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

1) Obtain the lowest telephone call rate for Bulgaria, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 359 + City Area Code + Local number

In order to make a phone call from Bulgaria you will have to dial bulgaria-exit-code (eg: bulgaria-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The present date and time in Sofia, Bulgaria can be found at Time in Sofia.

Bulgaria’s standard time is 2 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Bulgaria utilises Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Bulgaria are usually referred to as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was previously referred to as STD codes in Bulgaria.

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

Phone area codes or city codes in Bulgaria usually show geographical areas within Bulgaria that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Bulgaria is generally preceded in the dial string by the Bulgarian country code or the international access code for Bulgaria ("359").

Phone Area codes in Bulgaria in many cases are quoted together with the country access code for Bulgaria.