Country Dialing Guide

Romania country code +40 — call Romania & get a number.

One of the EU's larger economies, with a vast diaspora calling home from Madrid to Manchester — here's how to dial Romania cleanly from the US, the UK and across Europe, plus every major area code, today's mobile prefixes, live Bucharest time and weather, and how to claim a Romanian +40 number through MCM.

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🇷🇴 Romania · LiveEurope/Bucharest
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Bucharest
Cluj-Napoca
Timișoara
+40
Country code
00
Exit code
19 m
People
19 m
Population
~22 million
Active SIMs
4
Mobile operators
+40
Country code
01At a glance

Romania at a glance

The numbers and facts you need before you dial.

Country name
Romania
Country code
+40
ISO codes
RO / ROU
Exit code (from Romania)
00
Trunk prefix (within)
0
Capital
Bucharest
Largest city
Bucharest
Population
~19 million
Currency
Romanian leu (RON, lei)
Time zone
Eastern European Time (EET), UTC+2 (EEST UTC+3 in summer)
Regulator
ANCOM (National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications)
Active SIMs
~22 million
02The basics

What is the country code for Romania?

Romania sits behind +40 — one of Europe's shorter country codes, fittingly easy for a nation whose people are scattered across the continent. Add it after your exit code when calling in from abroad. At home, every Romanian number wears a trunk 0 (021 for Bucharest, 07xx for mobiles); that 0 steps aside for +40 the instant the call crosses a border.

Code +40 was assigned to Romania 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.

+400040011 4000 40

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

03Dialing format

How to call Romania from anywhere

Three moves get you through: exit code, 40, then the national number minus its leading 0. Whether you're calling a Bucharest office or a relative who's relocated to Italy and kept their +40 line, the sequence holds.

COUNTRY
+40
·
AREA
21(31)
·
SUBSCRIBER
XXX XXXX

Full example: +40 21(31) XXX XXXX — drop the local leading 0 when calling from abroad.

United States & Canada
exit 011
011 + 40 + area code + number
011 40 21(31) XXXXXXX
United Kingdom
exit 00
00 + 40 + area code + number
00 40 21(31) XXXXXXX
Europe
exit 00
00 + 40 + area code + number
00 40 21(31) XXXXXXX
Australia
exit 0011
0011 + 40 + area code + number
0011 40 21(31) XXXXXXX
04Number format

Romania phone number format explained

Domestically every Romanian number runs to 10 digits, trunk 0 included — drop that 0 and you have the +40 form. A neat quirk of the plan: the capital gets a short 2-digit code while the rest of the country uses 3.

Landline

0 + area code (2 digits for Bucharest, e.g. 21; 3 digits elsewhere, e.g. 264 for Cluj) + subscriber number. Example: 021 XXX XXXX → +40 21 XXX XXXX. Bucharest also carries 031.

Mobile

07 + 8 digits. Example: 07XX XXX XXX → +40 7XX XXX XXX. Every Romanian mobile opens with 07.

05Area codes

Romania area codes — major cities

Drop the local leading 0 when calling from abroad.

// Full directory12 entries
CityRegionArea code
BucharestBucharest21(31)
Cluj-NapocaCluj264
TimișoaraTimiș256
IașiIași232
ConstanțaConstanța241
BrașovBrașov268
CraiovaDolj251
GalațiGalați236
PloieștiPrahova244
OradeaBihor259
SibiuSibiu269
BacăuBacău234
06Mobile networks

Romania mobile network prefixes

The prefix after +40 tells you which network issued the SIM — though number portability means it no longer guarantees the operator.

OR

Orange Romania

+40 historically 074x and 075x.

VR

Vodafone Romania

+40 historically 072x, 073x and 078x.

DM

DIGI Mobil (RCS&RDS)

+40 historically 077x.

TR

Telekom Romania Mobile

+40 historically 076x and 078x.

07Time zone

Romania time zone

Romania runs on Eastern European Time, UTC+2, and — unlike its EAT neighbours further south — it does spring forward, jumping to EEST (UTC+3) from late March to late October. Factor that DST swing into any recurring call schedule.

New York
05:00
London
10:00
Dubai
14:00
Singapore
18:00
Sydney
21:00
Best call windows

09:00–17:00 EET tracks the Romanian working day. A Bucharest morning meets the US East Coast late afternoon, so American teams calling the diaspora or partners are best off dialing before lunch their time.

