First Day Abroad

Power sockets and voltage in Brazil

Part of the Brazil arrival guide.

This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by

Sockets and voltage in Brazil

  • Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
  • Type NIEC 60906-1 / NBR 14136Earthed
Voltage
127 V or 220 V
Frequency
60 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type N

Both 127 V and 220 V are in domestic use and which one you get depends on the region, so check the label on anything with a heating element.

What you need, by where you are coming from

  • Arriving from the United States or CanadaA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
  • Arriving from the UK or IrelandA plug adapter, and appliances marked 100-240 V. Anything single-voltage needs a converter.
  • Arriving from most of continental EuropeThe plug fits, and the voltage does not: anything not marked 100-240 V needs a converter, not an adapter.
  • 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.

Brazil uses the Type socket at either 127 V or 220 V depending on the region, which is the detail that catches people out.

Sockets in Brazil are Type and at 60 Hz, and the voltage is either 127 V or 220 V depending on where in the country you are.

  • The voltage genuinely changes between regions and sometimes between cities. Sao Paulo and Rio run mostly at 127 V, much of the northeast and Brasilia at 220 V. Hotel sockets are usually labelled; if they are not, ask.
  • Type is Brazil's own standard - three round pins almost in a line, the earth offset by only 3 mm. It was made compulsory in 2010, so old buildings still hold every kind of socket that came before it.
  • A Europlug fits a Type socket. That covers most chargers arriving from Europe.
  • American and British plugs need an adapter, and American appliances also need to survive whichever voltage the room has.
  • South Africa uses the same Type , and nowhere else does in daily life.
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