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When are calls to Japan, Russia, etc.
most inexpensive?
The table below indicates when peak (normal) and off-peak (discounted) rates are in effect for ID3 (International Direct Distance Dialing) calls to a long list of countries. Each peak and off-peak range is given in local U.S. time (e.g., EST for calls from BNL).
| COUNTRY |
PEAK |
OFF-PEAK |
| Albania, Socialist
Republic of |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Algeria |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| American Somoa |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Andorra |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Angola |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Anguilla |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| Antartica (Casey) |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Antartica (Scott) |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Antigua (Barbuda) |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| Argentina |
8AM-6PM |
6PM-8AM |
| Armenia |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Aruba |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| Ascension Island |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Australia |
2PM-8PM |
8PM-2PM |
| Austria |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Azerbaijan |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Bahamas |
8AM-5PM |
5PM-8AM |
| Bahrain |
8AM-3PM |
3PM-8AM |
| Bangladesh, People's
Republic of |
6AM-6PM |
6PM-6AM |
| Barbados |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| Belarus |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Belgium |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Belize |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Benin, People's Republic
of |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Bermuda |
8AM-5PM |
5PM-8AM |
| Bhutan |
6PM-6AM |
6AM-6PM |
| Bolivia |
4PM-12M |
12M-4PM |
| Bosnia-Hercegovena, Republics
of |
1PM-12M |
12AM-1PM |
| Botswana |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Brazil |
8AM-6PM |
6PM-8AM |
| Canada |
8AM-6PM |
6PM-8AM |
| Chile |
8AM-6PM |
6PM-8AM |
| Eritrea |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Estonia |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Ethiopia |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Faeroe Islands |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Falkland Islands |
8AM-6PM |
6PM-8AM |
| Fiji Islands |
5PM-2AM |
2AM-5PM |
| Finland |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| France |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| French Antilles (Martinique,
St. Barthelemy, and St. Martin) |
8AM-5PM |
5PM-8AM |
| French Guiana |
8AM-6PM |
6PM-8AM |
| French Polynesia (Including
the Islands of Moorea and Tahiti) |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Gabon Republic |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Gambia |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Georgia |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Germany, Federal Republic
of (Including former German Democratic Republic) |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Ghana |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Greece Gibraltar |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Greenland |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Grenada (Including
Carriacou) |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| Guadeloupe |
8AM-5PM |
5PM-8AM |
| Guantanamo (U.S. Naval
Base) |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| Guatemala |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Guinea-Bissau Guinea, People's
Revolutionary Republic |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Guyana |
8AM-6PM |
6PM-8AM |
| Haiti |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| Honduras |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Hong Kong |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Hungary |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Iceland |
1PM-8PM |
8PM-1PM |
| India |
6AM-6PM |
6PM-6AM |
| Indonesia |
5PM-2AM |
2AM-5PM |
| Iran |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Iraq |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Ireland |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Israel |
8AM-5PM |
5PM-8AM |
| Italy |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Ivory Coast, Republic of |
6AM-12N |
2N-6AM |
| Jamaica |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| Japan (Including Okinawa) |
2PM-8PM |
8PM-2PM |
| Jordan |
8AM-5PM |
5PM-8AM |
| Kazakhstan |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Kenya, Republic of |
7AM-5PM |
5PM-7AM |
| Kiribati |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Korea, Democratic People's
Republic of |
2PM-8PM |
8PM-2PM |
| Korea, Republic of |
2PM-8PM |
8PM-2PM |
| Kuwait |
7AM-5PM |
5PM-7AM |
| Kyrgyzstan |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Laos |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Latvia |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Lebanon |
8AM-3PM |
3PM-8AM |
| Lesotho |
7AM-5PM |
5PM-7AM |
| Liberia |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Libyan Arab People's
Socialist Jamahiriya |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Liechtenstein |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Lithuania |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Luxembourg |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Macao |
5PM-2AM |
2AM-5PM |
| Macedonia, Former Yugoslav
Republic of |
1PM-12M |
2AM-1PM |
| Madagascar, Democratic
Republic of |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Malawi |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Malaysia |
5PM-2AM |
2AM-5PM |
| Maldives, Republic of |
6PM-1AM |
1AM-6PM |
| Mali, Republic of |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Malta, Republic of |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Marshall Islands |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Mauritania, Islamic
