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

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

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

    00 + 503 + City Area Code + Local number

If you wish to make a call from El Salvador you will need to dial elsalvador-exit-code (eg: elsalvador-exit-code 44 for UK).

Please click here for low international calling rates from El Salvador.

The current date and time in San Salvador, El Salvador can be found at Time in San Salvador.

El Salvador’s standard time is -6 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

El Salvador does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in El Salvador are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in El Salvador.

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

Phone area codes or city codes in El Salvador generally indicate geographical areas within El Salvador which are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in El Salvador is usually preceded in the dial string by the Salvadoran country code or the international access code for El Salvador ("503").

Phone Area codes in El Salvador are often quoted including the country access code for El Salvador.