Your complete guide to dialling United Arab Emirates from Abu Dhabi to anywhere in the world — verified +971 country code, Asia/Dubai time zone, Asia region, ISO references, live local time and weather, plus a step-by-step walkthrough.
Calling
United Arab Emirates
+971
Abu Dhabi
Weather
HD voice signal
Alpha-2
AE
Alpha-3
ARE
United Arab Emirates
AE
2 Digit ISO
+971
Country Calling Code
ARE
3 Digit ISO
Capital
Abu Dhabi
Time zone
Asia/Dubai
Weather · Abu Dhabi
Humidity
Wind
United Arab Emirates
+971
Capital
Abu Dhabi
Region
Asia
Time zone
Asia/Dubai
Coordinates
23.4° N, 53.9° E
ISO 3166-1
AE / ARE
Dial format
+971 [area] [number]
Current time in Abu Dhabi
—:—
Best time to call: 09:00 – 17:00 Dubai
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 +971. This identifies United Arab Emirates 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 Abu Dhabi or elsewhere.
To call United Arab Emirates on WhatsApp, save the number with +971 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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The UAE country code +971 is shared across all seven emirates — Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah — with no separate code per emirate. Landline numbers follow a two-digit area code after +971: Abu Dhabi uses 02, Dubai uses 04, Sharjah and the northern emirates use 06. Mobile numbers from Etisalat (e&) and du begin with 05 followed by a single digit that indicates the operator — 050 and 056 for e&, 055 and 058 for du — giving a full international format of +971 5X XXX XXXX. The UAE observes Gulf Standard Time (GST, UTC+4) year-round with no daylight saving, so calls from South Africa cross a two-hour offset. Business hours in Dubai and Abu Dhabi typically run Sunday to Thursday 08:00–17:00 GST, with Friday and Saturday as the weekend — callers from Monday-to-Friday markets should plan accordingly.
Whether you're reaching United Arab Emirates for business or family, three habits keep every conversation crystal clear and a clean route from TKOS handles the rest.
Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) routes benefit from active noise cancellation — local background noise at the Abu Dhabi end is less disruptive when your mic is already clean.
Abu Dhabi is ~6,030 km away — expect ~280ms round-trip. A wired ethernet connection keeps packet loss below 0.1%.
Schedule United Arab Emirates calls during Abu Dhabi business hours — 09:00–17:00 Asia/Dubai — 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 United Arab Emirates (+971).
| National | Dial codes |
|---|---|
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TOLL FREE | +971-180 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TOLL FREE CORP | +971-8000 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TOLL FREE LOW USAGE | +971-999 |
| City | Dial codes |
|---|---|
| ABU DHABI | +971-2 |
| AJMAN | +971-6 |
| AL AIN | +971-3 |
| AWEIR | +971-58 |
| DHAYD | +971-6 |
| DIBBA | +971-9 |
| DUBAI | +971-4 |
| FALAJ-AL-MOALLA | +971-6 |
| FUJAIRAH | +971-70 |
| KHAWANIJ | +971-48 |
| RAS-AL-KHAIMAH | +971-77 |
| SHARJAH | +971-6 |
| TARIF | +971-88 |
| UMM-AL-QAIWAIN | +971-6 |
Capital
Abu Dhabi
Population
9.44M
Area
83,600 km²
GDP (USD)
$504.00B
Currency
UAE Dirham (AED)
Languages
Arabic
Emergency number
999
Internet TLD
.ae
Drive side
Right-hand traffic
Latitude / Longitude
23.42°N / 53.85°E
Time zone
Asia/Dubai
ISO 3166 codes
AE · ARE
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