Rabat – Morocco’s consumer prices rose 0.8% in August from the previous month, with higher fuel and food prices driving the monthly increase, according to figures from the High Commission for Planning (HCP).
The increase came as food prices rose 0.9% and non-food prices climbed 0.7% over the month.
Among food items, fish and seafood as well as milk, cheese, and eggs recorded the sharpest increases, at 2.8% each. Meat prices rose 2.2%, vegetable prices increased 1%, while the price of coffee, tea, and cocoa edged up 0.3%.
Fruit prices moved in the opposite direction, with a 1.9% decline from July.
Fuel prices accounted for the main increase within the non-food category, with prices up 9.8% over the month.
The monthly increase affected cities across the country, although the pace varied. Al Hoceima recorded the largest rise at 1.6%, followed by Agadir at 1.4%.
Tetouan, Safi, and Beni Mellal each recorded a 1.2% increase, while Oujda rose 1.1% and Fez 1%. Tangier registered a 0.9% increase.
Rabat, Settat, and Errachidia each recorded a 0.8% rise. Marrakech, Meknes, Laayoune, Dakhla, and Guelmim saw prices increase by 0.6%, while Casablanca and Kenitra posted the lowest monthly rise at 0.5%.
Annual prices remain lower
Despite the monthly increase, consumer prices were 0.3% lower in August than during the same month of 2025.
The annual decline largely reflected lower food prices, which fell 3.9% over the year. Non-food prices, however, rose 2.5%.
Within the non-food category, transport recorded the strongest annual increase at 7.3%. Communication prices were the only category cited by the HCP with an annual decline of 0.2%.
A separate measure of underlying inflation, which excludes products with volatile prices and those subject to public tariffs, rose 0.2% from July and 0.1% from August 2025.
These latest figures point to a divergence between short-term and annual price trends: monthly inflation picked up in August, largely due to higher fuel and food costs, while consumer prices remained slightly below their level a year earlier.
