Dial Greece directly through your phone carrier using country code 30 — convenient, but international rates can add up fast.
Prepaid calling cards let you reach Greece at lower rates, though you'll juggle access numbers and PINs each time.
MeraTalk connects you to Greece over the internet with HD-clear audio, low rates, and no hardware to set up.
Dial 011, then 30, then the number in full — nothing is dropped.
On a mobile you can replace the exit code with a + sign and dial +30 directly, which works from any country without knowing the local exit code.
Full dialing sequence
Start by dialing your own country's international access code. From the US or Canada this is 011; from most of Europe it's 00. This tells your network you're making an international call.
Immediately follow with Greece's country code — no spaces or dashes. This routes your call to Greece's telephone network. On smartphones, replace the exit code with a + sign.
Greece has no trunk prefix, so there is nothing to drop. Dial the number exactly as it is written — the same digits are used at home and from abroad. Greek mobile numbers begin 69 and are ten digits in total, with no area code.
Enter all remaining digits of the local number exactly as written. For mobile numbers, include every digit — no abbreviations. Press call and your carrier does the rest.
A strong, stable internet connection is the foundation of every clear call — use Wi-Fi or solid data whenever you can.
A quality headset sharpens both ends of the conversation, making your calls to Greece clearer and more comfortable.
Keep the time difference in mind — UTC+2 to UTC+3 — so you reach people at a reasonable hour and not in the middle of the night.
The price of calling Greece swings widely depending on whether you use a carrier, a calling card, or VoIP — and VoIP usually wins.
How to get started with MeraTalk
Phone numbers in Greece follow set ranges after the 30 country code, distinguishing mobiles, landlines, and special services.
Greece has no trunk prefix. The ten digits a Greek person dials at home are the same ten digits you dial from abroad, with +30 in front. The common advice to "drop the leading 0" does not apply here and will leave you with a number that cannot connect.
Athens is the example worth knowing: its area code is 21, not 210. The 0 belongs to the subscriber number, inserted when Greece moved to a closed ten-digit plan in 2002 — a distinction Greeks themselves often get wrong.
Greece is identified by different codes depending on context, and they are easy to confuse:
Only +30 is a dialling code. GR, GRC and 300 identify the country in data and documents, not on the phone. 0030 is the same as +30 — 00 is the international access code used from most countries.
Greek area codes by city, with the full number as you dial it from abroad.
Greek geographic codes begin with 2 and run to two, three or four digits. Athens is the only two-digit code. There is no trunk prefix, so nothing is dropped — dial +30 and all ten digits.
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