Please note: Curaçao shares country code +599 with the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba).
Calling to Curaçao
- 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.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers start with ’95’ and ’96’. Mobile phone numbers are shared between Curaçao and the rest of the Caribbean Netherlands.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Curaçao does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their own call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
Calling within Curaçao (domestic dialing)
There is no trunk prefix dialed when calling within Curaçao.
All Curaçao phone numbers begin with ‘9’, as country code +599 is shared with Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius.
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Curaçaoan phone numbers explained
Number details
Curaçaoan phone numbers are eight digits.
The first digit ‘9’ – designates Curaçao within the +599 country code (+599 is shared with Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius).
The second digit designates a land-line (fixed line) or mobile phone number. Land-line phones begin with ‘4’, ‘7’, and ‘8’.
Mobile numbers have the second digit as ‘5’ or ‘6’.
An example of a Curaçaoan phone number
The Curaçao Museum lists its phone number in Willemstad as +(5999) 462-3873.
Number explanation
| 599 | 9 | 4 | 62 3873 |
| country code for Curaçao | geographic (area) code for Curacao within the Caribbean Netherlands and Curacao | designates a land-line phone number | local phone number within Willemstad |
Local example – calling from another location in Willemstad
Dial all eight digits of the local phone number for all phone calls within Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands.
| 9 | 4 | 62 3873 | fourthone |
| geographic (area) code for Curaçao within the Caribbean Netherlands and Curaçao | designates a land-line phone number | local phone number within Willemstad | fourthtwo |
Long distance example – calling from Barber, Curaçao (on the other side of the country)
Dial all eight digits of the local phone number for all phone calls within Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands.
| 9 | 4 | 62 3873 | fourthone |
| geographic (area) code for Curaçao within the Caribbean Netherlands and Curaçao | designates a land-line phone number | local phone number within Willemstad | fourthtwo |
Caribbean Netherlands example – calling from outside Curaçao but within the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba)
Dial all eight digits of the local phone number for all phone calls within Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands.
| 9 | 4 | 62 3873 | fourthone |
| geographic (area) code for Curaçao within the Caribbean Netherlands and Curaçao | designates a land-line phone number | local phone number within Willemstad | fourthtwo |
International example – calling from outside Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands
To call from outside Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Curaçao country code of ‘599’, followed by the local phone number.
If this number was dialed from outside Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands it would be dialed:
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Calling from Curaçao
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands (including Saba, Bonaire, and Sint Eustatius).
Sources and more resources
- Bureau Telecommunicatie & Post – Curacao and the Caribbean Netherlands’ telephone systems regulator.
- 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 collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Curacao (country code +599) Communication of 23.V.2016 National Numbering Plan – Details of Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands’ telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Netherland Antilles – Entry for the Netherland Antilles in the British Telecom international directory.