SMS API for Vatican City: bulk SMS to +39 numbers

Vatican City, the smallest independent state in the world, is located within Rome and serves as the spiritual center of the Catholic Church. Software products like event management systems, pilgrimage apps, and administrative services send text messages to visitors and staff. These messages are triggered by events such as tour confirmations, schedule changes, and security alerts. SMS is chosen because it reaches all mobile phones instantly, including those of international visitors.

Vatican City

Calling code +39

Per SMS segment
$0.00987
Messages for $100
10,131
Local language
Italian
Encoding
GSM-7

What a bulk SMS send to Vatican City costs

Every message is priced at $0.00987 per segment to Vatican City. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.00987$0.01974
1,000$9.87$19.74
10,000$98.70$197.40
100,000$987.00$1,974.00

Number format in Vatican City

Vatican City lines use the Italian numbering plan, so they start with +39 06 698 and are priced at the Italian rate. Send them as +39 followed by the full number, the way you would write any Italian number in international format.

Alphabet and segments

Italian text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Vatican City holds 160 characters and each part of a longer text 153. Watch for curly quotes and emoji copied from other tools: one of them moves the whole text to Unicode at 70 characters per segment, and POST /v1/estimates shows the encoding before you send.

Time zone and timing

Vatican City changes its clocks: Vatican is on UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July. 09:00 in Vatican is 08:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example +01:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.

Send to Vatican City with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (VA) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.

For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.

curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+390669884321", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Vatican City

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in Vatican City.

Event reminders

Event management systems notify attendees about Mass timings and special ceremonies via SMS.

Security alerts

Administrative services send SMS alerts for security updates and emergency instructions to staff and visitors.

Pilgrimage updates

Pilgrimage apps provide SMS updates on prayer schedules and venue changes for visitors.

SMS to Vatican City: questions

More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Vatican City?

Each message segment to Vatican City costs $0.00987. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $9.87 and 10,000 cost $98.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to Vatican City does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 10,131 one-segment messages to Vatican City at $0.00987 each. The first top-up adds a bonus on top, which raises that number. The balance is shared by every country, so the same top-up also pays for messages anywhere else on the list.

How do I write Vatican City numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +39 06 6988 4321 becomes "+390669884321" in the to field. The API also accepts spaces, dashes and a 00 prefix and cleans them, and numbers that cannot be read are listed in set_aside instead of being charged.

What language should SMS messages be in for Vatican City?

Italian is commonly used, but English is also effective given the international audience visiting Vatican City.

Are SMS messages effective during major religious events?

Yes, SMS is widely used during events like Easter and Christmas to communicate schedules and updates to visitors.

Start sending to Vatican City

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Vatican City at $0.00987 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Vatican City: Bulk SMS to +39 From $0.00987 | BulkSMSAPI