Vatican City (Country Code 39-06-698)

Calling to the Vatican City

• INCLUDE any leading ‘0’ in a phone number in the international call sequence – even with calls from outside the Vatican City and Italy. Do not add a leading ‘0’ to a phone number that does not have one.
• Vatican City phone numbers are accesss through the Italian phone system through country code +39 and area code ’06 698′.
• 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

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

Vatican City 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.

Calling within the Vatican City (domestic dialing)

Dial Vatican phone numbers as they are listed.

There is no trunk or long distance number needed to dial when calling within the Vatican City. Include a leading ‘0’ and ‘6 698’ in the call sequence.

Vatican City phone numbers explained

Number details

Vatican phone numbers are five digits within the Italian area code of ’06 698′.

An example of a Vatican phone number

The Vatican City Museums lists its phone number in Vatican City as 0039 06 69884676.

Number explanation

Local example – calling from another location in Vatican City

Dial all ten digits of the phone number when calling within the Vatican City, including the leading ‘0’ and area code ‘6 698’.

Italy example – calling from Venice, Italy

Dial calls to the Vatican City from Italy as domestic phone calls. All ten digits of the phone number are dialed when calling within the Vatican City, including the leading ‘0’ and area code ‘6 698’.

International example – calling from outside the Vatican City and Italy

To call from outside the Vatican City, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Italy’s country code of ’39’, followed by the local phone number starting with ’06 698′.

Include any leading ‘0’ in the call sequence – it is not removed from the phone number when dialed from outside the Vatican City.

Calling from the Vatican City

… to Italy or San Marino

Calls to Italy and San Marino can be dialed as domestic Italian phone numbers, or use the international call sequence.

San Marino phone numbers start with ‘0549’ within the Italian phone system.

… to all other countries and regions

’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from the Vatican City.

Sources and more resources

• Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni – Ministry responsible for telecommunications in Italy.
• 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 – Italy – 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 – Italy (country code +39) communication 25.VI.2011 national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of Italy’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
• Wikipedia – Telephone Numbers in Italy – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Italy. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
• BT – the Phonebook – Italy (and the Vatican City) International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Italy from the BT phone book.