How to Call Diego Garcia Phone Numbers?
Country phone codes
+246 is the country calling code assigned to Diego Garcia by the International Telecommunication Union. All of the country’s telephone numbers are also designated by the National Telephone Numbering Plan of 2009, created by the Cable & Wireless Diego Garcia Ltd of the Government of Diego Garcia.
So if you’re calling to Diego Garcia, the number should start with:
+246 387-5559


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Prefix
A prefix is simply the set of numbers that come after the country and area codes of a telephone number. Diego Garcia’s telephone numbers are made up of 10 numbers split into groups of 2. So if you’re going to make a call to Diego Garcia using a mobile phone, you should dial country code+7-digit number. There are no area codes in Diego Garcia.
Network coverage
Network coverage is only available in some parts of across Diego Garcia.
4G coverage
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Emergency phone numbers
Here is the emergency numbers to take note of when visiting Diego Garcia:

911 for police / emergency
est Time to Call Diego Garcia
Diego Garcia observes Indian Ocean Time using the time offset of UTC+06.
Wherever you are in Australia, you can call Diego Garcia from the following time zones:
Best time to call | Time to Call |
UTC Relative |
Time Zone |
State |
---|---|---|---|---|
Diego Garcia | 2:00pm – 10:00pm | UTC+10:00 | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) | Queensland |
12:00pm – 11:00pm | UTC+08:00 | Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) | Western Australia | |
1:00pm – 11:00pm | UTC+09:30 | Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) | South Australia, Northern Territory and town of Broken Hill in Western New South Wales | |
1:00pm – 11:00pm | UTC+11:00 | Norfolk Island Standard Time (NFT) | Norfolk Island | |
11:00am – 11:00pm | UTC+07:00 | Christmas Island Standard Time (CXT) | Christmas Island | |
10:30am – 10:30pm | UTC+06:30 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands Standard Time (CCT) | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
Daylight Savings Time (first Sunday in October – first Sunday in April)
Best time to call | Time to Call |
UTC Relative |
Time Zone |
State |
---|---|---|---|---|
Diego Garcia | 3:00pm – 11:00pm | UTC+11:00 | Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) | New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory |
2:00pm – 10:00pm | UTC+10:00 | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) | Queensland | |
12:00pm – 11:00pm | UTC+08:00 | Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) | Western Australia | |
2:30pm – 10:30pm | UTC+10:30 | Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) | South Australia, Northern Territory and town of Broken Hill in Western New South Wales | |
1:30pm – 10:30pm | UTC+09:30 | Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) | Northern Territory | |
2:00pm – 10:00pm | UTC+12:00 | Norfolk Island Daylight Time (NDT) | Norfolk Island | |
11:00am – 11:00pm | UTC+07:00 | Christmas Island Standard Time (CXT) | Christmas Island | |
10:30am – 10:30pm | UTC+06:30 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands Standard Time (CCT) | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |