United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The country calling code for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is +44. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is assigned GB as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and GBR as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is .uk. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the British pound, with the ISO 4217 code GBP and the symbol £. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are quoted in GBP. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is -08:00, currently UTC-08:00. This country spans multiple time zones. The clock above shows the primary time zone, so local time elsewhere in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland may differ. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is London. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland sits in Europe, specifically the Northern Europe subregion. Its approximate centre point is 54.00000000, -2.00000000. Traffic in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland drives on the left. Languages recorded for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: English.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shares a land border with 1 country: Ireland. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.