Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to Egypt from overseas:

1) Discover the lowest telephone call rate for Egypt, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 20 + City Area Code + Local number

If you want to make a phone call from Egypt you will have to dial egypt-exit-code (eg: egypt-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual current date and time in Cairo, Egypt can be found at Time in Cairo.

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

Egypt does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Egypt are generally known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was formerly termed STD codes in Egypt.

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

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

The telephone area code in Egypt is generally preceded in the dial string by the Egyptian country code or the international access code for Egypt ("20").

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