Portugal’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +351
- 2 Letter: PT
- 3 Letter: PRT
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 620
- ISO 3116-2: PT
- Internet TLD: .pt
- ICAO Airport Code: LP
- Maritime Identification Digits: 263
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1F5 U+1F1F9
- Official Name: The Portuguese Republic
How to call Portugal
- 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.
Portugal’s country code may be mislabeled:
- Country code 00351 (exit code of ’00’ used in many European, Asian, and African nations followed by Portugal’s country code of ‘351’).
- Country code 011351 (exit code of ‘011’ used in the United States and Canada followed by Portugal’s country code of ‘351’).
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 where the call is dialed.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers begin with ‘9’.
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
Portugal 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 Portugal (domestic dialing)
Dial the entire nine-digit number as it is listed.
There is no trunk number used when calling within Portugal.
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Portuguese phone numbers explained
Number details
Portuguese numbers are nine digits.
The first two to three digits of a landline (fixed-line) phone designate a geographic part of the country.
Mobile numbers are represented by area codes starting with 9.
An example of a Portuguese phone number
The Berardo Museum lists its phone number in Lisbon as (+351) 213 612 878.
Number explanation
| 351 | secondone | 612 878 |
| country code for Portugal | geographic (area) code for Lisbon | local phone number within Lisbon |
Local example -calling from another location in Lisbon
Dial all nine digits regardless of where in Portugal the call originates.
| 213 | 612 878 |
| geographic (area) code for Lisbon | local phone number within Lisbon |
Long distance example – calling from Porto, Portugal (on the other side of the country)
Dial all nine digits regardless of where in Portugal the call originates.
| 213 | 612 878 |
| geographic (area) code for Lisbon | local phone number within Lisbon |
International example – calling from outside Portugal
To call from outside Portugal, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Portugal’s country code of ‘351’, followed by the local area code and phone number.
| exit code | 351 | 213 | 612 878 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Portugal | geographic (area) code for Lisbon | local phone number within Lisbon |
How to call from Portugal
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Portugal.
Sources and more resources
- ANACOM – Ministry responsible for telecommunications regulation in Portugal.
- 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 – Portugal – 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 – Portugal (country code +351) national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of Portugal’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ANACOM – Numbering plan – National numbering plan for Portugal.
- Wikipedia – Telephone Numbers in Portugal – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Portugal. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – the Phonebook – Portugal’s International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Portugal from the BT phone book.