meal
- MAD 38
Estimated
Numbeo price data for Agadir lists 'Meal at an Inexpensive Restaurant' at 50.00 MAD; used as the nearest priced city to Taghazout, which has similar informal, tagine/pizza-cafe style eateries. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 50 MAD reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
- High-end meal
- MAD 350
Estimated
No specific high-end restaurant pricing data was found for Taghazout or Agadir. Estimated at roughly 3x the Numbeo Agadir moderate per-person figure, reflecting typical pricing for the handful of upscale oceanview restaurants in the area.
- Mid-range meal
- MAD 88
Estimated
Numbeo Agadir lists 'Meal for Two at a Mid-Range Restaurant (Three Courses, Without Drinks)' at 234.36 MAD; halved here to approximate a single-person mid-range meal. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 117.18 MAD reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Work, Transport & Essentials
Coworking
- Venue
- Windy Bay Coworking
- Day pass
- MAD 100
Survey / cost-of-living site
Travel blog states the Windy Bay coworking space (above Windy Bay restaurant) costs 100dh (€10) per day for high-speed WiFi, printer access and kitchen.
- Monthly hot desk
- MAD 1,500
Estimated
No single page states a standalone monthly hot-desk rate; estimated as a discounted multiple of the ~100 MAD/day rate seen at local coworking spots (SunDesk and Windy Bay bundle coworking with coliving stays rather than sell a pure monthly desk product).
Transport
- How to get there
- AL27 regional bus / shared local ride
- About monthly passes
- No monthly transit pass exists — Taghazout is a small village with no local bus network; nomads use the AL27 regional bus, shared grand taxis, or walk everywhere within the village.
- Single ride
- MAD 7.00
Survey / cost-of-living site
Surf-camp blog states the public AL27 bus connecting Taghazout/Tamraght/Agadir 'costs 7 MAD'.
Mobile & data
- Carrier
- Orange / Maroc Telecom / inwi (prepaid)
- Monthly plan
- MAD 100
Estimated
No source quoted a recurring monthly plan price specifically; estimated from typical Orange/Maroc Telecom/inwi prepaid data bundle pricing referenced generally in Moroccan travel guides. A tourist SIM with an initial data bundle was reported around 50 MAD as a one-time starter cost, not a monthly recurring figure.
- Data allowance
- Approx. 10–20GB tier (estimated typical prepaid tier; not confirmed for a specific current plan)
Short Stays (per night)
- Seasonal pricing
- Yes
- Why
- Winter (December–February) high season driven by consistent Atlantic swells and ideal surfing conditions; summer and especially August low season with flat surf and heat despite casual beach tourism.
Low season
- Budget
- MAD 900
Hostel pricing (July $46/night per KAYAK); estimated 40% of high-season budget tier
- Luxury
- MAD 1,590
Estimated 60% of high-season luxury tier
- Premium
- MAD 1,470
Estimated 60% of high-season premium tier
- Standard
- MAD 1,170
Estimated 60% of high-season standard tier; vacation rentals 13% cheaper than hotels baseline
High season
- Budget
- MAD 1,575
Momondo 3-star hotel average ($35–$64/night range); budget Airbnb/hostel comparable
- Luxury
- MAD 2,650
Momondo luxury room average ($274/night); Fairmont/Hilton Taghazout Bay comparable
- Premium
- MAD 2,450
Momondo 5-star hotel average ($255/night); luxury Airbnb property
- Standard
- MAD 1,950
Momondo average hotel rate ($150–$200/night); 1BR Airbnb comparable tier
Low-season months
- July
- August
High-season months
- December
- January
- February
Sources cited for this category
These are the sources cited in this cost of living research for this city. Individual figures may not each trace to one of them.
- 1.hostelz.com
- 2.mubawab.ma
- 3.nomadlio.com
- 4.numbeo.com
- 5.globalhealth.insurance
- 6.hikersbay.com
- 7.hostelworld.com
- 8.hostelworld.com
- 9.salthousemorocco.com
- 10.airbnb.com
- 11.daytripsetc.com
- 12.coworker.com
- 13.marocmama.com
- 14.citytoursmorocco.com
- 15.moroccantraveltrips.com
- 16.nomad.surf
- 17.thetaghazoutguide.com
- 18.torvoo.com
- 19.bewilderedinmorocco.com
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Data last updated September 2026 · Verify anything important.