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Cheap calls to Cape Verde from $0.43/min

Calling Cape Verde with callmins costs $0.43 a minute to landlines and $0.65 to mobiles, from your browser or the callmins app, with no subscription. Dial +238 and the number, and pay only for the minutes you use from a prepaid wallet.

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Per minute to Cape Verde

Landline
$0.43
Mobile
$0.65

USD, before tax. Billed per minute from your wallet.

Rates to Cape Verde by caller ID

Carriers price a call partly by the number it comes from, so the rate depends on which callmins number you show as caller ID. The headline price above is the highest of these, so it never understates what you'll pay.

For Cape Verde, the rate is the same whichever callmins number you call from: $0.43 a minute to landlines and $0.65 to mobiles.

What a call to Cape Verde costs

Worked out at the highest rate, so your call costs this or less.

Call lengthTo a landlineTo a mobile
5 minutes$2.15$3.26
10 minutes$4.30$6.51
30 minutes$12.90$19.54
60 minutes$25.80$39.07

For comparison, check the international rate card of your mobile network or landline provider. Pay-as-you-go international calls on a phone plan are usually billed per minute at well above wholesale, and many plans need an international add-on first. A $5 callmins top-up buys about 7 minutes to a mobile in Cape Verde.

How to call Cape Verde

Numbers in Cape Verde have no trunk prefix: you dial the same digits after +238 as people dial at home.

Calling fromDial
The US or Canada011 238 9911234
The UK and most of Europe00 238 9911234
Australia0011 238 9911234
A mobile, anywhere+238 9911234

Example: a mobile number in Cape Verde, written 991 12 34 at home, is +238 991 12 34 in international format. In the callmins dialer, type it in international format, starting +238.

Mobile or landline?

Mobile numbers start with
36, 51–53, 58–59, 97 digits after +238
Landlines start with
22–287 digits after +238
Rate difference
$0.43 landline · $0.65 mobile

Number ranges from Google's libphonenumber data, after +238 and without any leading 0. Ported numbers keep their original range.

Time in Cape Verde

Time zone
UTC−1
Compared with New York
4 hours ahead of New YorkNoon in New York is 4:00 pm there (standard time).
Compared with London
1 hour behind LondonNoon in London is 11:00 am there (standard time).

Daylight saving shifts these by an hour for part of the year where either side changes clocks.

Calling Cape Verde with callmins

  1. Sign up with email or Google. It's free and there's no app to install.
  2. Top up your wallet by $5 or more by card (Apple Pay and Google Pay work where supported).
  3. Open the dialer, type the number and press call. The rate shows before it rings.
  4. Optional: rent your own UK, US or Canadian number (a US number is $2.00/month, no setup fee) so people in Cape Verde see a real number and can call you back.

Questions people ask

How much does it cost to call Cape Verde?

With callmins, calls to Cape Verde cost $0.43 a minute to landlines and $0.65 a minute to mobiles, paid from a prepaid wallet with no subscription. A 10-minute call to a mobile costs about $6.51.

What is the country code for Cape Verde?

The country code for Cape Verde is +238. From the US or Canada dial 011 then 238 and the number; from the UK dial 00 238; from any mobile you can type +238 instead.

Do I need an app or a SIM card to call Cape Verde?

No. callmins calls Cape Verde from a web browser on a laptop or phone, over your internet connection, so there's nothing to install and no SIM or roaming involved. There are also callmins apps for iPhone, Android and Mac if you prefer.

Can I call Cape Verde for free?

App-to-app calls (WhatsApp, FaceTime, Signal) are free when both people have the app and a data connection. To reach a landline in Cape Verde, or a mobile that's offline or has no data, you need a paid call to the phone network, which is what callmins sells, from $0.43 a minute.

Is the price the same for mobiles and landlines in Cape Verde?

No. Landlines cost $0.43 a minute and mobiles $0.65, because mobile networks in Cape Verde charge carriers a different fee to connect calls. The dialer shows the exact rate for the number you type before you call.

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Call Cape Verde from $0.43 a minute.

Sign up free, top up $5 and call from your browser. No contract, no app, no SIM.

Rates in USD before tax, from callmins' carrier rate deck. The dialer always shows the exact price for the number you dial. Full rate table.