Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international telephone calls to Tanzania from another country:

1) Get the lowest telephone call rate for Tanzania, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 255 + City Area Code + Local number

If you wish to make a telephone call from Tanzania you will need to dial tanzania-exit-code (eg: tanzania-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual date and time in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania can be found at Time in Dar es Salaam.

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

Tanzania does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Tanzania are frequently identified as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was once named STD codes in Tanzania.

These phone area codes are important only when calling from outside the telephone code area. Interestingly it is essential when making a telephone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Tanzania commonly reveal geographical areas within Tanzania which can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Tanzania is normally preceded in the dial string by the Tanzanian country code or the international access code for Tanzania ("255").

Phone Area codes in Tanzania tend to be quoted along with the country access code for Tanzania.