+55 Country Code: Brazil Dialing Guide

The 55 country code is Brazil. If you've received a call from a +55 number, it came from Brazil. If you need to call Brazil, dial +55 followed by the area code and local number. Here's everything you need to know about Brazilian phone numbers.

What Country Is +55?

The +55 country code belongs to Brazil, South America's largest country with over 210 million people. All Brazilian phone numbers—landlines and mobiles—use this code for international calls. Whether you're calling Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, or a small town in the Amazon, the country code is always +55.

Brazilian Phone Number Format

Brazilian landlines have 8 digits. Mobiles have 9 digits and always start with 9.

Type	Digits	Format	Example
Landline	8	XX XXXX-XXXX	11 3333-3333
Mobile	9	XX 9XXXX-XXXX	21 98765-4321

The first two digits are the area code. The rest is the local number. If you see a Brazilian number starting with 9 after the area code, it's a mobile phone. Numbers starting with 2, 3, 4, or 5 after the area code are landlines.

Brazil added the 9 prefix to all mobile numbers between 2010 and 2016. If you have an old Brazilian contact without the 9, add it before the existing 8-digit mobile number.

Major Brazil Area Codes

Sao Paulo uses area code 11. Rio de Janeiro uses 21. Brasilia, the capital, uses 61.

City	Area Code
Sao Paulo	11
Rio de Janeiro	21
Brasilia	61
Salvador	71
Belo Horizonte	31
Porto Alegre	51
Curitiba	41
Recife	81
Fortaleza	85
Manaus	92

Brazil has dozens of area codes, but these cover the major cities. If you're not sure which area code you need, the first two digits of any Brazilian number tell you the region.

How to Call Brazil

To call Brazil from the US, dial 011 + 55 + area code + local number.

From a US landline:

From any mobile phone:

The + sign replaces your country's exit code. Most mobile phones let you dial it directly by holding the 0 key.

Calling the US from Brazil

Calling the US from Brazil through local carriers requires a carrier code: 00 + carrier code + 1 + number.

Each Brazilian carrier has its own code—Telefonica is 15, Vivo is 21, TIM is 41. You need to remember which carrier you're using and dial the right code. Miss a digit and the call won't connect.

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Brazil-US Time Zone Difference

Most of Brazil is 2 hours ahead of US Eastern Time.

Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Brasilia all run on Brasilia Time (UTC-3). When it's 9am in New York, it's 11am in Sao Paulo. Brazil doesn't observe daylight saving time, so the gap stays consistent.

If you're in Brazil calling US businesses, aim for 11am-7pm local time. That hits the 9am-5pm window on the US East Coast.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is area code +55 62?

+55 62 is Goiânia, the capital of the state of Goiás in central Brazil. Goiás's area code 62 also covers most of the state's interior cities (Anápolis, Aparecida de Goiânia, Trindade). The full international format is +55 62 XXXX-XXXX for landlines or +55 62 9XXXX-XXXX for mobiles. If a number from +55 62 calls you and you don't recognize it, the most common legitimate reasons are agribusiness companies (Goiás is a major soybean and cattle region) or a relative who moved to Goiânia for work. Watch for spam: Brazilian regulator Anatel reports +55 62 prefixes among the higher-volume regions for scam call complaints.

Why do some old Brazilian mobile numbers only have 8 digits?

Brazil added the leading 9 to all mobile numbers between 2010 and 2016 in a rolling rollout by state, expanding mobile capacity from 8 to 9 digits after the area code. Pre-2016 contacts saved without the 9 still appear in many address books and old documents. To call an old 8-digit mobile, prepend a 9: an old number listed as 21 8765-4321 should now be dialed +55 21 98765-4321. Landlines remained 8 digits (no leading 9). The change does not affect the country code or area code. If a call won't connect to an old Brazilian mobile contact, the missing 9 is almost always why.

Does Brazil's carrier-select code matter for incoming calls from the US?

No. Carrier-select codes (15 for Telefônica/Vivo, 21 for Embratel/Claro, 41 for TIM) only apply when someone in Brazil places an outbound long-distance or international call. When you call into Brazil from the US, you dial 011 + 55 + area code + number, with no carrier selection on your end. The Brazilian network routes the call through whichever carrier owns the destination number. The +55 country code and area code uniquely identify the destination; the recipient's carrier handles delivery. Carrier-select only matters going outbound from Brazil, which is why it confuses US callers who hear about it from Brazilian relatives.

Do US callers need to add the 0 trunk prefix when calling Brazil?

No. The 0 trunk prefix is used only for domestic long-distance within Brazil (e.g. 0 + 21 + 15 + number for Vivo). For international calls from the US to Brazil, dial 011 + 55 + area code + number without the leading 0. So a São Paulo landline written domestically as 0XX 11 3333-3333 (where XX is the carrier selection) becomes +55 11 3333-3333 from the US. The same applies to mobile numbers: dial +55 21 98765-4321, not +55 0 21 98765-4321. Adding the 0 will cause the call to fail with a routing error or unassigned number message.

Will my US mobile carrier charge me to call a +55 number from the US?

Yes; calls to Brazil are international and bill at your US carrier's international rate. T-Mobile Magenta plans charge $0.20/minute to Brazil landlines and $0.50/minute to mobiles. Verizon's Pay-As-You-Go international rate is around $0.99/minute to Brazil. AT&T runs similar. Browser-based dialers route the same calls cheaper: Skype Out is around $0.023/minute to Brazil landlines; Google Voice charges $0.04/minute to Brazil. WorldDialer also reaches Brazilian numbers, priced a little above both of those and with no subscription required; check worlddialer.com/rates for the current figure. T-Mobile's Stateside International Talk add-on at $10/month is the best US carrier deal for regular Brazil callers.