The short answer
Yes. Visitors are welcome, riads and tourist restaurants serve food by day, and tours run normally. Days are quieter and slower, palaces close earlier, and some street food and cafés stop until sunset. After the sunset meal the medina fills and stays lively late into the night. Ramadan 2027 is expected from about 8 February.
In more detail
Ramadan is the month of daytime fasting for Muslims, from dawn to sunset. Non-Muslims are not expected to fast. What changes is the city's rhythm: mornings start later, afternoons slow down, and the hour before sunset is a rush as everyone heads home. Traffic on the ring roads then can be frantic.
Our 2027 research notes say monuments close earlier during Ramadan, about 16:00 at the palaces, so plan sights for the morning. Shops open later and trade late. Many neighbourhood snack places and the square's juice and grill stalls are closed by day.
After sunset is the reward. Families pour into the streets, the souks and Jemaa el-Fnaa fill, and the breaking-the-fast meal, with harira soup, dates and sweet chebakia, is one of the best things to eat in the city. Many riads will lay a place for guests if you ask. The mood suits curious travellers more than anyone trying to tick off a long list of sights.
Good to know
- Do sights in the morning; palaces close about 16:00.
- Eat and drink discreetly indoors by day.
- Dress a little more modestly than usual in the medina.
- Be somewhere good for the sunset meal.