Madagascar country code, +261 explained.
Everything you need to call Madagascar with Twiching — full dialing format, step-by-step guide, and Tier-1 CLI routes that land every call.
Madagascar
Antananarivo · Africa
· COUNTRY INFO · VERIFIED
- ISO Alpha-2
- MG
- Capital
- Antananarivo
- Region
- Africa
- Timezone
- UTC+3
· DIALING GUIDE · VERIFIED
FULL DIAL FORMAT
011 · +261 · XX · XXXXXXX
How Madagascar numbers break down
A complete number to Madagascar follows this pattern. Twiching adds the exit and country codes automatically when you dial from the app.
EXIT CODE
Dial from the US/Canada to leave the country.
COUNTRY CODE
Routes the call directly into Madagascar.
AREA / MOBILE
Regional or mobile prefix — drop the leading 0.
LOCAL NUMBER
The subscriber's local number.
COMPLETE NUMBER FORMAT
011 · +261 · XX · XXXXXXX
Madagascar on the map
Antananarivo · Africa
ROUTE
Tier-1 Direct
CLI
Verified
ASR
60%+ min
How to call Madagascar
Click any step — watch the full dial string build piece by piece.
FULL NUMBER FORMAT
011 · +261 · XX · XXXXXXX
Twiching automatically adds the exit and country codes — just enter the local number.
Madagascar —
connected across every carrier.
191
Countries in directory
MADAGASCAR INCLUDED
99.97%
Call delivery rate
STIR/SHAKEN
500+
Carrier interconnects
TIER-1 DIRECT
60%+
Guaranteed ASR
REAL-TIME ROUTING
Madagascar
Africa · MG
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per minute
Madagascar → US
$0.22/min
per minute
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