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

1) Look for the lowest telephone call rate for Chile, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 56 + City Area Code + Local number

If you have to make a call from Chile you will need to dial chile-exit-code (eg: chile-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The current date and time in Santiago, Chile can be found at Time in Santiago.

Chile’s standard time is -4 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Chile utilises Daylight Time Saving in most locations.

Telephone area codes in Chile are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in Chile.

These phone area codes are crucial only when calling from outside the telephone code area. Then again it is vital when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Chile frequently signify geographical areas within Chile that can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Chile is frequently preceded in the dial string by the Chilean country code or the international access code for Chile ("56").

Phone Area codes in Chile can be quoted together with the country access code for Chile.