This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Argentina
Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
Type IAS/NZS 3112Earthed
Voltage
220 V
Frequency
50 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type I
Argentine Type I sockets are wired with live and neutral the opposite way round to Australian and Chinese ones.
What you need, by where you are coming from
Arriving from the United States or CanadaA plug adapter, and appliances marked 100-240 V. Anything single-voltage needs a converter.
Arriving from the UK or IrelandA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
Arriving from most of continental EuropePlugs go straight in and the voltage matches. Nothing to pack.
Arriving from Australia or New ZealandPlugs go straight in and the voltage matches. Nothing to pack.
Socket types, voltage and frequency are the nominal domestic supply as published in IEC/TR 60083 and the national standards it lists.
Argentine sockets are Type and at 220 V - Type is the same shape as the Australian plug, wired with live and neutral the other way round.
Sockets in Argentina are Type and at 220 V, 50 Hz - two flat blades in a V with an earth blade below, the same shape Australia uses.
The polarity is reversed compared with Australia and China. The plug fits either way, and for anything with a two-core lead it makes no difference; it is why Argentine and Australian appliances are not officially interchangeable even though the pins are.
A Europlug fits the two-pin sockets that are still common in older buildings.
British and American plugs need an adapter.
220 V, so American 120 V-only appliances need a converter.
Chile, next door, uses the Italian Type socket instead, so a road trip across the Andes needs a second adapter.
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