Is a phone number needed to place outbound calls?

No. You can dial out and pay per minute without buying a dedicated number.

Can I take incoming calls too?

Yes. Receiving calls needs a personal US/Canada digital number, priced from $2.14 to $5/month.

🇬🇧 ➔ 🇮🇳Cheap UK to India Calling

Cheap Calls to India
From the UK

Dial India (+91) from the United Kingdom right inside your browser and pay a low rate per minute. Outbound calls need no phone number at all, and you add one only when you want to receive calls as well.

The essentials

Outbound: Pay per minute, no dedicated number needed.
Inbound: Add a US/Canada digital number, $2.14 to $5/month.
No apps: Runs in Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox.

The essentials

Outbound: Pay per minute, no dedicated number needed.
Inbound: Add a US/Canada digital number, $2.14 to $5/month.
No apps: Runs in Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox.

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Calling India (+91)Ready

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How to Dial India from the UK

Placing the call comes down to three pieces: the UK exit code, the India country code, and the number itself.

Dial 00

This is the UK exit code, sometimes called the IDD code. It signals to your carrier that the call is heading abroad.
(On a mobile, hold '0' to produce '+'.)

Dial 91

This is India's country code. It routes your call onto the Indian telecom network.

Dial Number

Add the area code plus the landline number, or just the 10 digit mobile number.
Example: 00 91 98765 43210

Best Time to Call

India (IST) runs 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of the UK (GMT).
At 12:00 PM (Noon) in London, the clock in New Delhi reads 5:30 PM. Under British Summer Time (BST), the gap narrows to 4.5 hours.

Common India City Codes

Add these codes when ringing landlines. Mobile numbers do not use an area code.

Delhi

Mumbai

Kolkata

Chennai

Bangalore

Hyderabad

Pune

Ahmedabad

Note: Indian mobile numbers are 10 digits and usually begin with 6, 7, 8, or 9.

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Rate Comparison (per min)

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Calling India from United Kingdom: what to know

India answers on the country code +91, with the capital in New Delhi and most business concentrated around Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. The working language for business is Hindi, English, 21 other scheduled languages, and local offices generally keep hours of 9:30 to 18:30 IST. Bangalore tech firms often have West-Coast US shifts running 18:00 to 04:00 IST.

From United Kingdom the outbound access code is 00, so a manual dial reads 00 then +91 then the local number. Intercalling removes that step: the call goes through your browser, so there is nothing to install and no SIM card to swap when you travel between United Kingdom and India.

Most mobiles in India sit on operators such as Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi). Indian mobile numbers are 10 digits starting with 6, 7, 8, or 9. Operators have been free to port across these prefix ranges since MNP, so prefix no longer reliably identifies the carrier.

India runs on UTC plus 5:30, and it does not observe daylight saving, so the time difference stays constant through the year.

How to dial India from United Kingdom

Dial the exit code 00

00 is the international access code used when dialing out of United Kingdom. On a mobile you can press and hold 0 to enter the plus sign instead.

Enter the country code +91

+91 routes the call to India.

Add the local number

Dial the destination number without its leading 0. For Mumbai that means including the area code 022.

Rates to India (+91)

Pay as you go, billed per minute with no connection surprises. A sample 10 minute call is shown for each line type.

Line type	Per minute	10 minute call
Mobile	$0.1424	$1.42
Landline	$0.1990	$1.99

Line type

Per minute

10 minute call

Mobile

$0.1424

$1.42

Landline

$0.1990

$1.99

Rates as of 2026-07-05, in US dollars, and subject to change. The exact rate is always confirmed in the dialer before you connect.

Frequently asked questions

How do I call India from United Kingdom?+

Dial 00 then +91 followed by the local number without its leading 0. From a browser on Intercalling you simply enter the number and press call, with no exit code to remember.

What is the country code for India?+

The country code for India is +91. Mumbai uses the area code 022.

What is the best time to call India?+

The destination is 5.5 hours ahead of you. Calling between 09:00 to 11:30 your time reaches India during its working day (14:30 to 17:00 local time).

Do I need to install an app to call India?+

No. Intercalling runs in your browser on Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox, so you can place the call without downloading anything or buying a phone number for outbound calls.

Can I receive calls as well?+

Outbound calls need no number. To receive inbound calls you add a US or Canada digital number, billed monthly, and answer it in the same browser tab.

Cheap Calls to India
From the UK

The essentials

The essentials