Country Dialing Guide

Ukraine country code +380 — call Ukraine & get a number.

Few countries are dialed from as many places at once as Ukraine — millions abroad call home daily. This guide gets every +380 call right: precise formats from the US, UK and across the EU, each major city code, live mobile prefixes, current time and weather, and how your business stands up a Ukraine virtual number with MCM.

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🇺🇦 Ukraine · LiveEurope/Kyiv
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Kyiv
Kharkiv
Odesa
+380
Country code
00
Exit code
33 m
People
33 m
Population
~50 million+
Active SIMs
3
Mobile operators
+380
Country code
01At a glance

Ukraine at a glance

The numbers and facts you need before you dial.

Country name
Ukraine
Country code
+380
ISO codes
UA / UKR
Exit code (from Ukraine)
00
Trunk prefix (within)
0
Capital
Kyiv
Largest city
Kyiv (~3 million)
Population
~33 million (wartime estimate; pre-war ~41M)
Currency
Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH, ₴)
Time zone
EET (UTC+2), EEST (UTC+3) in summer
Regulator
NCEC / Ministry of Digital Transformation (numbering administered nationally)
Active SIMs
~50 million+
02The basics

What is the country code for Ukraine?

+380 is the number that connects Ukraine to its diaspora and the wider world. Reach for it right after your own exit code on any call into a Ukrainian landline or mobile from abroad. On home soil nobody dials +380 — Ukrainians press the trunk 0 ahead of a city code or mobile prefix. Calling in from another country, that single 0 falls away.

Code +380 was assigned to Ukraine 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.

+38000380011 38000 380

All four mean the same thing — they connect your call to Ukraine.

03Dialing format

How to call Ukraine from anywhere

Reaching a Ukrainian number from anywhere follows one rhythm: exit code, then 380, then the city or mobile prefix with its leading 0 removed, then the line itself. Kyiv answers to 44 (locals dial it as 044).

COUNTRY
+380
·
AREA
44
·
SUBSCRIBER
XXX XXXX

Full example: +380 44 XXX XXXX — drop the local leading 0 when calling from abroad.

United States & Canada
exit 011
011 + 380 + area code + number
011 380 44 XXXXXXX
United Kingdom
exit 00
00 + 380 + area code + number
00 380 44 XXXXXXX
Europe
exit 00
00 + 380 + area code + number
00 380 44 XXXXXXX
Australia
exit 0011
0011 + 380 + area code + number
0011 380 44 XXXXXXX
04Number format

Ukraine phone number format explained

Strip the trunk 0 and a Ukrainian number is nine digits: a two-digit city or operator code carrying a seven-digit subscriber line behind it.

Landline

Pattern `0 [area code] [local number]`. Kyiv reads as 044; other cities keep their own two-digit codes (Kharkiv 057, Odesa 048). At home: 044 123 4567. From abroad: +380 44 123 4567.

Mobile

Pattern `0 [2-digit prefix] [7-digit number]` — think 067, 050, 063. At home: 067 123 4567. From abroad: +380 67 123 4567, the 0 left behind.

05Area codes

Ukraine area codes — major cities

Drop the local leading 0 when calling from abroad.

// Full directory12 entries
CityRegionArea code
KyivKyiv City44
KharkivKharkiv57
OdesaOdesa48
DniproDnipropetrovsk56
LvivLviv32
ZaporizhzhiaZaporizhzhia61
VinnytsiaVinnytsia43
PoltavaPoltava53
ChernihivChernihiv46
CherkasyCherkasy47
MykolaivMykolaiv51
Ivano-FrankivskIvano-Frankivsk34
06Mobile networks

Ukraine mobile network prefixes

The prefix after +380 tells you which network issued the SIM — though number portability means it no longer guarantees the operator.

K

Kyivstar

largest operator; prefixes **067, 068, 096, 097, 098**.

VU

Vodafone Ukraine

major operator; prefixes **050, 066, 095, 099** (and 075).

L

lifecell

major operator; prefixes **063, 073, 093**.

07Time zone

Ukraine time zone

Ukraine uses Eastern European Time (EET, UTC+2) in winter and Eastern European Summer Time (EEST, UTC+3) from late March to late October.

Kyiv
12:00
London
10:00
New York
05:00
Los Angeles
02:00
Warsaw
11:00
Best call windows

** Family and colleagues on the US East Coast are easiest to reach in Kyiv's early-to-mid afternoon, which lands on their morning. London and most of the EU share nearly the whole Ukrainian working day. Ukraine's clock-changes move in step with the EU, so the gaps stay predictable.

