Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to Greece from overseas:

1) Discover the lowest telephone call rate for Greece, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 30 + City Area Code + Local number

If you want to make a phone call from Greece you will have to dial greece-exit-code (eg: greece-exit-code 44 for UK).

Please click here for low international calling rates from Greece.

The actual current date and time in Athens, Greece can be found at Time in Athens.

Greece’s standard time is 2 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Greece utilises Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Greece are generally known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was formerly termed STD codes in Greece.

These phone area codes are essential only if calling from outside the telephone code area. But it is important when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Greece usually show geographical areas within Greece that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Greece is generally preceded in the dial string by the Greek country code or the international access code for Greece ("30").

Phone Area codes in Greece in many cases are quoted together with the country access code for Greece.