🇬🇧 ➔ 🇵🇪UK to Peru Calling Guide

How to Call Peru
From the UK

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Step-by-Step: Calling Peru

Peru has a simple dialing plan. Lima uses a 1-digit city code, while provinces use 2 digits.

1

UK Exit Code

Dial 00.

2

Peru Code (+51)

Dial 51.

3

Number

Lima: 1 + 7 digits.
Provinces: 2 digits + 6 digits.
Mobiles: 9 digits.

Major Peruvian City Codes

Lima is the only city with a 1-digit code (1).

CityRegionCode
LimaLima1
CuscoCusco84
ArequipaArequipa54
TrujilloLa Libertad44
CityRegionCode
ChiclayoLambayeque74
PiuraPiura73
IquitosLoreto65
HuancayoJunín64

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Country deep dive

From United Kingdom to Peru

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 Peru (+51)

Peru sits in PET (UTC−5) — no daylight saving.. The country dial code is +51 and the official language for business is Spanish, Quechua, Aymara. Local business hours run roughly 9:00–18:00. Lima is one hour behind New York in winter and two hours behind in summer (US DST), without observing DST itself..

Major cities & area codes

  • Lima · 1
  • Arequipa · 54
  • Cusco · 84
  • Trujillo · 44

Mobile carriers in Peru

  • Movistar Perú · 9xx mobiles
  • Claro Perú · 9xx mobiles
  • Entel Perú · 9xx mobiles

What to know when calling Peru

  • Peruvian mobiles are 9 digits starting with 9; landlines vary in length by city.

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.

  • 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.
  • International calls to UK landlines should drop the leading 0 after +44; mobiles likewise (e.g. UK mobile 07700 900000 dials as +44 7700 900000).
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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