Calling to Uruguay
- 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.
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
Uruguay 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.
Calling within Uruguay (domestic dialing)
There is no trunk prefix used when calling within Uruguay.
Dial the entire phone number as it is listed.
| eight digits |
| local phone number |
Uruguayan phone numbers explained
Number details
Uruguayan phone numbers are eight digits.
The first digit designates whether the phone number is a land-line (fixed line) or mobile.
Land-line numbers start with ‘4’ (outside Montevideo) or ‘2’ (inside Montevideo).
Mobile numbers begin with ‘9’.
An example of an Uruguayan phone number
The Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales lists its phone number in Montevideo as +598 27116054.
Phone number explanation
| 598 | 2 | 7116054 |
| country code for Uruguay | geographic (area) code for Montevideo | local phone number within Montevideo |
Local example – calling from another location in Montevideo, Uruguay
Dial the entire eight digit phone number for all calls within Uruguay.
| 2 | 7116054 |
| geographic (area) code for Montevideo | local phone number within Montevideo |
Long distance example – calling Salto, Uruguay (on the other side of the country)
Dial the entire eight digit phone number for all calls within Uruguay.
| 2 | 7116054 |
| geographic (area) code for Montevideo | local phone number within Montevideo |
Mobile phone example – calling a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile roaming in Uruguay)
Dial the entire eight digit phone number for all calls within Uruguay.
| 2 | 7116054 |
| geographic (area) code for Montevideo | local phone number within Montevideo |
International example – calling from outside Uruguay
To call from outside Uruguay, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Uruguay’s country code of ‘598’, followed by the local phone number.
| exit code | 598 | 2 | 7116054 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Uruguay | geographic (area) code for Montevideo | local phone number within Montevideo |
Calling from Uruguay
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Uruguay.
Sources and more resources
- URSEC (Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Telecomunicaciones)– Uruguay’s telephone systems 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 – Uruguay’s (country code +598) National Numbering Plan – Details of Uruguay’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Uruguay – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Uruguay. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Uruguay – Entry for Uruguay in the British Telecom international directory.