Hungary’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +36
- 2 Letter: HU
- 3 Letter: HUN
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 348
- Internet TLD: .hu
- ICAO Airport Code: LH
- Maritime Identification Digits: 243
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1ED U+1F1FA
- Official Name: Hungary
How to call Hungary (international dialing)
- A leading ‘0’ or ’06’ is not included in the international call sequence – it is only used in Hungary for domestic long distance calls and domestic calls to a mobile phone.
- 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.
Hungary’s country code may be mislabeled:
- Country code 0036 (exit code of ’00’ used in many European, Asian, and African nations followed by Hungary’s country code of ’36’).
- Country code 01136 (exit code of ‘011’ used in the United States and Canada followed by Hungary’s country code of ’36’).
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 or text (SMS)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers have area codes ’20’, ’30’, ’31’, or ’70’
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
Hungary 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 Hungary (domestic dialing)
’06’ is used as a trunk prefix when calling to a different area code or mobile phone in Hungary.
Local calling (within the same area code)
Dial only the local phone number. Do not include the trunk prefix ’06’ or the area code when calling within the same area code.
| six to seven digits |
| local phone number |
Long distance calling (to a different area code or a mobile phone)
When calling to a different area code, dial the trunk prefix ’06’ as well as the area code and local phone number.
| 06 | one to two digits | six to seven digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | local phone number |
Hungarian phone numbers explained
Number details
Hungarian phone numbers are eight digits.
The first one to two digits is an area (geographic) code. Budapest with ‘1’ is the only single digit area code.
Mobile numbers start with area codes ’20’, ’30’, ’31’, or ’70’.
An example of a Hungarian phone number
The Ludwig Museum lists its phone number in Budapest as (+36-1) 555 3444.
Number explanation
| 36 | 1 | 555 3444 |
| country code for Hungary | area (geographic) code for Budapest | local phone number in Budapest |
Local example – calling from another location in Budapest
Dial only the local phone number when calling within the same area code. Do not include the trunk prefix ’06’ or the area code when calling within the same area code.
| 555 3444 |
| local phone number in Budapest |
Long distance example -calling from Sopron, Hungary (on the other side of the country)
To call to a different area code, dial the trunk prefix ’06’ as well as the area code and local phone number.
| 06 | 1 | 555 3444 |
| trunk prefix | area (geographic) code for Budapest | local phone number in Budapest |
Mobile phone example -calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile phone roaming in Hungary
Dial the trunk prefix ’06’ as well as the area code and local phone number.
| 06 | 1 | 555 3444 |
| trunk prefix | area (geographic) code for Budapest | local phone number in Budapest |
International example – calling from outside Hungary
To call from outside Hungary, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Hungary’s country code of ’36’, followed by the local phone number.
Do not include a leading ’06’ in the call when calling from outside Hungary.
| exit code | 36 | 1 | 555 3444 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Hungary | area (geographic) code for Budapest | local phone number in Budapest |
How to call from Hungary
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Hungary.
Sources and more resources
- National Media and Infocommunications Authority – Official regulator for telecommunications regulation in Hungary.
- 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 – Hungary – Update on internet and wireless access across the European single market. It has a focus on broadband but 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 – Hungary (country code +36) Communication of 6.VII.2016 national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of Hungary’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone Numbers in Hungary – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Hungary. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – the Phonebook – Hungary International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Hungary from the BT phone book.