**Cheap Calls to South Africa β€” from $0.49/min** > Call South Africa (+27) at $0.49/min to landlines and $0.49/min to mobiles, billed per second with no connection fee. Credit never expires β€” see the full cost. Source: https://telvio.app/call/south-africa/ 1. [Home](https://telvio.app/) 2. [Call](https://telvio.app/call/) 3. South Africa πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Calling Rates # Call South Africa for $0.49/min Dial South Africa (+27) over WiFi or mobile data. Per-second billing, no connection fees. Credits never expire. Landline $0.49/min Mobile $0.49/min Billing Per second ## What a call to South Africa costs Priced at Telvio's published rate for South Africa: $0.49 a minute to a landline, $0.49 to a mobile. Billing is per second, so a call that ends at 4 minutes 12 seconds is charged as 4 minutes 12 seconds. *Cost of a call to South Africa by duration and line type, in US dollars* | Call length | Landline | Mobile | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 min | $0.49 | $0.49 | | 5 min | $2.45 | $2.45 | | 10 min | $4.90 | $4.90 | | 30 min | $14.70 | $14.70 | | 60 min | $29.40 | $29.40 | No connection fee and no rounding. Figures in USD. Starter Β· $1.99 β‰ˆ4 min to a mobile β‰ˆ4 min to a landline Standard Β· $4.99 β‰ˆ10 min to a mobile β‰ˆ10 min to a landline Pro Β· $9.99 β‰ˆ20 min to a mobile β‰ˆ20 min to a landline Packs are credit, not minute bundles: a bigger pack is more credit at the same $0.49 rate, not a cheaper minute. Credit does not expire. The number nobody quotes ## A 47-second call to South Africa, billed two ways Per second $0.38 What Telvio charges Per whole minute $0.49 What rounding up costs A provider that bills in whole minutes charges a full minute for a 47-second call β€” 28% more for exactly the same conversation. Both figures here are priced at our own rate for South Africa, so the comparison isolates the billing unit rather than guessing at somebody else's tariff. Method: our published per-minute rate Γ— 47/60 against the same rate Γ— 1 minute. Telvio bills per second with no connection fee. ## Calculate your call cost Landline Mobile Rate $0.49 / min per-second billing Minutes to call min 5 min 60 min 120 min 30 min to South Africa (landline) $14.70 Billed per second β€” pay only for what you use The $1.99 Starter pack covers about at this rate. [Try Telvio β€” 1 free minute included](https://telvio.app/download/) ## Why a minute to South Africa costs $0.49 The price of an international call is mostly not set by the company you buy it from. It is the wholesale termination rate: what the operator in South Africa charges to accept the call onto their network and deliver it to the person you are ringing. Your provider pays that, adds a margin, and quotes you the total. South Africa is an expensive corridor, and $0.49 a minute reflects a high wholesale termination rate rather than a margin decision. Calling this destination is not cheap with any provider, and anyone advertising it as pennies a minute is quoting a rate they do not honour. Landline and mobile cost the same in South Africa, $0.49 a minute, so there is nothing to decide before you dial. Measured against everywhere we publish a rate, South Africa is the 64th cheapest of 93. It also sits below the average for its part of the world β€” $0.49 against $0.69 β€” so this is a genuinely cheap corridor rather than one that only looks cheap next to roaming. There is no connection fee, no minimum charge and no rounding on top of the rate, and credit does not expire. [How Telvio pricing works](https://telvio.app/pricing/) ## How to dial South Africa Open Telvio and enter +27 followed by the local phone number. The app handles exit codes automatically. Example: +27 11 234 5678 [Full dialing guide](https://telvio.app/how-to-call/south-africa/) ## How to read a South Africa phone number A South Africa number is +27 followed by 9 digits. Knowing which of those digits mark a mobile is what tells you what the call will cost before you place it. Country code +27 Area or operator prefix 1 Local number 12345678 Inside South Africa, numbers are dialled with a leading 0. Drop it when calling from abroad β€” keeping it is the single most common reason an international call fails. Mobile prefixes 678 Landline prefixes 12345 Prefix ranges still identify a line as mobile or fixed even where a number has been ported between operators, because the mobile and fixed blocks are separate and numbers do not move between them. Operator identification from a prefix, by contrast, stopped being reliable once portability arrived. Current time in South Africa --:-- -- Checking... Best time to call 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM local 12 AM 6 AM 12 PM 6 PM 12 AM ## When to call South Africa What the clock reads in South Africa when it is mid-morning, early afternoon and evening where you are. Highlighted cells fall between 9:00 and 21:00 local time at the other end. *Local time in South Africa for three common calling hours in five source cities* | Calling from | Offset | 09:00 | 13:00 | 19:00 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | New York | +7:00 | 16:00 | 20:00 | 02:00 | | Los Angeles | +10:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 | 05:00 | | London | +2:00 | 11:00 | 15:00 | 21:00 | | Dubai | βˆ’2:00 | 07:00 | 11:00 | 17:00 | | Sydney | βˆ’9:00 | 00:00 | 04:00 | 10:00 | Offsets calculated for mid-January. Countries that observe daylight saving shift by an hour for part of the year β€” the planner works out today's offset from your own device. ## South Africa area codes [Johannesburg 11](https://telvio.app/area-codes/south-africa/johannesburg/)[Cape Town 