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

1) Find the lowest telephone call rate for Nicaragua, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 505 + City Area Code + Local number

If you need to make a telephone call from Nicaragua you will need to dial nicaragua-exit-code (eg: nicaragua-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual date and time in Managua, Nicaragua can be found at Time in Managua.

Nicaragua’s standard time is -6 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Nicaragua does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Nicaragua are frequently identified as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was once named STD codes in Nicaragua.

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

Phone area codes or city codes in Nicaragua normally reveal geographical areas within Nicaragua which can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Nicaragua is typically preceded in the dial string by the Nicaraguan country code or the international access code for Nicaragua ("505").

Phone Area codes in Nicaragua quoted including the country access code for Nicaragua.