This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Austria
Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
Type FCEE 7/3 (Schuko)Earthed
Voltage
230 V
Frequency
50 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type F
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 ZealandA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
Socket types, voltage and frequency are the nominal domestic supply as published in IEC/TR 60083 and the national standards it lists.
Austrian sockets are Type and at 230 V - Schuko, the same as Germany.
Sockets in Austria are Type and at 230 V, 50 Hz - Schuko, the same standard as Germany and most of continental Europe.
The plug goes in either way round and the earth is a pair of clips on the rim of the recess.
A Europlug fits everywhere. Only an appliance with a metal case really needs the earth.
British, American and Australian plugs need an adapter; nothing from those standards fits a Schuko socket.
230 V, so only American 120 V-only equipment needs a converter.
Cross the border and this stops being true. Switzerland and Liechtenstein, an hour from Vorarlberg, use the hexagonal Swiss socket, and a Schuko plug does not fit one. Italy needs the Italian gauge. Germany, Slovakia and Hungary are the same as here.
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