Telephone numbers in Portugal

Portugal telephone numbers

Location of Portugal (dark green)
Location
Country	Portugal
Continent	Europe
Type	Closed
NSN length	9
Access codes
Country calling code	+351
International call prefix	00
Trunk prefix	none

Portugal changed to a closed telephone numbering plan in 1999. Previously, the trunk prefix was '0', but this was dropped. The area code, prefixed by the digit '2', was incorporated into the subscriber's number, so that a nine-digit number was used for all calls.

Geographic numbering

Numbering examples for Lisbon area:^[1]

         xxx xxxx  (before 1999, within Lisbon)
      01 xxx xxxx  (before 1999, from the rest of Portugal)
 +351  1 xxx xxxx  (before 1999, outside Portugal)
      21 xxx xxxx  (after 1999, within Portugal, including Lisbon)
 +351 21 xxx xxxx  (after 1999, outside Portugal)
 +351 xx xxx xxxx  (present day)

Mobile telephone numbering

Mobiles similarly changed, with the digits '9T' replacing the prefix '093T', where 'T' is a digit specific to a mobile operator:

     093T xxx xxxx  (before 1999 within Portugal)
 +351 93T xxx xxxx  (before 1999 outside Portugal) 
       9T xxx xxxx  (after 1999 within Portugal)
 +351  9T xxx xxxx  (after 1999 outside Portugal)

Other numbering

New number ranges include:

 10xx        Carrier selection codes
 884 xxx xxx Personal numbering
 882 xxx xxx Virtual card services 
 800 xxx xxx Freephone
 80x xxx xxx Shared cost
 30x xxx xxx VoIP carriers

Prefix list

Area	Prefix
Abrantes	241
Angra do Heroísmo	295
Arganil	235
Aveiro	234
Beja	284
Braga	253
Bragança	273
Caldas da Rainha	262
Castelo Branco	272
Castro Verde	286
Chaves	276
Coimbra	239
Covilhã	275
Estremoz	268
Évora	266
Faro	289
Figueira da Foz	233
Funchal	291
Guarda	271
Horta	292
Idanha-a-Nova	288
Leiria	244
Lisboa	21
Mealhada	231
Mirandela	278
Moncorvo	279
Moura	285
Odemira	283
Penafiel	255
Peso da Régua	254
Pombal	236
Ponta Delgada	296
Ponte de Sôr	242
Portalegre	245
Portimão	282
Porto	22
Proença-a-Nova	274
S. João da Madeira	256
Santarém	243
Santiago do Cacém	269
Seia	238
Setúbal	265
Tavira	281
Torres Novas	249
Torres Vedras	261
Valença	251
Viana do Castelo	258
Vila Franca de Xira	263
V. N. de Famalicão	252
Vila Real	259
Viseu	232

References

1. "Novo Plano Nacional de Numeração". 29 October 1999. Retrieved 2 November 2015.