Calling Eritrea from the USA

Many people in the United States have family, friends and business partners in Eritrea, and a phone call is still the simplest way to stay close. eFon lets you call Eritrea mobiles and landlines from any phone in the United States at low per-minute rates — no contract, no special plan.

The United States is home to one of the largest Eritrean communities outside Africa, with well-known centres in the Washington DC area, the San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland), Seattle and Atlanta.

How to dial Eritrea from the USA

011 291 · local number

1. From a landline in the United States: dial the exit code 011, then the country code 291, then the local number without any leading zero.
2. From a mobile: type +291 and the local number — the plus sign replaces the exit code on every mobile phone, wherever you are.
3. With eFon: open the app, choose Eritrea, enter the number and call — the app adds the country code for you.

Examples: the mobile number +291 7 123 456 in Eritrea is dialled as 011 291 7 123 456 from a landline in the United States (or +291 7 123 456 from a mobile); the Asmara landline +291 8 370 362 becomes 011 291 8 370 362.

Best time to call Eritrea from the USA

When it's 09:00 in Washington D.C., it's 16:00 in Asmara — Eritrea is 7 h ahead of the United States. Good hours to call: 08:00–14:00 Washington D.C. time, which is 15:00–21:00 in Asmara.

Times are calculated for today and follow daylight-saving changes automatically.

EFon rates to Eritrea from the USA

These are the per-minute prices you pay from the USA — eFon rates depend only on the destination, never on the country you call from. Mobile and landline numbers are listed separately; switch the currency with the toggle.