Calling United Arab Emirates

How to phone United Arab Emirates from the UK

Including how to call Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain.

United Arab Emirates uses the country code +971.

From the United Kingdom you need to dial:

00971
then the full national number minus any leading 0

Example

United Arab Emirates number: 02 4567890
Dialled from the UK as: 00 971 2 4567890

Numbers beginning with +971

Sometimes, the number you want to call may already be written out including the +971 country code. For example:

  • +971 2 4567890
  • +971 (0)2 4567890

In such cases, you just replace the '+' with the UK international access code of 00 and ignore any reference to '(0)'. Both the examples above would be dialled as: 00 971 2 4567890.


How do they call me from United Arab Emirates?

To call a United Kingdom landline or mobile phone from United Arab Emirates, dial 00 44, then the UK number without its leading zero.

For example, the UK number 01632 312829 should be dialled as 00 44 1632 312829 from United Arab Emirates.