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Cheap calls to Seychelles from $1.06/min

Calling Seychelles with callmins costs $1.06 a minute to landlines and $1.12 to mobiles, from your browser or the callmins app, with no subscription. Dial +248 and the number, and pay only for the minutes you use from a prepaid wallet.

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Per minute to Seychelles

Landline
$1.06
Mobile
$1.12

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

Rates to Seychelles 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 Seychelles, the rate is the same whichever callmins number you call from: $1.06 a minute to landlines and $1.12 to mobiles.

What a call to Seychelles costs

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

Call lengthTo a landlineTo a mobile
5 minutes$5.30$5.59
10 minutes$10.60$11.18
30 minutes$31.80$33.54
60 minutes$63.60$67.09

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 Seychelles.

How to call Seychelles

Numbers in Seychelles have no trunk prefix: you dial the same digits after +248 as people dial at home.

Calling fromDial
The US or Canada011 248 2510123
The UK and most of Europe00 248 2510123
Australia0011 248 2510123
A mobile, anywhere+248 2510123

Example: a mobile number in Seychelles, written 2 510 123 at home, is +248 2 510 123 in international format. In the callmins dialer, type it in international format, starting +248.

Mobile or landline?

Mobile numbers start with
21–22, 25–287 digits after +248
Landlines start with
42–44, 467 digits after +248
Rate difference
$1.06 landline · $1.12 mobile

Number ranges from Google's libphonenumber data, after +248 and without any leading 0. Ported numbers keep their original range.

Time in Seychelles

Time zone
UTC+4
Compared with New York
9 hours ahead of New YorkNoon in New York is 9:00 pm there (standard time).
Compared with London
4 hours ahead of LondonNoon in London is 4:00 pm there (standard time).

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

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

Questions people ask

How much does it cost to call Seychelles?

With callmins, calls to Seychelles cost $1.06 a minute to landlines and $1.12 a minute to mobiles, paid from a prepaid wallet with no subscription. A 10-minute call to a mobile costs about $11.18.

What is the country code for Seychelles?

The country code for Seychelles is +248. From the US or Canada dial 011 then 248 and the number; from the UK dial 00 248; from any mobile you can type +248 instead.

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

No. callmins calls Seychelles 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 Seychelles 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 Seychelles, 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 $1.06 a minute.

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

No. Landlines cost $1.06 a minute and mobiles $1.12, because mobile networks in Seychelles 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 Seychelles from $1.06 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.