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

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

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

    00 + 977 + City Area Code + Local number

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

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The actual current date and time in Kathmandu, Nepal can be found at Time in Kathmandu.

Nepal’s standard time is 5.75 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Nepal does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

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 Nepal in general specify geographical areas within Nepal which might be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Nepal is often preceded in the dial string by the Nepalese country code or the international access code for Nepal ("977").

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