Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international calls to Botswana from abroad:

1) Find the lowest telephone call rate for Botswana, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 267 + City Area Code + Local number

If you need to make a telephone call from Botswana you will need to dial botswana-exit-code (eg: botswana-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual date and time in Gaborone, Botswana can be found at Time in Gaborone.

Botswana’s standard time is 2 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Botswana does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Botswana are frequently identified as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was once named STD codes in Botswana.

These phone area codes are necessary only when calling from outside the telephone code area. However it is a must when making a calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Botswana normally reveal geographical areas within Botswana which can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Botswana is typically preceded in the dial string by the Batswana country code or the international access code for Botswana ("267").

Phone Area codes in Botswana quoted including the country access code for Botswana.