This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 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.
Bosnian sockets are Type Schuko at 230 V, matching the whole western Balkans.
Sockets in Bosnia and Herzegovina are Type and at 230 V, 50 Hz - the round Schuko outlet.
- A Europlug fits every socket in the country.
- Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia all match, so a Balkans road trip needs one adapter at most.
- British, American and Australian plugs need an adapter.
- Older housing has unearthed sockets that look identical to the earthed ones from the front.
- 230 V, so only American 120 V-only appliances need a converter.
- British, American and Australian plugs all need the same adapter, and one universal unit covers the whole Balkan route.
- Mountain guesthouses in Bosnia often run one circuit for a whole floor, so a hair dryer and a kettle together trip it.
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