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

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

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

    00 + 263 + City Area Code + Local number

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

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The actual date and time in Harare, Zimbabwe can be found at Time in Harare.

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

Zimbabwe does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

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

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

The telephone area code in Zimbabwe is typically preceded in the dial string by the Zimbabwean country code or the international access code for Zimbabwe ("263").

Phone Area codes in Zimbabwe quoted including the country access code for Zimbabwe.