Calling to Slovenia
- Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the international call sequence – it is only used in Slovenia 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.
Slovenia’s country code may be mislabeled:
- Country code 00386 (exit code of ’00’ used in many European, Asian, and African nations followed by Slovenia’s country code of ‘386’).
- Country code 011386 (exit code of ‘011’ used in the United States and Canada followed by Slovenia’s country code of ‘386’).
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 from.
… 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
Slovenia 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 Slovenia (domestic dialing)
‘0’ is used as a trunk prefix when calling to a different area code in Slovenia.
Local calling (to the same area code)
Dial only the local phone number when calling to a phone number 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)
To call to a different area code or a mobile phone start the phone call with the trunk prefix ‘0’ and include the area code then the local phone number.
| 0 | one to three digits | five to seven digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | local phone number |
Slovenian phone numbers explained
Number details
Slovenian phone numbers are eight digits.
The first one to three digits is an area code.
An example of a Slovenian phone number
The City Museum of Ljubljana lists its phone number in Ljubljana as +386 1 24 12 500.
Number explanation
| 386 | 1 | 24 12 500 |
| country code for Slovenia | geographic (area) code for Ljubljana | local phone number in Ljubljana |
Local example – calling from another location in Ljubljana
Dial only the local phone number for calls within the same area code. Do not include the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| 24 12 500 |
| local phone number in Ljubljana |
Long distance example – calling from Maribor, Slovenia (on the other side of the country)
To call to a different area code dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ as well as the destination area code.
| 0 | 1 | 24 12 500 |
| trunk prefix | geographic (area) code for Ljubljana | local phone number in Ljubljana |
Mobile example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile phone roaming in Slovenia)
To call from a mobile phone dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ as well as the destination area code.
| 0 | 1 | 24 12 500 |
| trunk prefix | geographic (area) code for Ljubljana | local phone number in Ljubljana |
International example – calling from outside Slovenia
To call from outside Slovenia, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Slovenia’s country code of ‘386’, followed by the local phone number.
Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the call when calling from outside Slovenia.
| exit code | 386 | 1 | 24 12 500 |
| exit code for the country the call is dialed from | country code for Slovenia | geographic (area) code for Ljubljana | local phone number in Ljubljana |
Calling from Slovenia
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Slovenia.
Sources and more resources
- AKOS (Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia) – Official regulator for telecommunications in Slovenia.
- 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 – Slovenia – 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 – Slovenia (country code +386) Communication of 23.X.2008 national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of Slovenia’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- AKOS (Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia) – Operator Status and Numbering Space – Details on the Slovenian telephone numbering space.
- Wikipedia – Telephone Numbers in Slovenia – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Slovenia. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – the Phonebook – Slovenia International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Slovenia from the BT phone book.