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Cheap calls to Liberia from $0.86/min

Calling Liberia with callmins costs $0.86 a minute to landlines and $1.11 to mobiles, from your browser or the callmins app, with no subscription. Dial +231 and the number, and pay only for the minutes you use from a prepaid wallet.

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Per minute to Liberia

Landline
$0.86
Mobile
$1.11

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

Rates to Liberia 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 Liberia, the rate is the same whichever callmins number you call from: $0.86 a minute to landlines and $1.11 to mobiles.

What a call to Liberia costs

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

Call lengthTo a landlineTo a mobile
5 minutes$4.32$5.56
10 minutes$8.64$11.13
30 minutes$25.91$33.38
60 minutes$51.82$66.75

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 4 minutes to a mobile in Liberia.

How to call Liberia

Inside Liberia, numbers are written with a leading 0. Drop that 0 when you dial from abroad: +231 goes in its place.

Calling fromDial
The US or Canada011 231 770123456
The UK and most of Europe00 231 770123456
Australia0011 231 770123456
A mobile, anywhere+231 770123456

Example: a mobile number in Liberia, written 077 012 3456 at home, is +231 77 012 3456 in international format. In the callmins dialer, type it in international format, starting +231.

Mobile or landline?

Mobile numbers start with
22, 33, 42, 46–47, 5, 6, 76–77, 887 or 9 digits after +231
Landlines start with
28 digits after +231
Rate difference
$0.86 landline · $1.11 mobile

Number ranges from Google's libphonenumber data, after +231 and without any leading 0. Ported numbers keep their original range.

Time in Liberia

Time zone
UTC+0
Compared with New York
5 hours ahead of New YorkNoon in New York is 5:00 pm there (standard time).
Compared with London
the same time as LondonNoon in London is 12:00 pm there (standard time).

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

Calling Liberia 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 Liberia see a real number and can call you back.

Questions people ask

How much does it cost to call Liberia?

With callmins, calls to Liberia cost $0.86 a minute to landlines and $1.11 a minute to mobiles, paid from a prepaid wallet with no subscription. A 10-minute call to a mobile costs about $11.13.

What is the country code for Liberia?

The country code for Liberia is +231. From the US or Canada dial 011 then 231 and the number; from the UK dial 00 231; from any mobile you can type +231 instead. Leave out the leading 0 that numbers in Liberia are written with at home.

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

No. callmins calls Liberia 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 Liberia 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 Liberia, 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 $0.86 a minute.

Is the price the same for mobiles and landlines in Liberia?

No. Landlines cost $0.86 a minute and mobiles $1.11, because mobile networks in Liberia 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 Liberia from $0.86 a minute.

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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.