Spain’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +34
- 2 Letter: ES
- 3 Letter: ESP
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 724
- ISO 3116-2: ES
- Internet TLD: .es
- ICAO Airport Code: LE (Mainland and Balearic Islands), GC (Canary Islands), GE (Ceuta and Melilla)
- Maritime Identification Digits: 224 & 225
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1EA U+1F1F8
- Official Name: The Kingdom of Spain
How to call Spain (international dialing)
- 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.
Spain’s country code may be mislabeled:
- Country code 0034 (exit code of ’00’ used in many European, Asian, and African nations followed by Spain’s country code of ’34’).
- Country code 01134 (exit code of ‘011’ used in the United States and Canada followed by Spain’s country code of ’34’).
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 ‘6’ or ‘7’ (but not ’70’).
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
Spain 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 Spain (domestic dialing)
Dial the entire phone number as it is listed – there is no trunk number used when calling within Spain.
| nine-digit number |
| local phone number |
Spanish phone numbers explained
Number details
Spanish phone numbers are nine digits.
Landline (fixed line) phone numbers start with ‘9’. The second and third digit represents a geographic part of the country.
Mobile (Cellular) phone numbers start with ‘7’. The second digit represents the mobile provider.
An example of a Spanish phone number
The Picasso Museum lists its phone number in Barcelona as 93 256 30 00.
Number explanation
| 34 | 9 | 32 | 56 30 00 |
| country code for Spain | land-line or fixed line phone number | remainder of geographic (area) code for Barcelona | local phone number within Barcelona |
Local example – calling from another location in Barcelona
Dial the entire nine digits of the phone number regardless of where in the country the call is placed from.
| 9 | 3 2 | 56 30 00 |
| land-line or fixed line phone number | remainder of geographic (area) code for Barcelona | local phone number within Barcelona |
Long distance example – calling from Madrid, Spain (on the other side of the country) or a mobile phone
Dial the entire nine digits of the phone number regardless of where in the country the call is placed from.
| 9 | 3 2 | 56 30 00 |
| land-line or fixed line phone number | remainder of geographic (area) code for Barcelona | local phone number within Barcelona |
International example -calling from outside Spain
To call from outside Spain, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Spain’s country code of ’34’, followed by the local area code and phone number.
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How to call from Spain
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Spain.
Sources and more resources
- Ministry of Energy, Tourism and the Digital Agenda – Ministry responsible for telecommunications regulation in Spain.
- 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 – Spain – 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 – Spain (country code +34) national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of Spain’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- Ministry of Energy, Tourism and the Digital Agenda – Numbering plan – National numbering plan for Spain.
- Wikipedia – Telephone Numbers in Spain – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Spain. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – the Phonebook – Spain’s International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Spain from the BT phone book.