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

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

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

    00 + 598 + City Area Code + Local number

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

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The current date and time in Montevideo, Uruguay can be found at Time in Montevideo.

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

Uruguay utilises Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Uruguay are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in Uruguay.

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 Uruguay generally indicate geographical areas within Uruguay which are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Uruguay is usually preceded in the dial string by the Uruguayan country code or the international access code for Uruguay ("598").

Phone Area codes in Uruguay are often quoted including the country access code for Uruguay.