359 Country Code - Bulgaria Country Code 00359

359 is the country code for Bulgaria.

Sofia is the capital city of Bulgaria.

How to Call Bulgaria from Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

To call a telephone number in Bulgaria from Dubai (United Arab Emirates):

Dial the international call prefix. For calls from Dubai (United Arab Emirates), this is 00 (or '+' from mobile phones).
Dial the country code for Bulgaria - 359.
Dial the subscriber number, omitting the first zero if there is one.

Landlines – City/Area Telephone Codes in Bulgaria

Area telephone codes for a selection of the biggest cities in Bulgaria are listed below:

Burgas – 056
Pleven – 064
Plovdiv – 032
Ruse – 082
Sofia – 02
Stara Zagora – 042
Varna – 052

All digits are dialled when making a domestic call to a landline in Bulgaria, even when calling from within the same area.

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Do not dial the 0 prefix of the area code when calling from overseas.

For example, to call a number in Sofia XXXXXXX:

From a landline in Sofia dial 02-XXXXXXX.
From a landline in Bulgaria outside Sofia, dial 02-XXXXXXX.
From a mobile phone in Bulgaria, dial 02-XXXXXXX.
From overseas, dial the international call prefix (00/+), the country code for Bulgaria (359), the area code without the 0, then the subscriber number e.g. 00-359-2-XXXXXXX or +359-2-XXXXXXX.

Mobile Telephone Numbers in Bulgaria

Mobile phone numbers in Bulgaria begin with digits such as 043, 08, 098, and 099.

To call a mobile phone number in Bulgaria from overseas, dial the international exit call prefix (00/+), the Bulgaria country code (359), and then the subscriber number without the leading 0 e.g. 00-359-XXXXXXXXX or +359-XXXXXXXXX.

Time Difference

When making a telephone call to Bulgaria from the United Arab Emirates, please be aware of the time difference between the UAE and Bulgaria.

The time now in Bulgaria is . The date is .

The time right now in the United Arab Emirates is . The date is .

The time difference between Bulgaria and UAE is 1 hour.

Exchange Rate

The currency used in Bulgaria is the Bulgarian lev (BGN).

Current exchange rates between the Bulgarian lev and the UAE dirham (BGN to AED, AED to BGN) are:

1 Bulgarian lev (BGN) = 2.175 AED
1 UAE dirham (AED) = 0.46 BGN

Exchange rates on this page were last updated on Monday 17th of August 2026 at 2:25 am GMT.

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