Your complete guide to dialling Eritrea from Asmara to anywhere in the world — verified +291 country code, Africa/Asmara time zone, Africa region, ISO references, live local time and weather, plus a step-by-step walkthrough.
Calling
Eritrea
+291
Asmara
Weather
HD voice signal
Alpha-2
ER
Alpha-3
ERI
Eritrea
ER
2 Digit ISO
+291
Country Calling Code
ERI
3 Digit ISO
Capital
Asmara
Time zone
Africa/Asmara
Weather · Asmara
Humidity
Wind
Eritrea
+291
Capital
Asmara
Region
Africa
Time zone
Africa/Asmara
Coordinates
15.2° N, 39.8° E
ISO 3166-1
ER / ERI
Dial format
+291 [area] [number]
Current time in Asmara
—:—
Best time to call: 09:00 – 17:00 Asmara
A complete international number is built from four parts. Here's the anatomy and the dialling order.
Number anatomy
Format follows ITU-T Recommendation E.164 the international public telecommunication numbering plan.
Press + on a mobile (hold the 0 key), or dial 00 from most countries / 011 from North America.
Dial +291. This identifies Eritrea on the global telephone network.
Type the first part of the local number. Drop the leading 0 if there is one.
The remaining digits route the call to the specific line in Asmara or elsewhere.
To call Eritrea on WhatsApp, save the number with +291 and no exit prefix — WhatsApp dials from your contacts, not a dial pad. Voice and video calls are free over data.
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Whether you're reaching Eritrea for business or family, three habits keep every conversation crystal clear and a clean route from TKOS handles the rest.
Asmara routes through North Africa can carry higher jitter — a headset with active noise cancellation compensates for audio artefacts without you needing to adjust anything.
Asmara is ~4,728 km away — expect ~280ms round-trip. A wired ethernet connection keeps packet loss below 0.1%.
Schedule Eritrea calls during Asmara business hours — 09:00–17:00 Africa/Asmara — your contact will be at their desk in a quiet space rather than taking the call on the move.
Capital
Asmara
Population
3.62M
Area
117,600 km²
GDP (USD)
$2.10B
Currency
Eritrean Nakfa (ERN)
Languages
Tigrinya, Arabic, English
Emergency number
127
Internet TLD
.er
Drive side
Right-hand traffic
Latitude / Longitude
15.18°N / 39.78°E
Time zone
Africa/Asmara
ISO 3166 codes
ER · ERI
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TKOS uses direct North Africa carrier interconnects terminating at Asmara. Bypassing transit hubs keeps packet loss under 0.5% on every Eritrea route.
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