El Salvador Country Code 503 | SV | SLV | .sv

How to call El Salvador (international dialing)

How to call from El Salvador

First: Dial ’00”: The international switchboard is reached from El Salvador by dialing exit code ’00’.

Next: Dial the country code of the country being phoned: Country codes are 1 to 3 digits.

Next: Dial the destination local phone number: Local phone numbers vary in length depending on the country being called.

How to call within El Salvador (domestic dialing)

There is no trunk prefix dialed when calling within El Salvador.

El Salvadorian phone numbers explained

Quick facts

Country code: +503
Exit code (dial out code): 00
Trunk prefix: none
Number length: seven to eight digits

Number details

NUMBER LENGTH

El Salvadorian phone numbers are seven to eight digits.

WHAT THE DIGITS STAND FOR

First digit: designates a land-line (fixed line) or mobile phone number. Land-line phone numbers being with the digit ‘2’.
Next three digit: geographic (area) code.
Remaining digits: represent the remainder of the subscriber number.

MOBILE PHONES

Mobile numbers begin with digits ‘6’ or ‘7’. They are dialed the same way as other phone numbers in El Salvador.

An example of an El Salvadorian phone number

The Marte Museo de Arte de El Salvador lists its phone number in San Salvador as +503 22436099.

In this phone number:

If this number was dialed from another location in San Salvador it would be dialed:

If this number was dialed from San Miguel, El Salvador (on the other side of the country) it would be dialed:

If this number was dialed from outside El Salvador it would be dialed:

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