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Fuel in Morocco
Can anyone tell me the octane rating of fuel in Morocco.

I'm assuming it is higher in cities. Would it be possible get by just fuelling up in cities assuming a range of around 350 to 400 kms?
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No problems with fuel in anywhere in Morocco .
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use " africa " as they are in most places and most have a snack bar.... be aware of small garages !
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Badou means Afriquia. In the bad old days of poor quality fuel, this was the brand I always used.

Compared to wages, petrol is extremely expensive and many locals only stick in minimum amounts. I believe this is the reason for the far higher density of fuel stations in Morocco than you will find in European countries. 95 octane (RON) is commonplace.

I removed your duplicate post. Posting the same message in multiple sub-forums is confusing and unnecessary as we see all the posts anyway. I will move this post from North Africa to Morocco forum.
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Thanks Tim,

It sounds good, the GS didn't like 90 in Alaska last year
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Have a read of my octane post from 2008 on UKGSer.

There's various ratings...
RON Research Octane Number as used in UK/Europe
MON Motor Octane Number.
AKI Anti-Knock Index which is an average of RON and MON and is the number used in USA.

91 octane in the States is roughly the same as 97 octane in the UK.
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Fuel is not a problem in Morocco - but getting it in your tank can be. Several times I was told to come back in the evening because the pumps didn't work in the heat of the day, and indeed a couple of them even demonstrated by turning on the pump, but nothing came out. I found this rather baffling as I live in the desert and frequently fuel up in temperatures considerably higher than what I had in Morocco? Maybe they use shittier pumps there?
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Maybe they use shittier pumps there?
Maybe. Not heard that before. Did they try putting a wet rag over the pump ;-)
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Never seen or heard of that, even at 50 degrees in Smara or mid 40's last April across the south
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I've never had problems getting fuel in Morocco, and I've never had any problems with the quality of the fuel in Morocco.

As soon as you get to the country you will see that there are lots and lots of new European cars on the roads - the same kind of cars that you would see in Europe or North America. They need good quality fuel, and if there was a problem, the locals would raise hell about it.

Having said that, you might not be able to find the very high octane grades (what in North America is called 91 or 93, the same thing that is called 98 in Europe) except at limited locations in larger cities. But you certainly will be able to find plain old "regular" gasoline - what is called 87 in North America or 95 in Europe - just about everywhere.

What you do need to keep in mind is that in Morocco, diesel is more popular than gasoline. If you are traveling off the beaten path, in small villages, you might not find a gas station of any kind. So try to avoid running your tank down to less than 1/4 of a tank on the assumption that there will be a gas station up the road around the next corner... because there might not be one there, or it might be closed at the time of day you arrive.

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Fuel is not a problem in Morocco - but getting it in your tank can be. Several times I was told to come back in the evening because the pumps didn't work in the heat of the day, and indeed a couple of them even demonstrated by turning on the pump, but nothing came out.
Same problem two weeks ago in Ait Massoud near Nkob: pumps disassembled and wet with fresh water to make them work, every 30 minutes they were blocked by the heat.
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3 weeks and 4500kms in november/december; abundance of good quality fuel everywhere
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On my last trip I saw an increasing amount of 98 octane petrol pumps alongside the normal 95 octane.

Petrol is around 14dh/litre sometimes a bit below, sometimes a bit above. Diesel is around 15 dh/litre.
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