Portuguese phone number lookup (+351)

Unknown calls from Portugal

Portugal's popularity with remote workers, retirees and students has brought a steady stream of newcomers who receive calls from estate agents, the Finanças tax office, utility companies and schools, often from unfamiliar 2xx or 9xx numbers. Scammers know this. MB WAY fraud, in which people are persuaded to link their banking app to a stranger's phone, is a frequent warning from the police, as are fake CTT parcel texts and messages from a supposed son or daughter with a new number. Looking up an unknown caller helps tell a legitimate landlord or lawyer from a fraud attempt.

Portugal phone numbers at a glance

Country calling code

+351

Trunk prefix

None

Number format

Portuguese numbers have nine digits and no trunk prefix. Landlines begin with 2 (21 Lisbon, 22 Porto), mobiles begin with 91, 92, 93 or 96, and numbers starting with 8 or 7 are special services.

Example (national)

21 123 4567

Example (international)

+351 21 123 4567

Emergency number

112 (all emergencies)

Telecom regulator

ANACOM (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações)

Portugal numbers have no trunk prefix, so the international form is simply +351 followed by the national number: 21 123 4567 becomes +351 21 123 4567.

How to tell what kind of Portuguese number called you

Mobile networks in Portugal

Numbers can be ported between networks, so the prefix alone does not prove which carrier a number is on today. A WhoCallsMe lookup reads the current carrier of record. The main mobile operators are:

• MEO
• NOS
• Vodafone
• DIGI