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

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

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

    00 + 973 + City Area Code + Local number

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

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

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

Bahrain does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

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 Bahrain in general specify geographical areas within Bahrain which might be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Bahrain is often preceded in the dial string by the Bahraini country code or the international access code for Bahrain ("973").

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