🇮🇳How to call India from the US
Exit
011
India
91
The number
Drop the 0
Indian mobile numbers are ten digits and are written locally with a leading 0. That 0 comes off. The other half of it is that Indian landline area codes vary in length, from 11 for Delhi to five digits for a small town, so the total after +91 is always ten digits but the split moves.
01Call it
Or skip the exit code entirely
Calling from a browser means no exit code, no carrier and nothing that changes when you cross a border. Type the number and the price appears before anything dials. The first minute is free and needs no card.
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02When
When to call
India is 9 hours 30 minutes ahead of US Eastern time in summer and 10 hours 30 minutes ahead in winter, and it never changes its own clocks. Morning in New York is evening in Delhi, which is the workable overlap for a family call and the wrong end of the day for an office.
The largest corridor on this list, and the one where the call is most often to a landline: a bank branch, a hospital, a government office, or a parent's home phone that has never had an app on it.
03Cost
What a minute costs
Which of those applies is read off the digits you type, so you are never asked to guess whether a India number is a landline or a mobile. Services that ask you to pick quote one of these prices and are wrong whenever the guess is.
Per minute in USD from a US caller ID, part of a minute counting as a full one. Rates last changed 18 August 2026. Everything we publish for India, or check one number.
04From elsewhere
Calling India from somewhere else
Only the exit code changes. The country code and the number are the same wherever you are standing.
| Calling from | Dial before 91 |
|---|---|
| United States and Canada | 011 |
| United Kingdom and Ireland | 00 |
| Australia | 0011 |
| Japan | 010 |
| Most of Europe, Africa and Asia | 00 |
05Questions
Common questions
How do I call India from the US?
Dial 011, then 91, then the India number. Indian mobile numbers are ten digits and are written locally with a leading 0. That 0 comes off. The other half of it is that Indian landline area codes vary in length, from 11 for Delhi to five digits for a small town, so the total after +91 is always ten digits but the split moves. From a browser on Airlophone there is no exit code at all: you type the number starting +91 and the price for that exact number appears before it dials.
What is the country code for India?
+91. From the US you dial 011 first to leave the country, so the full string begins 011 91. From the UK and most of Europe the exit code is 00 instead, and from Australia it is 0011.
How much does it cost to call India?
On Airlophone it starts at $0.12 a minute, billed per minute with part of a minute counting as a full one. The exact price depends on the band: landline $0.15, mobile $0.12 per minute. The band is read from the digits of the number itself, so you are never asked to guess whether a number is a landline or a mobile. Calling the same number on a mobile carrier's international direct dial or while roaming is charged separately by that carrier and is normally a great deal more.
What is the best time to call India from the US?
India is 9 hours 30 minutes ahead of US Eastern time in summer and 10 hours 30 minutes ahead in winter, and it never changes its own clocks. Morning in New York is evening in Delhi, which is the workable overlap for a family call and the wrong end of the day for an office.
Do I need an app or a SIM card?
No. Airlophone runs in a browser tab, so there is nothing to install and no SIM to buy, and it works the same on a laptop you have borrowed. The person you call needs nothing either: the call arrives on the ordinary phone network, so their phone rings whether it is a landline or a mobile and whether or not they have internet.
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