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

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

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

    00 + 256 + City Area Code + Local number

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

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The present date and time in Entebbe, Uganda can be found at Time in Entebbe.

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

Uganda does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

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 Uganda usually show geographical areas within Uganda that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Uganda is generally preceded in the dial string by the Ugandan country code or the international access code for Uganda ("256").

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