Call Singapore

Staying in contact with colleagues abroad results in high call prices & confusing calling criteria. To solve this, Talk360 makes calling Singapore simple & cost-effective. With the Talk360 calling app, you can call Singapore at affordable per-minute rates.

To call a fixed line in Singapore from the United States, simply follow these straightforward dialing tips:

• first dial 011, the U.S. exit code;
• next dial 65, the country code for Singapore;
• then dial the area code (1-2 digits. See a sample calling code list below);
• and finally, dial the phone number (5–7 digits).

If calling Singapore from any country in the world, you simply need to do the following:

• enter the exit code: It’s also referred to as the IDD code (International Direct Dialing) or ISD code (International Subscriber Dialing). For most countries, it’s 00 or +. For the USA and Canada, it’s 011;
• country code: Each country has a unique dialing code;
• area code: This is the code for a part of Singapore. It’s usually a general area or a city;
• local number: The local number you would like to dial.

Singapore only has one area code, which is the same as the country code: +65.

You now understand how to dial Singapore. With Talk360, you only have to buy credit and enter the mobile number you want you want to reach.

• Since 1905, Singapore has changed its time zones 6 times! Presently its time zone is GMT+8 (just to be in synch with Malaysia), but it is technically still incorrect. Singapore should be in the GMT +7.5 time zone.
• Chewing gum is banned in Singapore. Only those with medical prescription can chew gum!
• Singapore is one of the 20 smallest countries in the world. The main island is 42 kilometres long and 23 kilometres wide and has a total land area of just 683 square kilometres.
• There is a maximum limit to how high buildings in Singapore can be built, which is 280 meters.
• The Tanjong Pagar Centre, opened in 2016, is Singapore’s tallest building at 290 meters . Special permission was granted to it to exceed the usual height restriction of 280 meters.
• Other than the four official languages: English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil that Singaporeans speak, they also speak a fifth language which is a local lingo by the name of Singlish . However, instead of being a broken language, it is a really complicated creole that foreigners cannot pick up easily.
• A total of 27 Singlish words have made it to the Oxford dictionary.
• In all of Southeast Asia, you will find the largest size of Yakult bottles in Singapore.
• Collectively, Singaporeans are the fastest pedestrians in the world, walking at a speed of about 6.15 kilometres per hour!
• Of the only five official Tintin shops in the world, one of them is in Chinatown in Singapore (the remaining four are in Japan and Europe).
• With over 260 food stalls, the Complex Food Centre in Chinatown is the largest hawker centre in all of Singapore.
• After New Zealand, Singapore is the easiest place across the globe to do business , according to a business list published by the World Bank.
• You can find the National Anthem of Singapore on the back of the SGD 1000 note, written in micro text.
• Contrary to popular belief, Singapore is not a single island, but 63 in all ; comprising of other offshore islands also, such as Sentosa Island, Pulau Ubin, Sisters’ Island and St John’s island among others.
• You can actually sit and enjoy free movie screening 24/7 at the Changi Airport . Check out Terminals 2 and 3 for 2D movies, and Terminal 4 for 4D cinema.
• The youngest person in the world to have passed GCE ‘O’ Level Chemistry paper at the age of just 7 is from Singapore.
• There is an actual law against not flushing the public toilet after using it in Singapore , and you will be fined SGD 150 if you get caught.

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