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Chris Scott 30 Oct 2022 11:54

Ramadan DST Morocco
 
Ramadan month is gradually creeping into the cooler tourist season at 11 days earlier each year. Next ~1st March 2025.
At this time clocks go back one hour to make sunset sooner, then go forward again after Ramadan ends.
Note that the clock change happens 3am the Sat/Sun before Ramadan starts, not the first night of Ramadan.
And it ends the first Sat/Sun after Ramadan ends. So probably 5 weeks.

There is no other seasonal DST in Morocco anymore, as we have in Europe, and though it's been like this a few years now, not all airlines anticipate this.
With my group, BA travellers got a message a few days before saying flight back was an hour sooner.
Easyjet and Ryan travellers had correctly adjusted times.

Tourism goes on as normal in Ramadan, afaict. Shops and fuel stations remain open, though some daytime cafes may simply shut down for the month.
I found fresh bread hard to find in the mornings, from Marrakech and out in the countryside.
They bake later; it arrives in shops around noon.
By the look of Booking, many lodgings slash their prices by up to 50% (but could just be me today).

TheWarden 1 Nov 2022 13:35

They stopped with clock changes in Morocco in either 2018 or 19. So yes it only changes for Ramadan now

badou24 30 Mar 2024 12:10

ramadam..
 
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Originally Posted by Chris Scott (Post 631672)
Ramadan month is gradually creeping into the cooler tourist season at 11 days earlier each year. Next ~1st March 2025.
At this time clocks go back one hour to make sunset sooner, then go forward again after Ramadan ends.
Note that the clock change happens 3am the Sat/Sun before Ramadan starts, not the first night of Ramadan.
And it ends the first Sat/Sun after Ramadan ends. So probably 5 weeks.
There is no other seasonal DST in Morocco anymore, as we have in Europe, and though it's been like this a few years now, not all airlines anticipate this.
With my group, BA travellers got a message a few days before saying flight back was an hour sooner.
Easyjet and Ryan travellers had correctly adjusted times.

Tourism goes on as normal in Ramadan, afaict. Shops and fuel stations remain open, though some daytime cafes may simply shut down for the month.
I found fresh bread hard to find in the mornings, from Marrakech and out in the countryside.
They bake later; it arrives in shops around noon.
By the look of Booking, many lodgings slash their prices by up to 50% (but could just be me today).

Just come back from morocco and faced the ramadan . Quite a new experiance ! went to 8 towns backpacking and all the same thing ........ very few shops open and very quite in mornings and between 5 and 7 at night then most places are open , but hard to get a beer exept in hotels.


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