Lithuania’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +370
- 2 Letter: LT
- 3 Letter: LTU
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 420
- Internet TLD: .lt
- ICAO Airport Code: EY
- Maritime Identification Digits: 277
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1F1 U+1F1F9
- Official Name: The Republic of Lithuania
How to call Lithuania (international dialing)
- Do not include a leading ‘8’ in the international call sequence – it is only used in Lithuania 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.
Lithuania’s country code may be mislabeled:
- Country code 00370 (exit code of ’00’ used in many European, Asian, and African nations followed by Lithuania’s country code of ‘370’).
- Country code 011370 (exit code of ‘011’ used in the United States and Canada followed by Lithuania’s country code of ‘370’).
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.
Area code ’86 represents mobile phone numbers’.
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
Lithuania 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 Lithuania (domestic dialing)
‘8’ is used as a trunk prefix used when calling to a different area code in Lithuania.
Local calling (within the same area code)
To call within the same area code, dial only the local phone number. Do not include the trunk prefix ‘8’ or the area code.
| five to seven digits |
| local phone number |
Long distance calling (to a different area code, or to a mobile phone)
To call to a different area code or a mobile phone, dial the trunk prefix ‘8’ as well as the area code.
| 8 | one to three digits | five to seven digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | local phone number |
Lithuanian phone numbers explained
Number details
Lithuanian phone numbers are eight digits (not including a leading ‘8’ that is used as a trunk prefix).
The first one to three digits represents a geographic (area) code. The only one digit area code is Vilnius.
Mobile numbers being with digit ‘6’.
An example of a Lithuanian phone number
The National Museum of Lithuania lists its phone number in Vilnius as +370 (5) 262 77 74.
Number explanation
| 370 | 5 | 262 77 74 |
| country code for Lithuania | geographic (area) code for Vilnius | local phone number within Vilnius |
Local example – calling from another location in Vilnius
Dial only the local phone number when calling within the same area code. Do not include the trunk prefix ‘8’ or the local area code.
| 262 77 74 |
| local phone number in Vilnius |
Long distance example – calling from Klaipeda, Lithuania (on the other side of the country)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘8’ as well as the area code when calling from a different area code.
| 8 | 5 | 262 77 74 |
| trunk prefix | geographic (area) code for Vilnius | local phone number within Vilnius |
Mobile example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile phone roaming in Lithuania)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘8’ as well as the area code when calling from a mobile phone.
| 8 | 5 | 262 77 74 |
| trunk prefix | geographic (area) code for Vilnius | local phone number within Vilnius |
International example – calling from outside Lithuania
To call from outside Lithuania, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Lithuania’s country code of ‘370’, followed by the local phone number.
Do not include any leading ‘8’ in the call sequence.
| exit code | 370 | 5 | 262 77 74 |
| country code for Lithuania | secondtwo | geographic (area) code for Vilnius | local phone number within Vilnius |
How to call from Lithuania
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Lithuania.
Sources and more resources
- Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania – Ministry responsible for telecommunications in Lithuania.
- Latvian Radio Frequencies and Numbering Manager – The department responsible for telephone numbering in Latvia.
- 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 – Lithuania – Update on internet and wireless access across the European single market. 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 – Lithuania (country code +370) Communication of 3.VII.2012 national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of Lithuania’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone Numbers in Lithuania – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Lithuania. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – the Phonebook – Lithuania International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Lithuania from the BT phone book.