How Much Does It Cost to Call United States from Australia?
Calling United States from Australia with Kinvo costs $0.05 per minute to landlines and $0.05 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 Statescosts the same from Sydney 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 States landline ($0.05/min) | United States mobile ($0.05/min) |
|---|---|---|
| $5 | about 99 minutes | about 99 minutes |
| $10 | about 198 minutes | about 198 minutes |
| $20 | about 398 minutes | about 398 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 | $0.30 |
| 10 minutes | $0.55 | $0.55 |
| 30 minutes | $1.55 | $1.55 |
| 60 minutes | $3.05 | $3.05 |
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
New York is 15 hours behind Sydney. A good window is 7 AM–12 PM Sydney time, which is 4 PM–9 PM in New York.
Australian Eastern (UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer); United States is UTC-5 to UTC-10 (Eastern to Hawaii). Times below use Sydney/Melbourne; subtract 30 minutes for Adelaide, 2 hours for Perth. United States spans several time zones; the difference above uses its most populous one.
How to dial United States from Australia
- In Kinvo, enter +1 followed by the number, dropping the leading 1 that United States numbers carry domestically. For example: +1 212 555 0123.
- From a regular Australian phone you would dial 0011 1 212 555 0123 — the browser skips the exit code because it dials in international format directly.
The US spans six time zones, so check the local time before calling. Dial +1 followed by the 10-digit number (area code + local number). Toll-free numbers (800, 888, 877) are not supported via VoIP. Cell and landline rates are the same for US destinations.
Full dialing guide: how to call United States. Number formats and area codes: United States country code. All rates: United States calling rates.
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