Foreign Outlet and Travel Adapter Guide

  • What is an outlet adapter plug? It changes the plug shape of your appliance/device, not the electrical voltage. It permits you to plug a device into a wall outlet in another country with a different plug shape than the appliance you are trying to use.  
  • As an added precaution, and as some countries use more than one type of electrical outlet, you may want to contact the place at which you are staying to confirm what type of outlets are used. 
  • What is an electric converter? It changes the voltage of your electronic device. 
  • Most modern travel gadgets (including smartphones, laptops, and tablets) are dual-voltage. A dual voltage device will automatically convert to run on other voltage systems. This means that if you try to use a converter on a device that is already dual-voltage, you may end up irreversibly damaging your device. 
  • It is thus imperative for you to check the label or owner’s manual of your device to determine whether it is dual voltage.
  • Language similar to “INPUT AC 120 VAC 60 Hz 200 W,” indicates a single-voltage device that may only be used on 120 V, and if you want to use it in another country, you may need a converter
  • Language similar to “INPUT AC 120/240 V 50—60 Hz 1300 W,” indicates the device is dual-voltage, and can be used for voltages between 120 V and 240 V. If this is the case, you’ll need only a plug adapter (see below for more details).
Lieber's primary adapter/converter vendor is Voltage Valet. Below is a version of their foreign outlet guide to help assist with determining the type of adapter plug you may need: 
Foreign Outlets
 
Non-Grounded Adaptor Plugs

 

The below identifies the voltage, the frequency, the adaptor plug and the electrical outlet(s) used in that country.

As some countries use more than one type of electrical outlet it is recommended to carry all the adaptors (grounded and non grounded) listed for each country. 


Country Non-grounded Adaptor Plug Grounded Adaptor Plug Outlet Volts AC Freq./Hz.

Afghanistan

BF

GUF

GUR

3, 11

220

50

Albania

B

GUB

2

220

50

Algeria

BF

GUB

GUF

3, 11

127/

220

50

American Samoa

AB

C

GUA

GUB,

GUC

1, 2, 8

120/

220

60

Andorra

B

GUB

2, 3

220

50

Angola

B

GUB

2

220

50

Anguilla

A

GUA

1

110

50

Antigua / Barbuda

AD

GUA

GUD

1, 9

230

60

Argentina

BC

GUC

GUR

3, 8

220

50

Armenia

B

GUB

2

220

50

Aruba

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 2

115

60

Australia

C

GUC

8

240

50

Austria

B

GUB

2

230

50

Azerbaijan

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Azores

BE

GUB

GUE

2, 10

220

50

Bahamas

A

GUA

1

120

60

Bahrain

DF

GUD

GUF

9, 11

220

50

Bali (Indonesia)

B

GUB

2

220

50

Bangladesh

BD

F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

220

50

Barbados

A

GUA

1

115

50

Belarus

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Belgium

B

GUB

2

230

50

Belize

AD

GUA

GUD

1, 9

110/

220

60

Benin

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

220

50

Bermuda

A

GUA

1

120

60

Bhutan

BD

F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

3, 9, 11

220

50

Bolivia

AB

GUA

GUR

1, 2

110/

220

50

Bonaire

A

GUA

1

110

60

Bosnia-Herzegovina

B

GUB

2

220

50

Botswana

DE

GUD

GUE

9, 10

220

50

Brazil

AB

GUA

GUR

GUZ

1, 3, 12

110/

220

60

British Virgin Islands

D

GUD

9

220

50

Brunei

D

GUD

9

240

50

Bulgaria

B

GUB

2

220

50

Burkina Faso

B

GUB

2

220

50

Burma (Myanmar)

BD,

 F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

230

50

Burundi

B

GUB

2

220

50

Cambodia

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 2

120/

220

50

Cameroon

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

220

50

Canada

A

GUA

1

120

60

Canary Islands (Spain)

B

GUB

2, 3

220

50

Cape Verde Islands

B

GUB

2

220

50

Cayman Islands

A

GUA

1

120

60

Central African Rep.

B

GUB

2

220

50

Chad

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

220

50

Channel Islands

BD

GUB

GUD

2, 9

220

50

Chile

B

GUI

5

220

50

China

BC

D

GUB

GUC,

GUD

2, 8, 9

220

50

Colombia

A

GUA

1

110

60

Comoros

B

GUB

2

220

50

Congo, D. Rep. of

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

220

50

Congo, Rep. of

B

GUB

3

220

50

Cook Islands

C

GUC

8

240

50

Corsica (France)

B

GUB

GUI

3, 5

220

50

Costa Rica

A

GUA

1

120

60

Cote d’Ivoire

B

GUB

3

220

50

Croatia

B

GUB

2

220

50

Cuba

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 2

120/

220

60

Curacao

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 2

120/

127

50

Cyprus

BD

GUB

GUD

2, 9

240

50

Czech Republic

B

GUB

2

220

50

Denmark

B

GUK

4

230

50

Djibouti

B

GUB

2, 3

220

50

Dominica

B, D, 

F

GUB, 

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

230

50

Dominican Rep.

