How to Call South Africa Phone Numbers?
Country phone codes
+27 is the country calling code assigned to South Africa by the International Telecommunication Union. All of the country’s telephone numbers are also designated under the ICASA Act of 2006, created by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa of the South African Government.
So if you’re calling South Africa, the number should start with:
+27 123-4567-90
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Prefix
A prefix is simply the set of numbers that come before the country and area codes of a telephone number. South Africa’s telephone numbers are made up of 11 numbers split into groups of 3. So if you’re going to make a call to South Africa using a mobile phone, you should dial country code+area code+7-digit number. Some of the common area codes in South Africa include Bloemfontein (51), Cape Town (21) and Durban (31).
| Location | Country Code | Landline Area Code | Landline Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloemfontein | +27 | (51) | 123 4567 |
| Cape Town | +27 | (21) | 123 4567 |
| Durban | +27 | (31) | 123 4567 |
So if you’re making a call to Cape Town, dial +27 21 123 4567.
Network coverage
Network coverage is moderately available across South Africa.
LTE 4G coverage
4G LTE connection is moderately available across the country, but quality highly depends on the mobile operator.
International Roaming
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Emergency phone numbers
Here is most important emergency number to take note of when visiting South Africa:
112 for the national emergency number.
Best Time to Call South Africa
South Africa observes South Africa Standard Time (SAST) using the time offset of UTC+02.
Wherever you are in Australia, you can call South Africa from the following time zones…:
| Best time to call | Time to Call |
UTC Relative |
Time Zone |
State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6:00pm – 12:00am | UTC+10:00 | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) | Queensland |
| 4:00pm – 12:00am | UTC+08:00 | Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) | Western Australia | |
| 5:30pm – 12:00am | UTC+09:30 | Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) | South Australia, Northern Territory and town of Broken Hill in Western New South Wales | |
| 7:00pm – 12:00am | UTC+11:00 | Norfolk Island Standard Time (NFT) | Norfolk Island | |
| 3:00pm – 12:00am | UTC+07:00 | Christmas Island Standard Time (CXT) | Christmas Island | |
| 2:30pm – 12:00am | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7:00pm – 12:00am | UTC+11:00 | Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) | New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory |
| 6:00pm – 12:00am | UTC+10:00 | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) | Queensland | |
| 4:00pm – 12:00am | UTC+08:00 | Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) | Western Australia | |
| 6:30pm – 12:00am | UTC+10:30 | Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) | South Australia, Northern Territory and town of Broken Hill in Western New South Wales | |
| 5:30pm – 12:00am | UTC+09:30 | Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) | Northern Territory | |
| 8:00pm – 12:00am | UTC+12:00 | Norfolk Island Daylight Time (NDT) | Norfolk Island | |
| 3:00pm – 12:00am | UTC+07:00 | Christmas Island Standard Time (CXT) | Christmas Island | |
| 12:30pm – 12:00am | UTC+06:30 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands Standard Time (CCT) | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |