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

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

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

    00 + 230 + City Area Code + Local number

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

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The current date and time in Port Louis, Mauritius can be found at Time in Port Louis.

Mauritius’s standard time is 4 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Mauritius does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

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

The telephone area code in Mauritius is usually preceded in the dial string by the Mauritian country code or the international access code for Mauritius ("230").

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