Greece country code +30 — call Greece & get a number.
Greece is the country where you dial every digit — no trunk 0 to drop, even at home. Whether you're booking an Athens hotel, ringing an island taverna, or reaching family in the Greek diaspora, here's how +30 works from the US, UK and EU, plus the area codes, 69x mobile ranges, live time and how to get a Greek virtual number with MCM.
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Greece at a glance
The numbers and facts you need before you dial.
What is the country code for Greece?
Greece's country code is +30, dialed after your own exit code from abroad. The quirk that trips up almost everyone: Greece has no trunk prefix.
Back in 2002 it scrapped the leading "0" that most of Europe still uses, so a Greek number is always the full 10 digits — and you dial all ten the same way whether you're standing in Athens or calling from another continent. There is nothing to add at home and nothing to strip when you go international.
Code +30 was assigned to Greece by the ITU under the E.164 plan. The “+” means “dial your local international exit code”; on a mobile, press and hold 0 to type it.
All four mean the same thing — they connect your call to Greece.
How to call Greece from anywhere
Reaching Greece is refreshingly literal: your exit code, then 30, then the entire 10-digit number exactly as written. There's no trunk 0 to peel off, because Greece never keeps one in the first place.
Full example: +30 21 XXX XXXX — drop the local leading 0 when calling from abroad.
Greece phone number format explained
Ten digits, no prefix, and one easy tell: the first digit reveals the line type. Greek landlines always open with 2; mobiles always open with 69. Glance at the start of a number and you instantly know whether you're calling a fixed line or a phone in someone's pocket.
Landline
Begins with **2**. Athens carries a 2-digit area code (21) plus an 8-digit subscriber; bigger cities use 3-digit codes and smaller areas 4-digit codes — total always 10. Example: **+30 21 0123 4567** (Athens).
Mobile
Always **69** to start, 10 digits in all. Example: **+30 697 123 4567**. With portability in place since 2004, the 69x prefix shows only the original network, not necessarily the current one.
Greece area codes — major cities
Drop the local leading 0 when calling from abroad.
| City | Region | Area code |
|---|---|---|
| Athens | Attica | 21 |
| Thessaloniki | Central Macedonia | 231 |
| Patras | Western Greece | 261 |
| Heraklion | Crete | 281 |
| Larissa | Thessaly | 241 |
| Volos | Thessaly | 242 |
| Ioannina | Epirus | 265 |
| Kavala | Eastern Macedonia | 251 |
| Chania | Crete | 282 |
| Rhodes | South Aegean | 224 |
Greece mobile network prefixes
The prefix after +30 tells you which network issued the SIM — though number portability means it no longer guarantees the operator.
**Cosmote** (largest, ~7M+ subscribers)
**Vodafone Greece** (~4–5M subscribers)
**Nova** (formerly Wind/Nova, ~3–4.5M subscribers)
Greece time zone
Greece keeps Eastern European Time (EET, UTC+2) through winter and moves to Eastern European Summer Time (EEST, UTC+3) from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October — the long summer half that lines up with peak tourist season on the islands.
For diaspora callers in the US, 14:00–18:00 Athens (07:00–11:00 ET) reaches family and offices before the Greek evening; UK and EU callers get the easiest overlap, with late morning to early evening Athens time covering the entire Greek working day.
Common mistakes when calling Greece
Almost every failed international call is a formatting issue, not a network issue.
Dropping a digit because you're hunting for a "0" to remove: there isn't one. Dial all 10 digits of a Greek number
there's no trunk 0 to drop, and no 0 to add either.
Expecting Athens to be shorter: even the capital is a full 10 digits
Expecting Athens to be shorter: even the capital is a full 10 digits.
Mixing up line types: a number starting 2 is a landline, one starting 69 is a mobile
Mixing up line types: a number starting 2 is a landline, one starting 69 is a mobile.
Reading a 697 number as Cosmote: portability means it may now sit with Vodafone or Nova
Reading a 697 number as Cosmote: portability means it may now sit with Vodafone or Nova.
Reflexively dialing 011 from outside North America: use your own exit code (00 across most of Europe)
Reflexively dialing 011 from outside North America: use your own exit code (00 across most of Europe).
Tips to reduce the cost of calling Greece
Switch Greece traffic to VoIP or a virtual number instead of international per-minute rates.
Dial in "+"/E
Dial in "+"/E.164 form (all 10 digits, no 0) so carriers route cleanly first time.
Catch people in one attempt by calling inside the EEST overlap with your own working hours.
Hold a local Greek DID so tourists, customers and diaspora callers reach you at domestic rates.
Why businesses get a Greece virtual number
A +30 number puts you on home ground in Greece — vital in a market driven by tourism, hospitality and a vast diaspora that still calls back.
Higher answer rates
Higher answer rates — a local +30 caller ID gets picked up where an overseas number is ignored.
Lower trust friction
Lower trust friction — Greeks recognise a domestic 21/231/69 number on sight.
Cheaper inbound
Cheaper inbound — guests and customers dial a local number, not an international one.
Centralized routing
Centralized routing — forward Greek calls to a team anywhere in the world.
Faster expansion
Faster expansion — open in Greece for the tourist season without a physical office.
Real PSTN presence
Real PSTN presence — a genuine Greek number, not a forwarding workaround.
Greece virtual numbers with My Country Mobile
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How to get your Greece virtual number
Most businesses are live within hours, not days.
Pick a Greek number — an Athens (21) or Thessaloniki (231) city line, or a national one.
Verify your account and submit any required documentation.
Set up routing, forwarding and IVR to suit your team.
Go live and start taking Greek calls.
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Greece +30 — FAQ
Why is there no 0 to drop when calling Greece?expand_more
Greece abolished its trunk "0" in 2002, so the number is the full 10 digits with no prefix — there's simply no 0 to add or remove, at home or abroad.
Do I dial all 10 digits even inside Greece?expand_more
Yes — Greece dials the complete 10-digit number for every call, local or long-distance. No shortcut codes.
How do I call a Greek mobile from the US?expand_more
Dial 011, then 30, then the full 10-digit number starting 69 — no leading 0 anywhere.
How can I tell a Greek landline from a mobile?expand_more
Landlines start with 2, mobiles start with 69. The first digit is all you need.
What is Athens' area code?expand_more
21, a 2-digit code, followed by an 8-digit subscriber — still 10 digits in total.
Can I tell which carrier a Greek mobile uses?expand_more
Not reliably — portability has been live since 2004, so any 69x number may have moved between Cosmote, Vodafone and Nova.
When does Greece change its clocks, and why does it matter for the islands?expand_more
EET (UTC+2) in winter, EEST (UTC+3) from late March to late October — the summer shift covers the busy island tourist season.
What's the emergency number in Greece?expand_more
112 covers all emergencies EU-wide; locally 100 is police, 166 ambulance and 199 fire.