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

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

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

    00 + 260 + City Area Code + Local number

When you have to make a phone call from Zambia you will have to dial zambia-exit-code (eg: zambia-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The present date and time in Lusaka, Zambia can be found at Time in Lusaka.

Zambia’s standard time is 2 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Zambia does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Zambia are usually referred to as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was previously referred to as STD codes in Zambia.

These phone area codes are required only if calling from outside the telephone code area. However it is mandatory when making a telephone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Zambia typically suggest geographical areas within Zambia that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Zambia is commonly preceded in the dial string by the Zambian country code or the international access code for Zambia ("260").

Phone Area codes in Zambia are sometimes quoted along with the country access code for Zambia.