Open the interactive best-time-to-call planner
09Avoid these

Common mistakes when calling Romania

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

Reading a 07x prefix as proof of carrier: with full portability live for years, a Romanian number can sit on Orange, Vodafone, Digi or Telekom regardless of how it starts

the most common assumption people get wrong.

Leaving the trunk 0 in place: don't dial +40 0 21…

the 0 disappears once +40 is on.

Treating 21 and 31 as different cities: both belong to Bucharest, so dial every digit that follows

Treating 21 and 31 as different cities: both belong to Bucharest, so dial every digit that follows.

Forgetting the count: Romanian numbers are 10 digits domestically, trunk 0 included

Forgetting the count: Romanian numbers are 10 digits domestically, trunk 0 included.

Punching 011 from a mobile abroad: + and 40 do the work

Punching 011 from a mobile abroad: + and 40 do the work.

10Save money

Tips to reduce the cost of calling Romania

Hand out a local +40 virtual/DID number so Romanian callers reach you at domestic rates.

Carry traffic over VoIP/SIP rather than carrier IDD tariffs.

Travelling in? A local eSIM (Orange, Vodafone or Digi) covers data plus on-net calling for a fraction of roaming.

Keep calls inside the EET working day to cut down on missed-call ping-pong.

11For business

Why businesses get a Romania virtual number

Romania pairs a sizeable EU consumer market with a booming tech and outsourcing sector — and a local +40 line is how you reach both without the foreign-number friction. 6 cards:

Higher answer rates

Higher answer rates — a Bucharest or 07x-style caller ID gets picked up far more than an overseas one.

Lower trust friction

Lower trust friction — Romanian customers see a number that reads as one of their own.

Cheaper inbound

Cheaper inbound — funnel Romanian calls onto VoIP instead of toll routes.

Centralized routing

Centralized routing — push +40 calls to whichever team handles them, anywhere.

Faster expansion

Faster expansion — open in Romania without renting an office.

Real PSTN presence

Real PSTN presence — a genuine, dialable Romanian footprint.

MCMPlatform

Romania virtual numbers with My Country Mobile

Plug into Romania's networks with carrier-grade +40 DIDs and the enterprise voice stack to match. 9 feature bullets:

Local DIDs in major area codes — provisioned in minutes

Call forwarding to any mobile, landline, SIP endpoint, or softphone worldwide

HD voice with G.711, G.729, Opus & AMR-WB — auto-negotiated per call

Sub-150ms latency on major voice corridors via distributed PoPs

99.99% uptime SLA backed by geo-redundant infrastructure & sub-2s failover

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 Romania virtual number

Most businesses are live within hours, not days.

1

Choose your +40 number — a Bucharest code or a national line.

2

Clear a quick account and documentation check.

3

Set the path — SIP, app, or PSTN forwarding.

4

Flip it live and start answering +40 calls.

Get a Romania virtual number with MCM

Put a Romanian +40 number to work today and meet customers where they are.

FAQ

Romania +40 — FAQ

Can I tell which carrier a Romanian mobile is on from its prefix?expand_more

No — number portability has been live for years, so a 07x number could sit on Orange, Vodafone, Digi or Telekom.

Why do Bucharest numbers use 21 when other cities use three digits?expand_more

The capital was assigned a short 2-digit area code (21, plus 31); the rest of Romania uses 3-digit codes like 264 for Cluj.

Does Romania change its clocks in summer?expand_more

Yes — it shifts from EET (UTC+2) to EEST (UTC+3) between late March and late October, so build DST into recurring calls.

I'm a diaspora caller in Spain — how do I reach a +40 number?expand_more

Dial 00 (or +) then 40 and the number without its leading 0; the format is identical wherever in Europe you call from.

What's the best time to call a Bucharest office from New York?expand_more

Try US morning, before lunch — that lands in the Romanian late afternoon, inside business hours.

How long is a Romanian phone number?expand_more

Ten digits domestically with the trunk 0; nine after you drop it for +40.

What's the emergency number in Romania?expand_more

112 reaches police, fire and ambulance through the single EU line.

Can a company abroad get a Romanian number?expand_more

Yes — MCM provisions local Bucharest and national +40 DIDs with HD voice, routing and APIs.