Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to Sri Lanka from overseas:

1) Discover the lowest telephone call rate for Sri Lanka, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 94 + City Area Code + Local number

If you want to make a phone call from Sri Lanka you will have to dial srilanka-exit-code (eg: srilanka-exit-code 44 for UK).

Please click here for low international calling rates from Sri Lanka.

The actual current date and time in Colombo, Sri Lanka can be found at Time in Colombo.

Sri Lanka’s standard time is 6 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Sri Lanka does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Sri Lanka are generally known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was formerly termed STD codes in Sri Lanka.

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

Phone area codes or city codes in Sri Lanka usually show geographical areas within Sri Lanka that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Sri Lanka is generally preceded in the dial string by the Sri Lankan country code or the international access code for Sri Lanka ("94").

Phone Area codes in Sri Lanka in many cases are quoted together with the country access code for Sri Lanka.