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Travelling abroad

Voltage & frequency

Choose the letter of the country you are intending to visit to find the voltage and frequency

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The information contained within this page is correct at the time of publication and is only to be used as a guide.

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
A
Afghanistan	220 V	50 Hz	C / F
Albania	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Algeria	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
American Samoa	120 V	60 Hz	A / B / F / I
Andorra	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Angola	220 V	50 Hz	C
Anguilla	110 V	60 Hz	A
Antigua	230 V	60 Hz	A / B
Argentina	220 V	50 Hz	C / I *
Armenia	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Aruba	120 V	60 Hz	A / B / F
Australia	240 V	50 Hz	I
Austria	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Azerbaijan	220 V	50 Hz	C / F
Azores	230 V	50 Hz	B / C / F

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
B
Bahamas	120 V	60 Hz	A / B
Bahrain	230 V	50 Hz	G
Balearic Islands	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Bangladesh	220 V	50 Hz	C / D / G / K
Barbados	115 V	50 Hz	A / B
Belarus	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Belgium	230 V	50 Hz	E
Belize	110 V / 220 V	60 Hz	B / G
Benin	220 V	50 Hz	E
Bermuda	120 V	60 Hz	A / B
Bhutan	230 V	50 Hz	D / F / G
Bolivia	230 V	50 Hz	A / C
Bosnia & Herzegovina	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Botswana	230 V	50 Hz	D / G
Brazil	127 V / 220 V *	60 Hz	A / B / C / I
Brunei	240 V	50 Hz	G
Bulgaria	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Burkina Faso	220 V	50 Hz	C / E
Burundi	220 V	50 Hz	C / E

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
C
Cambodia	230 V	50 Hz	A / C / G
Cameroon	220 V	50 Hz	C / E
Canada	120 V	60 Hz	A / B
Canary Islands	230 V	50 Hz	C / E / L
Cape Verde	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Cayman Islands	120 V	60 Hz	A / B
Central African Republic	220 V	50 Hz	C / E
Chad	220 V	50 Hz	D / E / F
Channel Islands (Guernsey & Jersey)	230 V	50 Hz	C / G
Chile	220 V	50 Hz	C / L
China, People's Republic of	220 V	50 Hz	A / I / G
Colombia	110 V	60 Hz	A / B
Comoros	220 V	50 Hz	C / E
Congo, Dem. Rep. of (formerly Zaire)	220 V	50 Hz	C / D
Congo, People's Rep. of	230 V	50 Hz	C / E
Cook Islands	240 V	50 Hz	I
Costa Rica	120 V	60 Hz	A / B
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	220 V	50 Hz	C / E
Croatia	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Cuba	110 V / 220 V	60 Hz	A / B / C / L
Cyprus	230 V	50 Hz	G / F **
Czech Republic	230 V	50 Hz	E

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
D
Denmark	230 V	50 Hz	C / F / K
Djibouti	220 V	50 Hz	C / E
Dominica	230 V	50 Hz	D / G
Dominican Republic	110 V	60 Hz	A / B

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
E
East Timor	220 V	50 Hz	C / E / F / I
Ecuador	110 V	60 Hz	A / B
Egypt	220 V	50 Hz	C / F
El Salvador	115 V	60 Hz	A / B / C / D / E / F / G / I / J / L
Equatorial Guinea	220 V	50 Hz	C / E
Eritrea	230 V	50 Hz	C / L
Estonia	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Ethiopia	220 V	50 Hz	C / F

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
F
Faeroe Islands	230 V	50 Hz	C / K
Falkland Islands	240 V	50 Hz	G
Fiji	240 V	50 Hz	I
Finland	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
France	230 V	50 Hz	E
French Guyana	220 V	50 Hz	C / D / E

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
G
Gabon	220 V	50 Hz	C
Gambia	230 V	50 Hz	G
Gaza	230 V	50 Hz	H
Georgia	220 V	50 Hz	C / F
Germany	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Ghana	230 V	50 Hz	D / G
Gibraltar	230 V	50 Hz	C / G
Greece	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Greenland	230 V	50 Hz	C / K
Grenada (Windward Islands)	230 V	50 Hz	G
Guadeloupe	230 V	50 Hz	C / D / E
Guam	110 V	60 Hz	A / B
Guatemala	120 V	60 Hz	A / B / G / I
Guinea	220 V	50 Hz	C / F / K
Guinea-Bissau	220 V	50 Hz	C
Guyana	240 V	60 Hz	A / B / D / G

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
H
Haiti	110 V	60 Hz	A / B
Honduras	110 V	60 Hz	A / B
Hong Kong	220 V	50 Hz	G
Hungary	230 V	50 Hz	C / F

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
I
Iceland	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
India	230 V	50 Hz	C / D / M
Indonesia	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Iran	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Iraq	230 V	50 Hz	C / D / G
Ireland (Eire)	230 V	50 Hz	G
Isle of Man	230 V	50 Hz	C / G
Israel	230 V	50 Hz	H / C
Italy	230 V	50 Hz	C / F / L

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
J
Jamaica	110 V	50 Hz	A / B
Japan	100 V	50 Hz / 60 Hz **	A / B
Jordan	230 V	50 Hz	C / D / F / G / J

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
K
Kazakhstan	220 V	50 Hz	C / F
Kenya	240 V	50 Hz	G
Kiribati	240 V	50 Hz	I
Korea, North	110 V / 220 V	60 Hz	A / C
Korea, South	110V / 220 V	60 Hz	A / B / C / F
Kuwait	240 V	50 Hz	C / G
Kyrgyzstan	220 V	50 Hz	C / F

