This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Belize
Type ANEMA 1-15No earth
Type BNEMA 5-15Earthed
Type GBS 1363Earthed
Voltage
110 V or 220 V
Frequency
60 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type B, Type G
Both 110 V and 220 V are in use, and British Type G sockets sit alongside American Type A and B.
What you need, by where you are coming from
Arriving from the United States or CanadaPlugs go straight in and the voltage matches. Nothing to pack.
Arriving from the UK or IrelandThe plug fits, and the voltage does not: anything not marked 100-240 V needs a converter, not an adapter.
Arriving from most of continental EuropeA plug adapter, and appliances marked 100-240 V. Anything single-voltage needs a converter.
Arriving from Australia or New ZealandA plug adapter, and appliances marked 100-240 V. Anything single-voltage needs a converter.
Socket types, voltage and frequency are the nominal domestic supply as published in IEC/TR 60083 and the national standards it lists.
Belize mixes American sockets with British Type , and runs at both 110 V and 220 V.
Sockets in Belize are Type , and at 60 Hz, with both 110 V and 220 V in domestic use - the only country in Central America wired two ways.
The British Type socket is the legacy of British Honduras, and it sits alongside American two- and three-slot outlets, sometimes in the same building.
Check the voltage before plugging in anything that heats. A 110 V appliance in a 220 V socket is destroyed instantly, and the shapes do not tell you which is which.
American plugs fit the American sockets, and British plugs the Type ones. Everyone else needs an adapter.
Cayes and jungle lodges run on generators or solar, with sockets live only for part of the day.
Guatemala and Mexico next door are American-standard only, at 120 V and 127 V.
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