Puerto Rico’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +1-787 & +1-939
- 2 Letter: PR
- 3 Letter: PRI
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 630
- Internet TLD: .pr
- ICAO Airport Code: TJ
- Maritime Identification Digits: 358
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1F5 U+1F1F7
- Official Name: The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
How to call Puerto Rico (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
Puerto Rico does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their own call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
How to call within Puerto Rico (domestic dialing)
There is no trunk prefix used when calling within Puerto Rico.
Dial the full ten digit phone number (including the area code ‘787’ or ‘939’).
| 787 or 939 | seven digits |
| area code | local phone number |
Puerto Rican phone numbers explained
Number details
Puerto Rico’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 ‘787’ or ‘939’ – an area (geographic) code to designate Puerto Rico within the North American Numbering Plan.
The first three digits of the local phone number are an exchange within Puerto Rico’s area codes code of ‘787’ and ‘939’.
Mobile numbers are intermixed with land-line phone numbers.
An example of a Puerto Rican phone number
The Castillo de San Felipe del Morro lists its phone number in San Juan as 787-728-6960.
Number explanation
| 1 | secondone | 728 6960 |
| country code for Puerto Rico | area code for Puerto Rico within the NANP | local phone number within San Juan |
Local example – calling from another location in San Juan
Call all ten digits of the phone number (including the area code ‘787’ or ‘939’) when calling anywhere in Puerto Rico.
| firstone | 728 6960 | thirdone |
| area code for Puerto Rico | local phone number within San Juan | thirdtwo |
Long distance example – calling from Ponce, Puerto Rico (on the other side of the country)
Call all ten digits of the phone number (including the area code ‘787’ or ‘939’) when calling anywhere in Puerto Rico.
| firstone | 728 6960 | thirdone |
| area code for Puerto Rico | local phone number within San Juan | thirdtwo |
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 within 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 Puerto Rico’s area code within the NANP of ‘787’ or ‘939’, then the local seven-digit phone number.
| 1 | 787 | 728 6960 |
| long distance trunk prefix | area (geographic) code for Puerto Rico | local phone number in San Juan |
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 Puerto Rico’s area code of ‘787’ or ‘939’, then the local phone number.
| exit code | 1 | 787 | 728 6960 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for the North American Numbering Plan | area (geographic) code for Puerto Rico | local phone number in San Juan |
How to call from Puerto Rico
… 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 Puerto Rico to a location outside the NANP calling region (the United States, Canada, most regions of the Caribbean, and U.S. Territories in the Pacific).
Sources and more resources
- National NANPA – The North American Numbering Plan Administration. Telecommunications numbering system regulator for numbering administration across the North American Numbering Plan.
- Jiunta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico’s national telecommunications regulator.
- 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 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Puerto Rico (country code +1) National National Numbering Plan – Details of Puerto Rico’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Puerto Rico (country code +1) – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Puerto Rico’s calling plan within the North American Numbing Plan. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Puerto Rico – Entry for Puerto Rico in the British Telecom international directory.