Republic of |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Mauritius |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Mayotte Island |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Mexico |
7AM-7PM |
7PM-7AM |
| Micronesia, Federated
States of |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Moldova |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Monaco |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Mongolian, People's
Republic |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Montserrat |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| Morocco, Kingdom of |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Mozambique |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Namibia |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Nauru |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Nepal |
6AM-6PM |
6PM-6AM |
| Netherlands |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire,
Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius
and St. Maarten) |
8AM-5PM |
5PM-8AM |
| Nevis |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| New Caledonia |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| New Zealand (Including
Chatham Island) |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Nicaragua |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Niger, Republic of |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Nigeria, Federal Republic
of |
7AM-5PM |
5PM-7AM |
| Niue |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Norfolk Island |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Norway (Including Svalbard) |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Oman |
8AM-3PM |
3PM-8AM |
| Pakistan |
6AM-6PM |
6PM-6AM |
| Palau, Republic of |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Panama, Republic of |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Papua New Guinea (Admiralty
Islands, Bougainville, New Britain and New Ireland) |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Paraguay |
8AM-6PM |
6PM-8AM |
| Peru |
4PM-12M |
12M-4PM |
| Philippines |
5PM-2AM |
2AM-5PM |
| Poland, People's Republic
of |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Portugal (Including Azores
and Madeira Islands) |
1PM-8PM |
8PM-1PM |
| Qatar |
7AM-5PM |
5PM-7AM |
| Reunion Island |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Romania, Socialist
Republic of |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Russia |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Rwanda |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| San Marino |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Sao Tome |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Saudi Arabia |
7AM-5PM |
5PM-7AM |
| Senegal Republic |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Seychelles Islands |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Sierra Leone |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Singapore, Republic of |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Slovakia |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Slovenia, Republic of |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Solomon Islands |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Somali, Republic of |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| South Africa, Republic of |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Spain (Including Balearic
Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla) |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Sri Lanka, Democratic
Socialist Republic of |
6AM-6PM |
6PM-6AM |
| St. Helena |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| St. Kitts |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| St. Lucia |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| St. Pierre & Miquelon |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| St. Vincent and The
Grenadines |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| Sudan |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Suriname, Republic of |
8AM-6PM |
6PM-8AM |
| Swaziland |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Sweden |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Switzerland |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Taiwan |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Tajikistan |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Tanzania |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Thailand |
5PM-2AM |
2AM-5PM |
| Togo, Republic of |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Tonga Islands |
5PM-2AM |
2AM-5PM |
| Trinidad & Tobago, Democratic
Republic of |
4PM-10PM |
10PM-4PM |
| Tunisia |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Turkey |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Turkmenistan |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
8AM-5PM |
5PM-8AM |
| Tuvalu |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Uganda |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Ukraine |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| United Arab Emirates (Abu
Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah,
and Umm al Qaiwain) |
8AM-3PM |
3PM-8AM |
United Kingdom (Including
the Channel Islands, England,
Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Uruguay |
4PM-12M |
12M-4PM |
| Uzbekistan |
1PM-2AM |
2AM-1PM |
| Vanuatu, Republic of |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Vatican City |
7AM-1PM |
1PM-7AM |
| Venezuela |
8AM-6PM |
6PM-8AM |
| Vietnam, Socialist
Republic of |
5PM-2AM |
2AM-5PM |
| Wallis & Futuna Islands |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Western Samoa |
5PM-11PM |
11PM-5PM |
| Yemen, Republic of (Including
Aden & Almahrah) |
8AM-3PM |
3PM-8AM |
| Yugoslavia, Federal
Republic of |
1PM-12M |
2AM-1PM |
| Zaire, Republic of |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Zambia |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
| Zimbabwe |
6AM-12N |
12N-6AM |
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