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Seattle, WA area codes and time zone
Quick answer
Seattle is served by area codes 206, 253, 360, 425, keeps PST time (GMT-8), and sits in county FIPS 53033.
- Area codes
- 206 · 253 · 360 · 425Within 25 miles of the city centre
- Time zone
- PSTAmerica/Los_Angeles
- UTC offset
- GMT-8PDT in summer (UTCGMT-7)
- County FIPS
- 53033King County
Dialling from and to Seattle
What this means when you pick up the phone.
Because more than one code covers this area, ten-digit dialling applies for local calls: area code plus number, every time. From abroad, dial +1 then the ten digits.
How Seattle came to have several area codes
Why one city can carry several codes.
Area codes are assigned to geography, then exhausted as demand grows. Seattle — population about 755k — is covered by codes 206, 253, 360, 425, drawn from within 25 miles of the city centre. Because these 4 codes serve the same footprint, they are overlays: the number pool ran low and a new code was layered on top rather than splitting the city apart. All ten digits are required for every local call.
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