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

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

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

    00 + 974 + City Area Code + Local number

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

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The present date and time in Doha, Qatar can be found at Time in Doha.

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

Qatar does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

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

Phone area codes or city codes in Qatar typically suggest geographical areas within Qatar that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Qatar is commonly preceded in the dial string by the Qatari country code or the international access code for Qatar ("974").

Phone Area codes in Qatar are sometimes quoted along with the country access code for Qatar.