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

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

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

    00 + 961 + City Area Code + Local number

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

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The current date and time in Beirut, Lebanon can be found at Time in Beirut.

Lebanon’s standard time is away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Lebanon utilises Daylight Time Saving.

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

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 Lebanon generally indicate geographical areas within Lebanon which are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Lebanon is usually preceded in the dial string by the Lebanese country code or the international access code for Lebanon ("961").

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