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

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

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

    00 + 965 + City Area Code + Local number

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

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The current date and time in Kuwait City, Kuwait can be found at Time in Kuwait City.

Kuwait’s standard time is 3 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Kuwait does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

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 Kuwait frequently signify geographical areas within Kuwait that can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Kuwait is frequently preceded in the dial string by the Kuwaiti country code or the international access code for Kuwait ("965").

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