+51 country code: Peru

Who uses +51

The +51 country code serves Peru, listed on this page as the only country under the code. Peru is officially the Republic of Peru, with the ISO code PE, and people from the country are called Peruvians. The code sits in the Americas region, within the South America subregion.

Country facts and local time

Peru's capital is Lima. Three languages are recognised in the facts for this page: Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. The currency is the Peruvian sol. Peru keeps a single time zone, America/Lima, at UTC-05:00.

A Peru mobile number written in international format looks like this: +51 912 345 678. The +51 prefix comes before the national mobile number, and the example shows the spacing used on this page.

Calling and messaging over the internet

Calls and messages to a +51 number can be made over the internet using a data connection, which avoids the standard international rates charged on many mobile plans. A stable data connection carries the call or message to the Peruvian number. This works for reaching contacts on Peruvian mobile networks from another country.

Slashtel also sends prepaid mobile top-ups to mobile operators in Peru. The operators supported are Movistar, Claro, Entel and Bitel. You can top up a Peru number for any of these four operators, so a contact in Peru keeps credit on their prepaid balance. The top-up is prepaid credit sent to the operator, not a call or message service, and it works alongside internet calling and messaging to the same +51 number.

A Peru number reached over the internet and topped up through Slashtel covers both sides of staying in contact: the call or message travels over data, and the prepaid balance on the Peruvian line is supplied through the top-up. The country code stays +51 for every number in Peru, whether the contact is in Lima or elsewhere in the country, and the time zone remains America/Lima at UTC-05:00.