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

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

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

    00 + 233 + City Area Code + Local number

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

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The actual date and time in Accra, Ghana can be found at Time in Accra.

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

Ghana does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

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 Ghana normally reveal geographical areas within Ghana which can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Ghana is typically preceded in the dial string by the Ghanaian country code or the international access code for Ghana ("233").

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