Calling to Haiti
- 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 ‘3’ or ‘4’.
When calling a mobile phone user, call to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person being called 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 being called is currently roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Haiti 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 Haiti (domestic dialing)
There is no trunk prefix used when calling within Haiti. For any domestic phone calls dial the entire phone number as it is listed.
| eight digits |
| local phone number |
Haiti’s phone numbers explained
Number details
Haitian phone numbers are eight digits.
The first digit signifies whether the phone number is a land-line (fixed line) or mobile phone. Land-line phones begin with ‘2’.
Second digit of a landline identifies the telephone line carrier.
Mobile numbers begin with digits ‘3’ or ‘4’.
An example of a Haitian phone number
The Inn at Villa Bambou lists its local phone number in Port au Prince as +509-3702-1151, +509-4605-2937, or +509-2813-1724 (not always working).
Number explanation using ‘+509-3702-1151’
| 509 | 3 | 702 1151 |
| country code for Haiti | designates a mobile phone number | remainder of the local phone number |
Local example – calling from Port au Prince, Haiti
For all calls within Haiti dial the entire eight digit phone number.
| 3 | 702 1151 |
| designates a mobile phone number | remainder of the local phone number |
Long distance example – calling from Cap-Hatien, Haiti (on the other side of the country)
For all calls within Haiti dial the entire eight digit phone number.
| 3 | 702 1151 |
| designates a mobile phone number | remainder of the local phone number |
International example – calling from outside Haiti
To call from outside Haiti, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Haiti’s country code of ‘509’, followed by the local phone number.
| exit code | 509 | 3 | 702 1151 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Haiti | designates a mobile phone number | remainder of the local phone number |
Calling from Haiti
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from Haiti.
Administrative and regulatory
- Conseil National des Telecommunications – Haiti’s telephone systems regulator.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies
Sources and more resources
- 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 – Haiti (country code +509) Communication of 17.IV.2012 National Numbering Plan – details of Haiti’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Haiti – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Haiti. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Haiti – entry for Haiti in the British Telecom international directory.