How to Call El Salvador from the U.S.

To call El Salvador from the U.S., just follow these easy dialing directions:

• First dial 011 — the U.S. exit code.
• Next dial 503 — the country code for El Salvador.
• Finally, dial the phone number — 8 digits starting with a “2” for landlines or “9” for cell phones.

Does your number to call El Salvador start with a (+)? What does it mean?

Some international numbers have a plus sign before the country code. This (+) simply means that when dialing this number internationally, the country exit code needs to be used. In some cases, you can dial “+” on a cell or VoIP phone, or simply replace the plus sign with your country‘s exit code. For calls to El Salvador from the U.S. using Vonage, you can replace the “+” with “011,” but they‘ll both work.

Here‘s a list of major area and city calling codes for El Salvador: