The Ultimate Guide to Worldwide Plugs & Sockets!
Don’t get to your destination and not be able to charge your gadgets. Maybe one day the whole world will agree on one socket/plug type and go with it, but until then get your adapters ready!
To make things easier, I will give you the list of what adapters you will need to bring if you were to say, go on a round the world trip, since so many are compatible. Here they are:
Type A
Type C
Type G
Type I
Type M
*It’s not a bad idea to carry a type D with you. I’ve ran into type D in Sri Lanka and Zanzibar (I have yet to visit India) and have found that many Type D sockets wouldn’t allow for me to insert the Type C prong into the socket… that is unless I took a pen and pressed down the third prong socket when inserting. I wouldn’t recommend this because I’d have to say this is definitely unsafe and I have just gotten lucky so far.
The following is a list of all plugs and sockets out there.
Type A North American Ungrounded
Not compatible with any other plug.
Type B North American Grounded
Source
Compatible with Type A.
Type C European
Source
Not compatible with any other plug.
Type D Indian
Source
Compatible with Type C…. Sometimes.
Type E European (French)
Source
Compatible with type C and type F.
Type F European (German Schuko)
Source
Compatible with type C and type E.
Type G British
Source
Not compatible with any other plug.
Type H Israel, Gaza and West Bank
Source
Compatible with type C and type H.
Type I Australia/New Zealand
Source
Not compatible with any other plug.
Type J Switzerland, Rwanda, Lichtenstein
Source
Compatible with type C.
Type K Denmark, Greenland
Source
Compatible with type C.
Type L Chile, Italy
Source
Compatible with type C.
Type M South Africa
Not compatible with any other plug. Looks similar to the type D used in India.
Type N Brazil
Source
Also Compatible with type C.
Type O Thailand
Source
Also compatible with type C.
Adapter by Country:
Country Adapter Voltage Frequency
Afghanistan
C, F
220 V
50 Hz
Albania
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Algeria
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
American Samoa
A, B, F, I
120 V
60 Hz
Andorra
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Angola
C
220 V
50 Hz
Anguilla
A
110 V
60 Hz
Antigua and Barbuda
A, B
230 V
60 Hz
Argentina
C, I
220 V
50 Hz
Armenia
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Aruba
A, B, F
127 V
60 Hz
Australia
I
230 V
50 Hz
Austria
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Azerbaijan
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Bahamas
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Bahrain
G
230 V
50 Hz
Bangladesh
C, D, G, K
220 V
50 Hz
Barbados
A, B
115 V
50 Hz
Belarus
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Belgium
C, E
230 V
50 Hz
Belize
A, B, G
110 V
220 V
60 Hz
Benin
C, E
220 V
50 Hz
Bermuda
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Bhutan
C, D, F, G, M
230 V
50 Hz
Bolivia
A, C
115 V
230 V
50 Hz
Bosnia and Herzegovina
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Botswana
D, G, M
230 V
50 Hz
Brazil
C, N
127 V
220 V
60 Hz
British Virgin Islands
A, B
110 V
60 Hz
Brunei
G
240 V
50 Hz
Bulgaria
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Burkina Faso
C, E
220 V
50 Hz
Burundi
C, E
220 V
50 Hz
Cambodia
A, C, G
230 V
50 Hz
Cameroon
C, E
220 V
50 Hz
Canada
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Cape Verde
C, F
220 V
50 Hz
Caribbean Netherlands
A, B, C
127 V
220 V
50 Hz, 60 Hz
Cayman Islands
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Central African Republic
C, E
220 V
50 Hz
Chad
C, D, E, F
220 V
50 Hz
Chile
L
220 V
50 Hz
China
A, I, C
220 V
50 Hz
Colombia
A, B
110 V
60 Hz
Comoros
C, E
220 V
50 Hz
Congo, Republic of the
C, E
230 V
50 Hz
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
C, D, E
220 V
50 Hz
Cook Islands
I
240 V
50 Hz
Costa Rica
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Côte d’Ivoire
C, E
230 V
50 Hz
Croatia
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Cuba
A, B, C
110 V
60 Hz
Curaçao
A, B, C
127 V
50 Hz
Cyprus
G
240 V
50 Hz
Czech Republic
C, E
230 V
50 Hz
Denmark
C, E, F, K
230 V
50 Hz
Djibouti
C, E
220 V
50 Hz
Dominica
D, G
230 V
50 Hz
Dominican Republic
A, B
110 V
60 Hz
Ecuador
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Egypt
C, F
220 V
50 Hz
El Salvador
A, B
115 V
60 Hz
Equatorial Guinea
C, E
220 V
50 Hz
Eritrea
C, L
230 V
50 Hz
Estonia
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Ethiopia
C, E, F, L
220 V
50 Hz
Falkland Islands
G
240 V
50 Hz
Faroe Islands
C, E, F, K
230 V
50 Hz
Fiji
I
240 V
50 Hz
Finland
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
France
C, E
230 V
50 Hz
French Guiana
C, D, E
220 V
50 Hz
French Polynesia
A, B, E
110 V
220 V
60 Hz, 50 Hz
Gabon
C
220 V
50 Hz
Gambia
G
230 V
50 Hz
Georgia
C, F
220 V
50 Hz
Germany
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Ghana
D, G
230 V
50 Hz
Gibraltar
C, G
240 V
50 Hz
Greece
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Greenland
C, E, F, K
220 V
50 Hz
Grenada
G
230 V
50 Hz
Guadeloupe
C, D, E
230 V
50 Hz
Guam
A, B
110 V
60 Hz
Guatemala
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Guernsey
G
230 V
50 Hz
Guinea
C, F, K
220 V
50 Hz
Guinea-Bissau
C
220 V
50 Hz
Guyana
A, B, D, G
110 V
220 V
60 Hz
50 Hz
Haiti
A, B
110 V
60 Hz
Honduras
A, B
110 V
60 Hz
Hong Kong
G
220 V
50 Hz
Hungary
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Iceland
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
India
C, D, M
230 V
50 Hz
Indonesia
C, F, G
230 V
50 Hz
Iran
C, F
220 V
50 Hz
Iraq
C, D, G
230 V
50 Hz
Ireland
G
230 V
50 Hz
Isle of Man
G
240 V
50 Hz
Israel
C, H, M
230 V
50 Hz
Italy
C, F, L
230 V
50 Hz
Jamaica
A, B
110 V
50 Hz
Japan
A, B
100 V
50 Hz, 60 Hz
Jersey
G
230 V
50 Hz
Jordan
B, C, D, F, G, J
230 V
50 Hz
Kazakhstan
C, F
220 V
50 Hz
Kenya
G
240 V
50 Hz
Kiribati
I
240 V
50 Hz
Kosovo
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Kuwait
C, G
240 V
50 Hz
Kyrgyzstan
C, F
220 V
50 Hz
Laos
C, E, F
230 V
50 Hz
Latvia
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Lebanon
A, B, C, D, G
220 V
50 Hz
Lesotho
M
220 V
50 Hz
Liberia
A, B, C, E, F
120 V
240 V
60 Hz
50 Hz
Libya
C, D, F, L
127 V
50 Hz
Lithuania
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Liechtenstein
C, J
230 V
50 Hz
Luxembourg
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Macau
D, F, G, M
220 V
50 Hz
Macedonia
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Madagascar
C, D, E, J, K
127 V
220 V
50 Hz
Malawi
G
230 V
50 Hz
Malaysia
C, G, M
230 V
50 Hz
Maldives
D, G, J, K, L
230 V
50 Hz
Mali
C, E
220 V
50 Hz
Malta
G
230 V
50 Hz
Martinique
C, D, E
220 V
50 Hz
Mauritania
C
220 V
50 Hz
Mauritius
