🇬🇧 ➔ 🇬🇷UK to Greece Calling Guide

How to Call
Greece from UK

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Step-by-Step: UK to Greece

Dialing Greece is straightforward. Greek phone numbers are always 10 digits long.

1

UK Exit Code

Dial 00. This is the standard exit code from the UK.

2

Country Code (+30)

Dial 30. This connects you to the Greek network.

3

10-Digit Number

Dial the full 10-digit number. There are no "area codes" to drop zeros from.

Landline vs. Mobile

In Greece, it's easy to tell the difference:

  • Landlines start with 2 (e.g., 210 for Athens).
  • Mobiles start with 6 (e.g., 694, 697).

Major Greek City Prefixes

These are the first digits of the 10-digit landline numbers.

CityRegionPrefix
AthensAttica21
ThessalonikiCentral Macedonia231
PatrasWestern Greece261
HeraklionCrete281
LarissaThessaly241
CityRegionPrefix
VolosThessaly2421
RhodesSouth Aegean2241
IoanninaEpirus2651
ChaniaCrete2821
CorfuIonian Islands2661

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Country deep dive

From United Kingdom to Greece

Practical reference covering the destination country's dial code, time zone, mobile carriers, city area codes, business etiquette, and any regulatory rules that affect inbound calls. The information below is specific to this route — different country pairs surface different operational details.

Calling Greece (+30)

Greece sits in EET (UTC+2) / EEST (UTC+3).. The country dial code is +30 and the official language for business is Greek. Local business hours run roughly 9:00–17:00 weekdays; 9:00–14:00 Saturdays for some retail..

Major cities & area codes

  • Thessaloniki · 231
  • Patras · 261
  • Athens · 21

Mobile carriers in Greece

  • Vodafone Greece · 69
  • Nova (Wind Hellas) · 69
  • Cosmote (OTE) · 69

What to know when calling Greece

  • •Greek phone numbers are 10 digits including the area-code prefix; international format keeps all 10 digits after +30 (no leading 0 to drop).

Calling from United Kingdom

From United Kingdom (GMT (UTC+0) / BST (UTC+1, last Sunday of March to last Sunday of October).) the local business window is 9:00–17:30 typical. Pub-and-lunch culture clusters meetings 10:00–12:30 and 14:00–16:30.. Most outbound callers reach a live answer most easily mid-morning local time, before lunch, and again in the late afternoon.

  • •070 numbers look like UK mobiles but are 'personal numbers' that can cost the caller £0.50/minute or more — they're not real mobile lines.
  • •0800/0808 are freephone from UK landlines and (since 2015) from UK mobiles too. 03 numbers cost the same as 01/02 calls — used by NHS, banks, government.
Operational facts above are sourced from regulator publications and carrier disclosures; specific rates and routing are confirmed in the live dialer.
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