Switzerland Country Code 41 | CH | CHE | .ch

Switzerland’s Country Codes

• Telephone: +41
• 2 Letter: CH
• 3 Letter: CHE
• ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 756
• ISO 3116-2: CH
• Internet TLD: .ch
• ICAO Airport Code: LS
• Maritime Identification Digits: 269
• Emoji Flag: U+1F1E8 U+1F1ED
• Official Name: The Swiss Confederation

How to call Switzerland (international dialing)

• Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the international call sequence – it is only used in Switzerland 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.

Switzerland’s country code may be mislabeled:

• Country code 0041 (exit code of ’00’ used in many European, Asian, and African nations followed by Switzerland’s country code of ’41’).
• Country code 01141 (exit code of ‘011’ used in the United States and Canada followed by Switzerland’s country code of ’41’).

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

Use the same call sequence.

Mobile phone numbers are represented by area codes ’74’ through ’79’ inclusive. The leading ‘0’ is not included when calling from outside Switzerland.

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

Switzerland 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 Switzerland (domestic dialing)

Dial the trunk number ‘0’ and area code for all domestic calls. Even when calling within the same area code, include the leading ‘0’ and area code.

Switzerland phone numbers explained

Number details

Swiss numbers are nine digits (ten including the leading ‘0’).

The first two digits are an area (geographic) code.

Mobile numbers start with area codes 74 to 79. The second digit of the mobile area code designates the mobile carrier.

An example of a Swiss phone number

The Swiss Museum of Games lists its phone number in La Tour-de-Peilz as ‘021 977 23 00’.

Number explanation

Local example – calling from another location in La Tour-de-Peilz

The trunk prefix ‘0’ and area code are included in the phone call – even when calling locally.

Long distance example – calling from Zurich, Switzerland (on the other side of the country) or a mobile phone

The trunk prefix ‘0’ and area code are included in the phone call.

International example -calling from outside Switzerland

To call from outside Switzerland, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by the Switzerland’s country code of ’41’, followed by the local area code and phone number.

The leading ‘0’ is not included in the phone call when calling from outside Switzerland.

How to call from Switzerland

’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Switzerland.

Sources and more resources

• Swiss Federal Office of Communications – Ministry responsible for telecommunications regulation in Switzerland.
• 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 – Switzerland (country code +41) national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of Austria’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
• Swiss Federal Office of Communications – Swiss National Numbering Plan – national numbering plan for Switzerland.
• Wikipedia –Telephone Numbers in Switzerland – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Switzerland. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
• BT – the Phonebook –Swiss International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Switzerland from the BT phone book.