21](https://telvio.app/area-codes/south-africa/cape-town/)[Durban 31](https://telvio.app/area-codes/south-africa/durban/)[Pretoria 12](https://telvio.app/area-codes/south-africa/pretoria/)[Port Elizabeth 41](https://telvio.app/area-codes/south-africa/port-elizabeth/) ## Other African destinations, cheapest first Rates vary by more than a factor of ten inside a single region, because each one is set by what the operator at the far end charges to accept the call. Algeria is currently the cheapest place we publish a rate for near South Africa. - [Algeria+213from $0.20](https://telvio.app/call/algeria/) - [Egypt+20from $0.28](https://telvio.app/call/egypt/) - [Nigeria+234from $0.32](https://telvio.app/call/nigeria/) - [Kenya+254from $0.40](https://telvio.app/call/kenya/) - [Cameroon+237from $0.43](https://telvio.app/call/cameroon/) - [Morocco+212from $0.48](https://telvio.app/call/morocco/) - [Senegal+221from $0.56](https://telvio.app/call/senegal/) - [Ghana+233from $0.65](https://telvio.app/call/ghana/) ## Free tools [All tools](https://telvio.app/tools/) - [Price a call to South Africa Any length, at the published rate, with per-minute rounding shown beside it.](https://telvio.app/tools/call-cost-calculator/?c=south-africa) - [Best time to call South Africa Your day and theirs, side by side, with today's daylight saving applied.](https://telvio.app/tools/best-time-to-call/?c=south-africa) - [Online mic test Check your microphone level and hear yourself back before you dial.](https://telvio.app/tools/mic-test/) ## Frequently asked questions How much does it cost to call South Africa? Telvio charges $0.49/min to South Africa landlines and $0.49/min to mobiles. Billing is per second with no connection fees, so you pay only for the seconds you talk. How much is a 10-minute call to South Africa? Ten minutes to a South Africa landline costs $4.90 with Telvio, and $4.90 to a mobile. A full hour to a mobile costs $29.40. Billing is per second with no connection fee, so a call that runs to 10 minutes 30 seconds is charged for 10 minutes 30 seconds rather than being rounded up to 11. Does Telvio round calls up to the minute? No. Telvio bills per second. A 47-second call to South Africa costs $0.3838; a provider that rounds every call up to a whole minute charges $0.49 for the same conversation, which is 28% more. The difference is largest on short calls and negligible on long ones. How many minutes does $4.99 of credit buy for South Africa? About 10 minutes to a South Africa mobile, or about 10 minutes to a landline, from a $4.99 pack. Credit is spent at the per-country rate rather than as a fixed minute bundle, so the same pack goes further to a cheap destination and less far to an expensive one. It does not expire. Can I call South Africa mobile phones with Telvio? Yes. Telvio calls both landline and mobile numbers in South Africa. Mobile rates are $0.49/min. You dial the full number including the country code +27. How can I tell if a South Africa number is a mobile? By its leading digits. In South Africa, a national number of 9 digits beginning with 6, 7, 8 is a mobile. That still works after a number has been ported between operators, because mobile and fixed-line blocks are separate ranges and numbers do not move between them. How do I dial South Africa from the US? Open Telvio, tap the dial pad, and enter +27 followed by the local number. Telvio handles the exit code automatically β€” you just need the country code and phone number. Is Telvio cheaper than Skype for calling South Africa? Telvio offers per-second billing and no connection fees. For South Africa, the rate is $0.49/min (landline) and $0.49/min (mobile). Compare this with your current provider to see the difference. Do I need to register to call South Africa? No. Telvio requires no registration, no account creation, and no phone number verification. Download the app, buy a credit pack ($1.99, $4.99, or $9.99), and start calling. What time should I call South Africa? South Africa is in the Africa/Johannesburg timezone. For personal calls, aim for 8 AM to 10 PM local time. Telvio shows the current local time when you dial. ## Call South Africa for $0.49/min Download free. First minute included, no registration needed. [Download Telvio](https://telvio.app/download/) Also for South Africa - Call rates & costs - [How to call](https://telvio.app/how-to-call/south-africa/) - [Area codes](https://telvio.app/area-codes/south-africa/) Popular destinations - [India](https://telvio.app/call/india/) - [Mexico](https://telvio.app/call/mexico/) - [Philippines](https://telvio.app/call/philippines/) - [United Kingdom](https://telvio.app/call/united-kingdom/) - [China](https://telvio.app/call/china/) - [Nigeria](https://telvio.app/call/nigeria/) - [United States](https://telvio.app/call/united-states/) - [Canada](https://telvio.app/call/canada/) - [Germany](https://telvio.app/call/germany/) - [Brazil](https://telvio.app/call/brazil/) - [Pakistan](https://telvio.app/call/pakistan/) - [South Korea](https://telvio.app/call/south-korea/) - [Japan](https://telvio.app/call/japan/) - [France](https://telvio.app/call/france/) - [Australia](https://telvio.app/call/australia/) - [Colombia](https://telvio.app/call/colombia/) - [Turkey](https://telvio.app/call/turkey/) - [Egypt](https://telvio.app/call/egypt/) - South Africa - [Vietnam](https://telvio.app/call/vietnam/) [View all countries](https://telvio.app/call/) [No subscription needed Try 1 free minute](https://telvio.app/download/) --- HTML version: https://telvio.app/call/south-africa/ Structured data for this site: https://telvio.app/api/v1/openapi.json Β· https://telvio.app/llms.txt Free to quote and reuse with a link back to the source URL above (CC BY 4.0).