Uruguay Country Code

How do I dial mobiles vs landlines in Uruguay

Uruguay’s country calling code is +598, and Uruguay uses a uniform 8-digit national numbering plan for geographic services. In everyday terms, you generally dial the full national number inside Uruguay, and from abroad you dial +598 followed by the same national number. Landlines are easiest to recognize by their leading digits: Montevideo metropolitan numbers typically start with 2, while many interior (outside Montevideo) landlines start with 4 (with a well-known exception for Maldonado, which commonly starts with 42). This means a Montevideo landline will usually look like 2XXX XXXX nationally and +598 2XXX XXXX internationally. 

Mobiles in Uruguay are commonly written domestically with a leading 0 as 09X XXX XXX. When calling from outside Uruguay, you drop that leading 0 and dial the mobile as +598 9X XXX XXX. For example, a mobile shown as 094 XXX XXX in Uruguay is dialed internationally as +598 94 XXX XXX. Since Uruguay has mobile number portability (effective 12 Jan 2022), the starting digits can help you recognize “this is a Uruguayan mobile,” but they may not reliably tell you the subscriber’s current operator. For the most reliable calling and messaging, save all Uruguayan numbers in E.164 format (e.g., +598…) in your contacts. 

What are the emergency numbers in Uruguay

Commonly listed emergency numbers include 911 (general emergency), 112 (emergency from mobile), 104 (firefighters), and 105 (ambulance/public health).