Peru Country Code

Peru’s phone code is the telephone country code that is used for phone communications when a call is placed from outside of the country.

Peru’s Country Code is +51

Peru’s country code is +51. The country code is necessary only when dialing a phone number to make a telephone call from another country. International callers who wish to dial a telephone number in Peru should dial Peru’s telephone country code (+51) before the national telephone number preceded by area code.

All national phone numbers in Peru are usually eight digits long – aa bbb bbb (except for Lima and Callao – a bbb bbbb), with aa being the area code followed by the 6 or 7 digit local phone number. Follow these easy steps to dial a phone number in Peru using the country code:

Step 1. Enter your country’s exit code on your phone. If you are calling from Europe please enter the 00 (or “+” sign if calling from a mobile device) or 011 if calling from the United States. American callers use the “011” exit code for all international call, including Peru.

Step 2. Dial 51, Peru’s country code.

Step 3. Then enter Peru’s area code.

Step 4. Right after the area code, dial the national phone number you wish to call in Peru.

Here is an example: 

When calling from Europe: 00 51 aa bbb bbb (or +51 aa bbb bbb from a mobile device)
When calling from the United States: 011 51 aa bbb bbb

Peru’s area codes are two digit long codes (except for Lima and Callo) that are used for long-distance calling inside the country. Here are some Peru’s area codes:

If you wish to dial a phone number with these area codes from outside Peru, you would have to dial first the exit code, then Peru’s country code 51. 

For example, if you want to dial a phone number in Lima , this would be an example of a phone number: +51 1 bbb bbbb or 0051 1 bbb bbbb, and 011 51 1 bbb bbbb if calling from the United States.

Peru’s mobile phone numbers are operated by the four largest local mobile phone companies – Movistar Peru, Claro Peru, Entel Peru, Bitel.

The mobile phone numbers in Peru starts with “9” and are nine digits long. When dialing a mobile phone number from outside of the country, first you need to dial the exit code (for example, “011” or “+” sign if calling from the United States), then Peru’s country code “51”, plus the 9 digit phone number.

For example, enter 011 51 9bb bbb bbb or +51 9bb bbb bbb if calling from the United States.

If you plan to travel to Peru it is important to be prepared when it comes to your health and safety. We recommend to save the phone numbers below in case you’ll need it.

Here are the most important Peru’s public phone numbers: