Your complete guide to dialling Greenland from Nuuk to anywhere in the world — verified +299 country code, America/Godthab time zone, Americas region, ISO references, live local time and weather, plus a step-by-step walkthrough.
Calling
Greenland
+299
Nuuk
Weather
HD voice signal
Alpha-2
GL
Alpha-3
GRL
Greenland
GL
2 Digit ISO
+299
Country Calling Code
GRL
3 Digit ISO
Capital
Nuuk
Time zone
America/Godthab
Weather · Nuuk
Humidity
Wind
Greenland
+299
Capital
Nuuk
Region
Americas
Time zone
America/Godthab
Coordinates
71.7° N, 42.6° W
ISO 3166-1
GL / GRL
Dial format
+299 [area] [number]
Current time in Nuuk
—:—
Best time to call: 09:00 – 17:00 Godthab
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 +299. This identifies Greenland 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 Nuuk or elsewhere.
To call Greenland on WhatsApp, save the number with +299 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 Greenland for business or family, three habits keep every conversation crystal clear and a clean route from TKOS handles the rest.
Nuuk routes through North Africa can carry higher jitter — a headset with active noise cancellation compensates for audio artefacts without you needing to adjust anything.
Nuuk is ~12,771 km away — latency runs 280–310ms. Use wired ethernet to eliminate Wi-Fi jitter on this long-haul path.
Schedule Greenland calls during Nuuk business hours — 09:00–17:00 America/Godthab — your contact will be at their desk in a quiet space rather than taking the call on the move.
Special-rate prefixes and the major city area codes inside Greenland (+299).
| City | Dial codes |
|---|---|
| Aasiaat | +299-89 |
| Illoqqortoormiut | +299-99 |
| Ilulissat | +299-94 |
| Ivittuut | +299-691 |
| Kangaatsiaq | +299-87 |
| Kangerlussuaq | +299-84 |
| Maniitsoq | +299-81 |
| Nanortalik | +299-61 |
| Narsaq | +299-66 |
| Nuuk | +299-3 |
| Paamiut | +299-68 |
| Qaanaaq | +299-97 |
| Qaqortoq | +299-64 |
| Qasigiannguit | +299-91 |
| Qeqertasuaq | +299-92 |
| Sisimiut | +299-86 |
| Tasiilaq | +299-98 |
| Upernavik | +299-96 |
| Uummannaq | +299-95 |
Capital
Nuuk
Population
56.7K
Area
2,166,086 km²
GDP (USD)
$3.00B
Currency
Danish Krone (DKK)
Languages
Greenlandic, Danish
Emergency number
112
Internet TLD
.gl
Drive side
Right-hand traffic
Latitude / Longitude
71.71°N / 42.60°W
Time zone
America/Godthab
ISO 3166 codes
GL · GRL
Nuuk is a North Africa destination — TKOS routes direct via trans-Atlantic submarine cable, cutting costs versus international hub routing.
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TKOS uses direct North Africa carrier interconnects terminating at Nuuk. Bypassing transit hubs keeps packet loss under 0.5% on every Greenland route.
North Africa routes like Greenland (Nuuk) carry high carrier markups — TKOS negotiates direct Nuuk interconnects to keep your rate down. Transparent per-minute rates for Greenland (+299), no hidden fees.
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