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

1) Discover the lowest telephone call rate for Cameroon, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

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

    00 + 237 + City Area Code + Local number

If you want to make a phone call from Cameroon you will have to dial cameroon-exit-code (eg: cameroon-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The present date and time in Yaounde, Cameroon can be found at Time in Yaounde.

Cameroon’s standard time is 1 Hour away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Cameroon does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

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

These phone area codes are essential only if calling from outside the telephone code area. But it is important when making a telephone calls from the mobile phones.

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

The telephone area code in Cameroon is commonly preceded in the dial string by the Cameroonian country code or the international access code for Cameroon ("237").

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