A

GUA

1

110

60

East Timor

BC

GUB

GUC

2, 8

220

50

Ecuador

A

GUA

1

120

60

Egypt

B

GUB

2

220

50

El Salvador

A

GUA

1

115

60

England (UK)

D, E

GUD

GUE

9, 10

240

50

Eq. Guinea

B

GUB

3

220

50

Eritrea

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

220

50

Estonia

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Ethiopia

BF

GUI

GUF

5, 11

220

50

Fiji

C

GUC

8

240

50

Finland

B

GUB

2

230

50

France

B

GUB

3

230

50

French Guiana

B

GUB

3

230

50

French Polynesia

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 3

110/

220

60

Gabon

B

GUB

2, 3

220

50

Gambia

D

GUD

9

220

50

Georgia

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Germany

B

GUB

2

230

50

Ghana

BD

F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

220

50

Gibraltar

D

GUD

9

240

50

Greece

B

GUB

2

230

50

Greenland

B

GUK

4

220

50

Grenada

B, D,

 F

GUB, 

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

230

50

Guadeloupe

B

GUB

2, 3

220

50

Guam

A

GUA

1

120

60

Guatemala

A

GUA

1

120

60

Guinea

B

GUB

2

220

50

Guinea Bissau

B

GUB

2

220

50

Guyana

AD,

 F

GUA

GUD,

GUF

1, 9, 11

110/

220

50/60

Haiti

A

GUA

1

110

60

Honduras

A

GUA

1

110

60

Hong Kong

D, E

GUD

GUE

9, 10

220

50

Hungary

B

GUB

2

220

50

Iceland

B

GUB

2

220

50

India

EF

GUE

GUF

10, 11

220

50

Indonesia

B

GUB

2

220

50

Iran

B

GUB

2

220

50

Iraq

BD

F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

220

50

Ireland, Republic of

DE

GUD

GUE

9, 10

220

50

Israel

B

GUL

7

230

50

Italy

B

GUI

5

230

50

Ivory Coast

B

GUB

2

220

50

Jamaica

A

GUA

1

110

50

Japan

A

GUA

1

100

50/60

Jordan

BD

F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

220

50

Kazakhstan

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Kenya

BD,

 F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

240

50

Kiribati

AC

GUA

1, 8

110/

220

50/60

Korea (North & South)

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 2

110/

220

50/60

Kuwait

BD

F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

240

50

Kyrgyzstan

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Laos

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 2

220

50

Latvia

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Lebanon

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

220

50

Lesotho

BE

GUB

GUE

2, 10

240

50

Liberia

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 2

120/

230

50/60

Libya

BF

GUI

GUF

5, 11

230

50

Liechtenstein

B

GUB, 

GUS

2, 6

220

50

Lithuania

B

GUB

2

220

50

Luxembourg

B

GUB

2

230

50

Macao

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

220

50

Macedonia

B

GUB

2

220

50

Madagascar

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 3, 11

220

50

Madeira (Portugal)

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

220

50

Majorca (Spain)

B

GUB

2

220

50

Malawi

D

GUD

9

230

50

Malaysia

D

GUD

9

240

50

Maldives

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

220

50

Mali

B

GUB

2, 3

220

50

Malta

D

GUD

9

240

50

Martinique

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 3

220

50

Mauritania

B

GUB

2

220

50

Mauritius

BDF

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

230

50

Mexico

A

GUA

1

120

60

Micronesia

A

GUA

1

120

60

Moldova (Moldavia)

B

GUB

2

220

50

Monaco

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 3, 

11

220

50

Mongolia

B

GUB

2

220

50

Montenegro

B

GUB

2

220

50

Montserrat

AD

GUA

GUD

1, 9

230

50

Morocco

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

220

50

Mozambique

B, E

GUB

GUE

2, 10

220

50

Myanmar

B, D,

 F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 

11

230

50

Namibia

EF

GUE

GUF

10, 11

220

50

Nauru

AC

GUA

GUC

1, 8

220

50

Nepal

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

220

50

Neth. Antilles

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 2

110/

220

50/60

Netherlands

B

GUB

2

230

50

New Caledonia

B

GUB

2

220

50

New Hebrides

C

GUC

8

220

50

New Zealand

C

GUC

8

230

50

Nicaragua

A

GUA

1

120

60

Niger

B

GUB

3

220

50

Nigeria

DF

GUD

GUF

9, 11

230

50

Northern Ireland (UK)

