Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to Portugal from overseas:

1) Look for the lowest telephone call rate for Portugal, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 351 + City Area Code + Local number

If you have to make a call from Portugal you will need to dial portugal-exit-code (eg: portugal-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The current date and time in Lisbon, Portugal can be found at Time in Lisbon.

Portugal’s standard time is 1 Hour away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Portugal utilises Daylight Time Saving.

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

These phone area codes are crucial only when calling from outside the telephone code area. Then again it is vital when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Portugal frequently signify geographical areas within Portugal that can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Portugal is frequently preceded in the dial string by the Portuguese country code or the international access code for Portugal ("351").

Phone Area codes in Portugal can be quoted together with the country access code for Portugal.