Calling to Macedonia
- Do not dial a leading ‘0’ in the international call sequence – it is only used in Macedonia 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.
Macedonia’s country code may be mislabeled:
- Country code 00389 (exit code of ’00’ used in many European, Asian, and African nations followed by Macedonia’s country code of ‘389’).
- Country code 011389 (exit code of ‘011’ used in the United States and Canada followed by Macedonia’s country code of ‘389’).
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 begin with ‘7’.
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
Macedonia 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.
Calling within Macedonia (domestic dialing)
‘0’ is used as a trunk prefix when calling to a different area code in Macedonia.
Local calling (within the same area code)
Dial only the local phone number to call to a phone in the same area code. Do not include the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| five to seven digits |
| local phone number |
Long distance calling (to a different area code or a mobile phone)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, followed by the area code, followed by the local phone number.
| 0 | one to three digits | five to seven digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | local phone number |
Macedonian phone numbers explained
Number details
Macedonian phone numbers are eight digits.
The first one to three digits is an area code. Skopje is the only one digit (area code ‘1’) area code.
Mobile numbers being with digit ‘7’.
An example of a Macedonian phone number
The Macedonian Museum of the Struggle lists its phone number in Skopje as 02 3256 667.
Number explanation
| 389 | 2 | 3256 667 |
| country code for Macedonia | designates a land-line (fixed line) phone number in Skopje | local phone number within Skopje |
Local example – calling from another location in Skopje
Dial only the local phone number. Do not include the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| 3256 667 |
| local phone number within Skopje |
Long distance example – calling from Bitola, Macedonia (on the other side of the country)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ as well as the area code before dialing the local phone number.
| 0 | 2 | 3256 667 |
| trunk prefix | designates a land-line (fixed line) phone number in Skopje | local phone number within Skopje |
Mobile phone example – calling a mobile phone (including foreign mobile phone roaming in Macedonia)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ as well as the area code before dialing the local phone number.
| 0 | 2 | 3256 667 |
| trunk prefix | designates a land-line (fixed line) phone number in Skopje | local phone number within Skopje |
International example – calling from outside Macedonia
To call from outside Macedonia, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Macedonia’s country code of ‘389’, followed by the local phone number.
Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the call when calling from outside Macedonia.
| exit code | 389 | 2 | 3256 667 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Macedonia | designates a land-line (fixed line) phone number in Skopje | local phone number within Skopje |
Calling from Macedonia
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Macedonia.
Sources and more resources
- AEC (Agency for Electronic Communication) – Official regulator for telecommunications in Macedonia.
- BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) – European agency responsible for regulation and co-ordination of European telecommunication markets.
- 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 – Macedonia (country code +389) Communication of 11.XII.2013 national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of Macedonia’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone Numbers in Macedonia – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Macedonia. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – the Phonebook – Macedonia International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Croatia from the BT phone book.