Calling to the Dominican Republic
- A leading ‘1’ is included in the international call sequence.
- 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.
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
The Dominican Republic 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 the Dominican Republic (domestic dialing)
The trunk prefix ‘1’ is not dialed when calling within the Dominican Republic.
All phone numbers are dialed as ten digits when calling within the Dominican Republic.
| three digits | seven digits |
| area code | local phone number |
Dominican phone numbers explained
Number details
Dominican phone numbers are ten digits.
The first three digits are an area code. Dominican area codes are ‘809’, ‘829’, and ‘849’. The area codes do not represent a geographic region of the Dominican Republic; rather, they are an area code within the larger North American Numbering Plan.
Digits four to seven are an exchange within the area code.
Mobile numbers are intermixed with land-line phone numbers.
The Dominican Republic shares country code +1 with the regions of the NANP (including the United States, most of the regions of the Caribbean, and U.S. territories in the Pacific).
An example of a Dominican phone number
The Larimar Museum lists its phone number in Santo Domingo as +1 809-686-5700.
Number explanation
| 1 | 809 | 686 5700 |
| country code for the Dominican Republic | area code for the Dominican Republic within the NANP | local phone number in Santo Domingo |
Local example – calling from another location in Santo Domingo
Dial all ten digits for all calls within the Dominican Republic.
| 809 | 686 5700 |
| area code for the Dominican Republic | local phone number in Santo Domingo |
Long distance example – calling from Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (on the other side of the country)
Dial all ten digits for all calls within the Dominican Republic.
| 809 | 686 5700 |
| area code for the Dominican Republic | local phone number in Santo Domingo |
International example – calling from the United States, Canada, or another country of the NANP (most of the Caribbean and U.S. territories in the Pacific)
Dial the country code/trunk prefix ‘1’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
There is no international exit code dialed when calling from within the NANP.
Dial the call in the same format as a domestic U.S. or Canadian long distance call. International call rates apply.
| 1 | 809 | 686 5700 |
| long distance trunk prefix | area (geographic) code for the Dominican Republic | local phone number in Santo Domingo |
International example – calling from a country outside of the NANP (the United States, Canada, most of the Caribbean, and U.S. Territories in the Pacific)
To call from a country from outside the NANP, dial the exit code of the country you’re calling from, then the NANP country code/trunk prefix of ‘1’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
Dominican Republic area codes are ‘809’, ‘829’, and ‘849’.
| exit code | 1 | 809 | 686 5700 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for the North American Numbering Plan | area (geographic) code for the Dominican Republic | local phone number in Santo Domingo |
Calling from the Dominican Republic
… to another country in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP)
NANP countries include Canada, the United States (and associated territories), and most regions of the Caribbean.
Dial the phone call starting with the trunk prefix/country code of ‘1’, then the area code and local phone number.
… to all other regions of the world
‘011’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from the Dominican Republic to a location outside the NANP calling region (the United States, Canada, most regions of the Caribbean, and U.S. Territories in the Pacific).
Sources and more resources
- National NANPA – The North American Numbering Plan Administration. Telecommunications numbering system regulator for numbering administration across the North American Numbering Plan.
- Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones – The national telecommunications regulator for the Dominican Republic.
- 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 – The Dominican Republic’s national (country code +1 809, +1 829, +1 849) National Numbering Plan – Details of the Dominican Republic’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in the Dominican Republic – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for the Dominican Republic’s calling plan within the North American Numbing Plan. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Dominican Republic – Entry for the Dominican Republic in the British Telecom international directory.