Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to Kenya from overseas:

1) Discover the lowest telephone call rate for Kenya, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 254 + City Area Code + Local number

If you want to make a phone call from Kenya you will have to dial kenya-exit-code (eg: kenya-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The present date and time in Nairobi, Kenya can be found at Time in Nairobi.

Kenya’s standard time is 3 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Kenya does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Kenya are usually referred to as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was previously referred to as STD codes in Kenya.

These phone area codes are essential only if calling from outside the telephone code area. But it is important when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Kenya usually show geographical areas within Kenya that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Kenya is generally preceded in the dial string by the Kenyan country code or the international access code for Kenya ("254").

Phone Area codes in Kenya in many cases are quoted together with the country access code for Kenya.