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

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

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

    00 + 221 + City Area Code + Local number

When you have to make a phone call from Senegal you will have to dial senegal-exit-code (eg: senegal-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual current date and time in Dakar, Senegal can be found at Time in Dakar.

Senegal’s standard time is GMT away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Senegal does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

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

Phone area codes or city codes in Senegal in general specify geographical areas within Senegal which might be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Senegal is often preceded in the dial string by the Senegalese country code or the international access code for Senegal ("221").

Phone Area codes in Senegal will often be quoted including the country access code for Senegal.