Calling to Albania
- A leading ‘0’ is not included in the international call sequence – it is only used in Albania for domestic long distance calls and domestic calls to a mobile phone.
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
Albania’s country code may be mis-labeled:
- Country code 00355 (exit code of ’00’ used in many European, Asian, and African nations followed by Albania’s country code of ‘355’).
- Country code 011355 (exit code of ‘011’ used in the United States and Canada followed by Albania’s country code of ‘355’).
When calling to a mis-labeled country code, remove the exit code from the call sequence and replace it with the exit code of the country where the call is dialed.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phones occupy area codes ’66’, ’67’, ’68’ and ’69’.
When calling a mobile phone user, call to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, call to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Albania does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
Calling within Albania (domestic dialing)
‘0’ is used as a trunk prefix for all domestic calls within Albania.
| 0 | one to three digits | six to eight digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | local phone number |
Albanian phone numbers explained
Number details
Albanian phone numbers are eight to nine digits.
The first one to three digits are an area code.
Mobile numbers being with digit ‘6’.
An example of an Albanian phone number
The Hotel Boutique Kotoni lists its phone number in Tirana as (00) 355 4 2274 888.
Number explanation
| 355 | 4 | 2274 888 |
| country code for Albania | area (geographic) code for Tirana | remainder of the phone number |
Local example – calling from another location in Tirana
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ as well as the area code for local phone numbers within the same area code.
| 4 | 2274 888 |
| area (geographic) code for Tirana | remainder of the phone number |
Long distance example – calling from Butrint, Albania (on the other side of the country)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ as well as the area code to dial to a different area code.
| 0 | 4 | 2274 888 |
| trunk prefix | area (geographic) code for Tirana | remainder of the phone number |
International example – calling from outside Albania
To call from outside Albania, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Albania’s country code of ‘355’, followed by the local phone number.
Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the call when calling from outside Albania.
| exit | 355 | 4 | 2274 888 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Albania | area (geographic) code for Tirana | remainder of the phone number |
Calling from Albania
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Albania.
Sources and more resources
- AKEP (Electronic and Postal Communications Authority) – Official regulator for telecommunications in Albania.
- BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) – European agency responsible for regulation and co-ordination of European telecommunication markets.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Albania (country code +355) Communication of 9.IV.2014 national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of Albania’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- AKEP (Electronic and Postal Communications Authority) – Numbering plan on file with Albania’s telecommunications regulator.
- Wikipedia – Telephone Numbers in Albania – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Albania. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – the Phonebook – Albania International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Albania from the BT phone book.