Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international calls to Ethiopia from abroad:

1) Find the lowest telephone call rate for Ethiopia, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 251 + City Area Code + Local number

If you need to make a call from Ethiopia you will need to dial ethiopia-exit-code (eg: ethiopia-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The current date and time in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia can be found at Time in Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia’s standard time is 3 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Ethiopia does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Ethiopia are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in Ethiopia.

These phone area codes are necessary only when calling from outside the telephone code area. However it is a must when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Ethiopia frequently signify geographical areas within Ethiopia that can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Ethiopia is frequently preceded in the dial string by the Ethiopian country code or the international access code for Ethiopia ("251").

Phone Area codes in Ethiopia can be quoted together with the country access code for Ethiopia.