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
L
Laos	230 V	50 Hz	A / B / C / E / F
Latvia	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Lebanon	230 V	50 Hz	C / D / G
Lesotho	220 V	50 Hz	M
Liberia	120 V	60 Hz	A / B
Libya	127 V / 230 V	50 Hz	D / F
Liechtenstein	230 V	50 Hz	J
Lithuania	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Luxembourg	230 V	50 Hz	C / F

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
M
Macau	220 V	50 Hz	D / G
Macedonia	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Madagascar	127 V / 220 V	50 Hz	C / D / E / J / K
Madeira	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Malawi	230 V	50 Hz	G
Malaysia	240 V	50 Hz	G
Maldives	230 V	50 Hz	D / G / J / K / L
Mali	220 V	50 Hz	C / E
Malta	230 V	50 Hz	G
Martinique	220 V	50 Hz	C / D / E
Mauritania	220 V	50 Hz	C
Mauritius	230 V	50 Hz	C / G
Mexico	127 V	60 Hz	A
Micronesia, Federal States of	120 V	60 Hz	A / B
Moldova	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Monaco	230 V	50 Hz	C / D / E / F
Mongolia	230 V	50 Hz	C / E
Montserrat (Leeward Islands)	230 V	60 Hz	A / B
Morocco	220 V	50 Hz	C / E
Mozambique	220 V	50 Hz	C / F / M
Myanmar (formerly Burma)	230 V	50 Hz	C / D / F / G

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
N
Namibia	220 V	50 Hz	D / M
Nauru	240 V	50 Hz	I
Nepal	230 V	50 Hz	C / D / M
Netherlands	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Netherlands Antilles	127 V / 220 V	50 Hz	A / B / F
New Caledonia	220 V	50 Hz	F
New Zealand	240 V	50 Hz	I
Nicaragua	120 V	60 Hz	A
Niger	220 V	50 Hz	A / B / C / D / E / F
Nigeria	230 V	50 Hz	D / G
Norway	230 V	50 Hz	C / F

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
O
Oman	240 V	50 Hz	C / G

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
P
Pakistan	230 V	50 Hz	C / D
Palau	120 V	60 Hz	A / B
Panama	110 V	60 Hz	A / B
Papua New Guinea	240 V	50 Hz	I
Paraguay	220 V	50 Hz	C
Peru	220 V	60 Hz	A / B / C
Philippines	220 V	60 Hz	A / B / C
Poland	230 V	50 Hz	C / E
Portugal	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Puerto Rico	120 V	60 Hz	A / B

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
Q
Qatar	240 V	50 Hz	D / G

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
R
R?union Island	230 V	50 Hz	E
Romania	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Russian Federation	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Rwanda	230 V	50 Hz	C / J

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
S
San Marino	230 V	50 Hz	F / L
Saudi Arabia	110 V / 220 V ***	60 Hz	A / B / C / G
Senegal	230 V	50 Hz	C / D / E / K
Serbia & Montenegro	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Seychelles	240 V	50 Hz	G
Sierra Leone	230 V	50 Hz	D / G
Singapore	230 V	50 Hz	G
Slovakia	230 V	50 Hz	E
Slovenia	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Somalia	220 V	50 Hz	C
South Africa	230 V	50 Hz	D / M ***
Spain	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Sri Lanka	230 V	50 Hz	D / G / M
St. Kitts and Nevis (Leeward Islands)	230 V	60 Hz	D / G
St. Lucia (Windward Islands)	230 V	50 Hz	G
St. Vincent (Windward Islands)	230 V	50 Hz	A / C / E / G / I / K
Sudan	230 V	50 Hz	C / D
Suriname	127 V	60 Hz	C / F
Swaziland	230 V	50 Hz	M
Sweden	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Switzerland	230 V	50 Hz	J
Syria	220 V	50 Hz	C / E / L

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
T
Tahiti	110 V / 220 V	60 Hz	A / B / E
Taiwan	110 V	60 Hz	A / B
Tajikistan	220 V	50 Hz	C / F
Tanzania	230 V	50 Hz	D / G
Thailand	220 V	50 Hz	A / B / C
Togo	220 V	50 Hz	C
Tonga	240 V	50 Hz	I
Trinidad & Tobago	115 V	60 Hz	A / B
Tunisia	230 V	50 Hz	C / E
Turkey	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
Turkmenistan	220 V	50 Hz	C / F

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
U
Uganda	240 V	50 Hz	G
Ukraine	230 V	50 Hz	C / F
United Arab Emirates	240 V	50 Hz	G
United Kingdom	230 V	50 Hz	G
United States of America	120 V	60 Hz	A / B
Uruguay	220 V	50 Hz	C / F / I / L
Uzbekistan	220 V	50 Hz	C / F

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Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
V
Venezuela	120 V	60 Hz	A / B
Vietnam	220 V	50 Hz	A / C / G
Virgin Islands	110 V	60 Hz	A / B

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
W
Western Samoa	230 V	50 Hz	I

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
Y
Yemen, Rep. of	230 V	50 Hz	A / D / G

Country	Single - Phase Voltage	Frequency	Plug / Socket Type
Z
Zambia	230 V	50 Hz	C / D / G
Zimbabwe	240 V	50 Hz	D / G

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