Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international telephone calls to Rwanda from another country:

1) Get the lowest telephone call rate for Rwanda, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 250 + City Area Code + Local number

If you wish to make a call from Rwanda you will need to dial rwanda-exit-code (eg: rwanda-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The current date and time in Kigali, Rwanda can be found at Time in Kigali.

Rwanda’s standard time is 2 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Rwanda does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

These phone area codes are important only when calling from outside the telephone code area. Interestingly it is essential when making a calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Rwanda generally indicate geographical areas within Rwanda which are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Rwanda is usually preceded in the dial string by the Rwandan country code or the international access code for Rwanda ("250").

Phone Area codes in Rwanda are often quoted including the country access code for Rwanda.