Greece’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +30
- 2 Letter: GR
- 3 Letter: GRC
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 300
- Internet TLD: .gr
- ICAO Airport Code: LG
- Maritime Identification Digits: 237, 239, 240, 241
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1EC U+1F1F7
- Official Name: The Hellenic Republic
How to call Greece
- 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.
Greece’s country code may be mislabeled:
- Country code 0030 (exit code of ’00’ used in many European, Asian, and African nations followed by Greece’s country code of ’30’).
- Country code 01130 (exit code of ‘011’ used in the United States and Canada followed by Greece’s country code of ’30’).
When calling to a mislabeled country code, remove the exit code from the call sequence and replace it with the exit code of the country the call is dialed .
… to a mobile (cellular) phone
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers are represented by phone numbers starting with ‘6’.
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
Greece 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.
How to call within Greece (domestic dialing)
Dial all Greek phone numbers as they are listed.
There is no trunk or long distance number used to dial when calling within Greece.
| ten digits |
| local phone number |
Greek phone numbers explained
Number details
Greek phone numbers are ten digits.
The first three to four digits represent a geographic (area) of Greece. Land-line (fixed line) phone numbers being with a ‘2’, ‘3’, or ‘4’.
Mobile numbers begin with digit ‘6’. They are dialed the same way as all other numbers in Greece.
An example of a Greek phone number
The National Archaeological Museum of Athens lists its phone number in Athens as +30 213 214 4800.
Number explanation
| 30 | 213 | 214 4800 |
| country code for Greece | area code for Athens | local phone number within Athens |
Local example – calling from another location in Athens
Dial all ten digits of the phone number for any domestic calls within Greece.
| 213 | 214 4800 |
| area (geographic) code for Athens | local phone number within Athens |
Long distance example – calling from Kavala, Greece (on the other side of the country)
Dial all ten digits of the phone number for any domestic calls within Greece.
| 213 | 214 4800 |
| area (geographic) code for Athens | local phone number within Athens |
Mobile example – calling from a mobile phone
Dial all ten digits of the phone number for any domestic calls within Greece. This includes calling from a foreign phone that is roaming within Greece.
| 213 | 214 4800 |
| area (geographic) code for Athens | local phone number within Athens |
International example – calling from outside Greece
To call from outside Greece, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Greece’s country code of ’30’, followed by the local phone number.
| exit code | 30 | 213 | 214 4800 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Greece | area (geographic) code for Athens | local phone number within Athens |
How to call from Greece
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Greece.
Sources and more resources
- Hellenic Telecommunications & Posts Commission – Ministry responsible for telecommunications in Greece.
- BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) – European agency responsible for regulation and co-ordination of European telecommunication markets.
- European Commission Digital Single Market – Telecom Rules for the Digital Single Market. Outlines some of the telecommunications regulations across the European Single Market.
- European Commission Digital Single Market – Country information – Greece – update on internet and wireless access across the European single market. Has a focus on broadband, however, includes wireless information as well.
- 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 8 October 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Greece (country code +30) Communication of 25.VI.2001 national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of Greece’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone Numbers in Greece – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Greece. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – the Phonebook – Greece International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Greece from the BT phone book.