Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international calls to Gambia from abroad:

1) Obtain the lowest telephone call rate for Gambia, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 220 + City Area Code + Local number

In order to make a phone call from Gambia you will have to dial gambia-exit-code (eg: gambia-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual current date and time in Banjul, Gambia can be found at Time in Banjul.

Gambia’s standard time is GMT away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Gambia does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

These phone area codes are needed only if calling from outside the telephone code area. Nevertheless it is necessary when making a calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Gambia in general specify geographical areas within Gambia which might be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Gambia is often preceded in the dial string by the Gambian country code or the international access code for Gambia ("220").

Phone Area codes in Gambia will often be quoted including the country access code for Gambia.