Open the interactive best-time-to-call planner
08Emergency

Emergency numbers in Ukraine

Free to call from any Ukraine phone, landline or mobile.

112
Single emergency number (police, fire, ambulance)
102
Police
101
Fire & rescue
103
Ambulance / medical
104
Gas emergency
09Avoid these

Common mistakes when calling Ukraine

Almost every failed international call is a formatting issue, not a network issue.

**Reaching for the old Soviet "8" trunk:** Ukraine retired the legacy 8 / 8~10 system back in 2009 for a clean "0" trunk and "00" international access

anyone still dialing the old way is using a plan that no longer exists.

**Holding onto the leading 0:** From outside Ukraine, let it go

it's +380 **44**…, never +380 **044**…

**Mixing up +380 and +7:** Ukraine is unambiguously **380**; +7 belongs to Russia, and some Russian-occupied areas were reassigned +7 by the occupying side

for Ukraine, always 380.

**Reading the carrier off the prefix:** Portability means a 067 or 050 number could ride any of the three networks

**Reading the carrier off the prefix:** Portability means a 067 or 050 number could ride any of the three networks.

**Dialing 911:** That's a North American habit

in Ukraine it's **112**, plus 101/102/103.

10Save money

Tips to reduce the cost of calling Ukraine

Route over IP, not roaming

MCM carries Ukraine calls across the internet for a fraction of IDD or roaming rates, a real difference when you call home often.

Favour landlines for the long ones

fixed-line termination usually undercuts mobile.

Work the EET/EEST window

line up calls inside the shared business hours so you're not paying for missed-call callbacks.

**Hold a local Ukraine DID** so people in Kyiv or Lviv reach you at a home-country rate.

11For business

Why businesses get a Ukraine virtual number

For a resilient, mobile-first market with a vast community abroad, a +380 line on your caller ID does the quiet work of belonging — and the calls can ring anywhere your team sits.

**More calls answered**

**More calls answered** — a familiar 044 or 067 gets picked up where a foreign number gets ignored.

**Instant credibility**

**Instant credibility** — a Ukrainian number reads as a genuine on-the-ground presence.

**Inbound at local rates**

**Inbound at local rates** — customers call you for the price of a domestic call.

**One routing brain**

**One routing brain** — Kyiv, Lviv and every mobile call funnel to a single global team.

**Stand up fast**

**Stand up fast** — open in Ukraine with no office lease and no local SIM.

**A real PSTN line**

**A real PSTN line** — an authentic, dialable Ukrainian number, not a forwarding trick.

MCMPlatform

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WebRTC support for browser-based calling without softphone installs

REST APIs for provisioning, routing & call detail records (CDRs)

Built-in fraud protection with AI anomaly detection & STIR/SHAKEN

24/7 network monitoring and dedicated support

12Get started

How to get your Ukraine virtual number

Most businesses are live within hours, not days.

1

**Choose your line** — a Kyiv, Lviv or Odesa code, or a nationwide DID.

2

**Verify and set routing** — clear quick KYC and point the number where you want it.

3

**Wire up your team** — SIP, softphone apps, mobiles or a full call center.

4

**Go live** — Ukraine calls start flowing within minutes.

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FAQ

Ukraine +380 — FAQ

What's the cheapest way to phone Ukraine from abroad?expand_more

A VoIP virtual number routed over IP — it sidesteps roaming and IDD charges, which matters when you call home regularly. MCM provisions exactly this.

I keep getting "number not in service" calling a Kyiv landline — why?expand_more

Most often it's the leading 0 left in. From outside Ukraine, dial +380 44 …, not +380 044 …

Is +380 the same as Russia's code?expand_more

No. Ukraine is +380 and Russia is +7 — entirely separate. Some Russian-occupied areas were reassigned +7 by the occupying side, but Ukraine's plan is always 380.

Why won't the old "8" prefix connect anymore?expand_more

Ukraine retired the Soviet-era 8 / 8~10 system in 2009 for a "0" trunk and "00" international access. Anything using 8 is calling against a plan that's gone.

Which networks run Ukrainian mobiles?expand_more

Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine and lifecell — three operators sharing prefixes such as 067, 050 and 063.

Can I tell which carrier a number is on?expand_more

No — number portability moves lines freely between the three, so the prefix only shows the original assignment.

Does Ukraine change its clocks?expand_more

Yes — EET (UTC+2) in winter and EEST (UTC+3) in summer, switching in step with the EU.

Can my business hold a Ukraine number while based elsewhere?expand_more

Yes — MCM gives you a genuine +380 DID you can route to any team, anywhere.