How Much Does It Cost to Call United Kingdom from the United States?
Calling United Kingdom from the United States with Kinvo costs $0.05 per minute to landlines and $0.10 per minute to mobile phones, plus a one-time $0.05 connection fee when the call is answered. There is no subscription and credits never expire. Rates checked September 10, 2026.
The rate is set by the destination, not by where you are calling from: a call to United Kingdomcosts the same from New York as from anywhere else. What changes with the origin is the time difference and how the number is dialled, both covered below.
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What $5, $10 and $20 buy
| Top-up | United Kingdom landline ($0.05/min) | United Kingdom mobile ($0.10/min) |
|---|---|---|
| $5 | about 99 minutes | about 49 minutes |
| $10 | about 198 minutes | about 99 minutes |
| $20 | about 398 minutes | about 199 minutes |
Minutes are after the $0.05 connection fee and rounded down. Kinvo bills whole minutes; unused credit stays in your account.
Cost by call length
| Call length | To a landline | To a mobile |
|---|---|---|
| 5 minutes | $0.30 | $0.55 |
| 10 minutes | $0.55 | $1.05 |
| 30 minutes | $1.55 | $3.05 |
| 60 minutes | $3.05 | $6.05 |
Each figure is the per-minute rate times the length plus the one-time $0.05 connection fee. Unanswered calls are free.
Time difference and when to call
London is 5 hours ahead of New York. A good window is 7 AM–4 PM New York time, which is 12 PM–9 PM in London.
11 AM–2 PM US Eastern = 4 PM–7 PM UK — late afternoon/early evening in the UK, after work but before dinner.
US Eastern (UTC−5, UTC−4 in summer); United Kingdom is UTC+0 (GMT / BST in summer). Times below use US Eastern; subtract 1 hour for Central, 2 for Mountain, 3 for Pacific.
How to dial United Kingdom from the United States
- In Kinvo, enter +44 followed by the number, dropping the leading 0 that United Kingdom numbers carry domestically. For example: +44 20 7946 0958.
- From a regular American phone you would dial 011 44 20 7946 0958 — the browser skips the exit code because it dials in international format directly.
- United Kingdom mobile numbers start with 7 after the country code, which is how Kinvo picks the mobile rate.
Drop the leading 0 from the UK number when dialing internationally. For example, a London number 020 7946 0958 becomes +44 20 7946 0958. UK mobile numbers start with 07. Business hours are typically 9 AM to 5:30 PM GMT.
Full dialing guide: how to call United Kingdom. Number formats and area codes: United Kingdom country code. All rates: United Kingdom calling rates.
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