Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international telephone calls to Algeria from another country:

1) Get the lowest telephone call rate for Algeria, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 213 + City Area Code + Local number

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

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The actual date and time in Algiers, Algeria can be found at Time in Algiers.

Algeria’s standard time is 1 Hour away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Algeria does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

These phone area codes are important only when calling from outside the telephone code area. Interestingly it is essential when making a telephone calls from the mobile phones.

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

The telephone area code in Algeria is normally preceded in the dial string by the Algerian country code or the international access code for Algeria ("213").

Phone Area codes in Algeria tend to be quoted along with the country access code for Algeria.