DE

GUD

GUE

9, 10

220

50

Norway

B

GUB

2

230

50

Okinawa (Japan)

A

GUA

1

110

60

Oman

BD,

 F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 

11

240

50

Pakistan

BD,

 F

GUD

GUF,

GUR

3, 9, 

11

230

50

Palau

A

GUA

1

120

60

Palestine

B

GUL

7

230

50

Panama

A

GUA

1

120

60

Papua New Guinea

C

GUC

8

240

50

Paraguay

B

GUB

2

220

50

Peru

AB

GUA

1

110/

220

50/60

Philippines

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 2

110/

220

60

Poland

B

GUB

2

220

50

Portugal

B

GUB

2

230

50

Puerto Rico

A

GUA

1

120

60

Qatar

DF

GUD

GUF

9, 11

240

50

Reunion

B

GUB

3

220

50

Romania

B

GUB

2

220

50

Russia

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Rwanda

B

GUB

2

220

50

Samoa

C

GUC

8

230

50

San Marino

B

GUB

5

220

50

San Tome & Principe

B

GUB

2

220

50

Sardinia (Italy)

B

GUI

5

220

50

Saudi Arabia

AB

D

GUA

GUB,

GUD

1, 3, 9

127/

220

50/60

Scotland (UK)

DE

GUD

GUE

9, 10

220

50

Senegal

BF

GUB

GUF

3, 11

220

50

Serbia

B

GUB

2

220

50

Seychelles

DF

GUD

GUF

9, 11

240

50

Sierra Leone

DF

GUD

GUF

9, 11

230

50

Singapore

BD,

 F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

230

50

Slovakia

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Slovenia

B

GUB

2

220

50

Solomon Islands

CD

GUC

GUD

8, 9

220

50

Somalia

B

GUB

2

220

50

South Africa

E

GUE

10

230

50

Spain

B

GUB

2

230

50

Sri Lanka

BF

GUB

GUF

2, 11

230

50

St. Barts (Barthelemy)

B

GUB

3

220

50

St. Kitts-Nevis

DF

GUD

GUF

9, 11

230

60

St. Lucia

BD

GUB

GUD

2, 9

240

50

St. Martin

B

GUB

2, 3

220

50

St. Vincent & Grenadines

D

GUD

9

230

50

Sudan

BD

F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

240

50

Suriname

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 2

110/

220

50/60

Swaziland

BE

GUB

GUE

2, 10

230

50

Sweden

B

GUB

2

230

50

Switzerland

B

GUS

6

230

50

Syria

B

GUB

2

220

50

Tahiti (French Polynesia)

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 3

127/

220

50/60

Taiwan

A

GUA

1

110

60

Tajikistan

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Tanzania

DF

GUD

GUF

9, 11

230

50

Tasmania (Australia)

C

GUC

8

240

50

Thailand

AB

GUA

GUB

1, 2

220

50

Tibet

BC

GUB

GUC

2, 8

220

50

Togo

B

GUB

2, 3

220

50

Tonga

AC

GUA

GUC

1, 8

110/

220

50/60

Trinidad & Tobago

A

GUA

1

115/

230

60

Tunisia

B

GUB,

 GUI

2, 5

220

50

Turkey

B

GUB

2

220

50

Turkmenistan

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Turks & Caicos Is.

A

GUA

1

120

60

Tuvalu

C

GUC

8

220

50

Uganda

DF

GUD

GUF

9, 11

240

50

Ukraine

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

United Arab Emirates

DF

GUD

GUF

9, 11

220

50

United Kingdom

DE

GUD

GUE

9, 10

240

50

United States

A

GUA

1

120

60

Uruguay

BC

GUB

GUC

GUI

2, 5, 8

220

50

Uzbekistan

B

GUB

GUR

2, 3

220

50

Vanuatu

BC

D

GUB

GUC,

GUD

3, 8, 9

220

50

Venezuela

A

GUA

1

120

60

Vietnam

AB

D

GUA

GUB,

GUD

1, 3, 9

120/

220

50

Virgin Islands (US)

A

GUA

1

110

60

Virgin Islands (British)

A

GUA

1

120

60

Wales (UK)

DE

GUD

GUE

9, 10

220

50

Yemen

BD

F

GUB

GUD,

GUF

2, 9, 11

220

50

Zambia

BD

E

GUB,

 GUD,

GUE

2, 9, 10

220

50

Zimbabwe

DF

GUD

GUF

9, 11

220

50
(source: https://www.voltagevalet.com/pages/electricity-guide)