C, G
230 V
50 Hz
Mexico
A, B
127 V
60 Hz
Micronesia
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Moldova
C, F
220 V
50 Hz
Monaco
C, D, E, F
230 V
50 Hz
Mongolia
C, E
220 V
50 Hz
Montenegro
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Montserrat
A, B
120 V
230 V
60 Hz
Morocco
C, E
127 V
220 V
50 Hz
Mozambique
C, F, M
220 V
50 Hz
Myanmar
C, D, F, G
230 V
50 Hz
Namibia
D, M
220 V
50 Hz
Nauru
I
240 V
50 Hz
Nepal
D, M, C
230 V
50 Hz
Netherlands
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
New Caledonia
C, F
220 V
50 Hz
New Zealand
I
230 V
50 Hz
Nicaragua
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Niger
A, B, C, D, E, F
220 V
50 Hz
Nigeria
D, G
240 V
50 Hz
North Korea
A, C, F
110 V
220 V
60 Hz
50 Hz
Norway
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Oman
C, G
240 V
50 Hz
Pakistan
C, D, G, M
230 V
50 Hz
Palau
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Panama
A, B
110 V
120 V
60 Hz
Papua New Guinea
I
240 V
50 Hz
Paraguay
C
220 V
50 Hz
Peru
A, B, C
220 V
60 Hz
Philippines
A, B
220 V
60 Hz
Poland
C, E
230 V
50 Hz
Portugal
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Puerto Rico
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Qatar
D, G
240 V
50 Hz
Réunion
E
220 V
50 Hz
Romania
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Russia
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Rwanda
C, J
230 V
50 Hz
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
G
220-240 V
50 Hz
St. Martin
C, F
120 V
220 V
60 Hz
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St. Kitts and Nevis
A, B, D, G
110 V
230 V
60 Hz
St. Lucia
G
240 V
50 Hz
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
E
230 V
50 Hz
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
C, E, G, I, K
230 V
50 Hz
Samoa
I
230 V
50 Hz
San Marino
C, F, L
230 V
50 Hz
São Tomé and Príncipe
C, F
220 V
50 Hz
Saudi Arabia
A, B, G
127 V
220 V
60 Hz
Senegal
C, D, E, K
230 V
50 Hz
Serbia
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Seychelles
G
240 V
50 Hz
Sierra Leone
D, G
230 V
50 Hz
Singapore
C, G, M
230 V
50 Hz
Slovakia
C, E
230 V
50 Hz
Slovenia
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Solomon Islands
I, G
220 V
50 Hz
Somalia
C
220 V
50 Hz
South Africa
C, F, M, N
230 V
50 Hz
South Korea
C, F
220 V
60 Hz
Spain
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Sri Lanka
D, G, M
230 V
50 Hz
Sudan
C, D
230 V
50 Hz
Suriname
C, F
127 V
60 Hz
Swaziland
M
230 V
50 Hz
Sweden
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Switzerland
C, J
230 V
50 Hz
Syria
C, E, L
220 V
50 Hz
Taiwan
A, B
110 V
60 Hz
Tajikistan
C, F, I
220 V
50 Hz
Tanzania
D, G
230 V
50 Hz
Thailand
A, B, C, F, O
220 V
50 Hz
East Timor
C, E, F, I
220 V
50 Hz
Togo
C
220 V
50 Hz
Tonga
I
240 V
50 Hz
Trinidad & Tobago
A, B
115 V
60 Hz
Tunisia
C, E
230 V
50 Hz
Turkey
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
Turkmenistan
B, C, F
220 V
50 Hz
Tuvalu
I
220 V
50 Hz
Uganda
G
240 V
50 Hz
Ukraine
C, F
230 V
50 Hz
United Arab Emirates
C, D, G
220 V
50 Hz
United Kingdom
G
230 V
50 Hz
United States
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
US Virgin Islands
A, B
110 V
60 Hz
Uruguay
C, F, I, L
230 V
50 Hz
Uzbekistan
C, I
220 V
50 Hz
Vanuatu
C, G, I
220 V
50 Hz
Venezuela
A, B
120 V
60 Hz
Vietnam
A, C, G
220 V
50 Hz
Yemen
A, D, G
230 V
50 Hz
Zambia
C, D, G
230 V
50 Hz
Zimbabwe
D, G