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South Africa Country Code: +27

How to call South Africa from abroad (+27)

South Africa 27 Country Code ZA ZAF

The country code for South Africa is +27 (ISO codes ZA and ZAF). You need it every time you phone South Africa from another country.

To call South Africa in four steps:

  1. Dial your international access prefix: 00 in most countries, 011 from the USA and Canada, or simply + on a mobile phone.
  2. Dial the South Africa country code: 27.
  3. Dial the local number. If it starts with a 0 (the national trunk prefix), leave that 0 out; a few countries, such as Italy, keep it.
  4. Result: +27 followed by the local number, e.g. +27 [local number].

About South Africa Codes

South Africa ZA Phone Code
27
ISO 3166 ALPHA-2
ZA
ISO 3166-1 ALPHA-3
ZAF

South Africa's country code is +27 (ISO ZA, ZAF; internet domain .za). The country is on South Africa Standard Time (UTC+2) all year. Drop the leading 0 when you dial from abroad. Area codes include 11 for Johannesburg, 21 for Cape Town, 12 for Pretoria and 31 for Durban. Mobile numbers start with 06, 07 or 08, so 082 123 4567 becomes +27 82 123 4567. 

South Africa Country and phone Codes : +27, ZA, ZAF

Country codes table

Phone Code+27
ISO alpha-2 (two letters)ZA
ISO alpha-3 (three letters)ZAF
.tld.za
FIPSSF
ISO numeric-3710
E. 16427
Language Codes
  • af
  • en-ZA
  • nr
  • nso
  • ss
  • st
  • tn
  • ts
  • ve
  • xh
  • zu
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South Africa Time Information
Local time at Pretoria :
06:51 AM
Saturday, October 17, 2026
(GMT+02:00)
  • Time Zones :
    • Africa/Johannesburg

Global Information about South Africa

  • Capital : Pretoria
  • Currency : Rand
  • Surface : 1,219,912 km²
  • Longitude : 22.937506
  • Latitude : -30.559482