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

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

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

    00 + 1 876 + City Area Code + Local number

When you have to make a phone call from Jamaica you will have to dial jamaica-exit-code (eg: jamaica-exit-code 44 for UK).

Please click here for low international calling rates from Jamaica.

The actual current date and time in Kingston, Jamaica can be found at Time in Kingston.

Jamaica’s standard time is -5 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Jamaica does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Jamaica are generally known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was formerly termed STD codes in Jamaica.

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

Phone area codes or city codes in Jamaica in general specify geographical areas within Jamaica which might be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Jamaica is often preceded in the dial string by the Jamaican country code or the international access code for Jamaica ("1 876").

Phone Area codes in Jamaica will often be quoted including the country access code for Jamaica.