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Jamaica Country Code 1-876 | JM | JAM | .jm

LAST UPDATE: July 28th, 2019

Jamaica’s Country Codes

  • Telephone: +1-876
  • 2 Letter: JM
  • 3 Letter: JAM
  • ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 388
  • Internet TLD: .jm
  • ICAO Airport Code: MK
  • Maritime Identification Digits: 339
  • Emoji Flag: U+1F1EF U+1F1F2
  • Official Name: Jamaica

How to call Jamaica (international dialing)

  • 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

Jamaica 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 Jamaica (domestic dialing)

There is no trunk prefix (1) or area code (876) used when calling within Jamaica.

Only the seven-digit phone number is dialed.

seven digits
local phone number

Jamaican phone numbers explained

Number details

Jamaica’s phone numbers are ten digits (eleven including a leading ‘1’ that acts as a country code for the entire NANP calling region).

The first three digits are ‘876’ – an area (geographic) code to designate Jamaica’s phone system within the North American Numbering Plan.
The first three digits of the local phone number are an exchange within Jamaica’s code of ‘876’.

Mobile numbers are intermixed with land-line phone numbers.

An example of a Jamaican number

The Jamaica music museum lists its phone number in Kingston as (876)-922-0621.

Number explanation
1876922 0621
country code for Jamaicaarea code for Jamaica within the NANPlocal phone number in Kingston
Local example – calling from another location in Kingston

Dial the seven-digit phone number when calling anywhere within Jamaica. Do not include the trunk prefix/country code ‘1’ or the area code ‘876’ in domestic calls.

922 0621
local phone number in Kingston

Long distance example – calling from Montego Bay, Jamaica (on the other side of the country)

Dial the seven-digit phone number when calling anywhere within Guam. Do not include the trunk prefix/country code ‘1’ or the area code ‘671’ in domestic calls.

922 0621
local phone number in Kingston

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)

To call the NANP dial the phone call with the same call sequence as a U.S. or Canadian long distance call.

Dial the combined country code/trunk prefix of ‘1’, then Jamaica’s area code within the NANP of ‘876’, then the local seven-digit phone number.

1876922 0621
long distance trunk prefixarea (geographic) code for Jamaicalocal phone number in Sandys MA
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 Jamaica’s area code of ‘876’, then the local phone number.

exit code1876922 0621
exit code of the country the call is dialed fromcountry code for the North American Numbering Planarea (geographic) code for Jamaicalocal phone number in Kingston

How to call from Jamaica

… 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 Jamaica to a location outside the NANP calling region (the United States, Canada, most regions of the Caribbean, and U.S. Territories in the Pacific).

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