505 area code: location, time zone and numbers
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, area code 505 has served as a US telephone area code since 1947.
- Location
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Service since
- 1947
- Time zone used
- Mountain time zone
- Overlay
- None: no other code serves its area
- Calls in the area
- Full 10-digit dialling
- The rate centres
- 34
- Projected exhaustion
- 2031
- Calling prefix for the country
- +1 (United States)
Taken from NANPA public reports: the area code report and the rate-centre report, file dated 11/01/2026. The exhaust year comes from 2026-1 (April 2026), set out in the NANPA projections. We are not an official NANPA site.
Pick up a 505 number
A 505 number comes from two routes. Providers assign a new number along with their plans. Each one is picked at sign-up from the numbers that provider holds in the code. A seller offers numbers it already holds, often ones with a pattern, at a one-time price. You then move the number over to a provider.
Providers listed by first-year cost
| Provider | Cheapest plan | First year | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
 Free app | Basic (Just for me), free | $0 | Open Google Voice |
 Free app | Free plan, free | $0 | Open TextNow |
 Developer API | Pay-as-you-go local number, $1.15 a month | $13.80 | Open Twilio |
 Second-number app | Standard, $3.99 a month billed yearly | $47.99 | Open Burner |
 Toll-free specialist | Solo, $6.99 a month billed yearly | $84 | Open UniTel Voice |
 Second-number app | Deluxe (local number), $6.99 a month billed yearly | $102.88 | Open GoDaddy Conversations (formerly Smartline) |
Sellers that list local numbers
| Seller | What it sells | Listed price | Monthly fee | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marketplace | Local numbers | From $9 one-time | None stated | Search at Exclusive Digits |
 Marketplace | Local and toll-free | From $9.95 one-time | $2.99 a month | Search at NumberBarn |
 Number broker | Local and toll-free | From $99 one-time | None stated | Search at RingBoost |
 Number broker | Local and toll-free | From $100 one-time | None stated | Search at PhoneNumberExpert |
| 212areacode.comNumber broker | Local numbers | From $150 one-time | None stated | Search at 212areacode.com |
Some sellers and providers may pay us a referral fee. That never changes the ranking, which follows what each option costs in the first year. Our disclosure
Places in the 505 area code
For 505, NANPA lists 34 rate centres. Every one of them is a local calling area where numbers get assigned:
Zuni, White Rock, Velarde, Vanderwagon, Twin Lakes, Tse Bonito, Truchas, Torreon, Tohatchi, Toadlena, Shiprock, Santa Fe, Sanostee, Ramah, Pueblo Pintado, Pine Hill, Pecos, Ojo Caliente, Newcomb, Navajo, Naschitti, Los Alamos, Las Vegas, Grants, Gallup, Fence Lake, Farmington, Espanola, Dixon, Crown Point, Chimayo, Aztec, Albuquerque, Abiquiu.
Other related area codes
The rest of the New Mexico area codes: 575.
City guides: area codes in Albuquerque.
505 area code questions
Where is area code 505 located?
The 505 code covers Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the area around Albuquerque, NM.
Which country code does a 505 number use?
+1. The North American Numbering Plan includes 505, so calls from abroad start with +1 505 plus the 7-digit number.
What time is it in the 505 area code?
Mountain time is the zone used by 505.
Who makes calls from a 505 number?
Callers with a number in this code include homes, mobiles, local businesses and people who fake a local number. What a 505 number shows on your screen is where the number was assigned, not the identity of the caller.