This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Cambodia
Type ANEMA 1-15No earth
Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
Type GBS 1363Earthed
Voltage
230 V
Frequency
50 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type G
Type A, C and G sockets all turn up, sometimes in the same room, so a universal adapter is the sensible answer.
What you need, by where you are coming from
Arriving from the United States or CanadaThe plug fits, and the voltage does not: anything not marked 100-240 V needs a converter, not an adapter.
Arriving from the UK or IrelandPlugs go straight in and the voltage matches. Nothing to pack.
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.
Cambodian sockets take American, European and British plugs in the same room, usually without earthing any of them.
Sockets in Cambodia are Type , and at 230 V, 50 Hz - flat American pins, round European ones and the British three-pin all turn up, sometimes in one wall.
A universal adapter is the sensible answer here, more than almost anywhere else.
Most sockets are unearthed hybrids. A plug that fits is not a plug that is earthed, and that includes European ones with an earth contact.
American appliances fit and then meet 230 V. Anything not marked 100-240 V will burn out.
Guesthouses run on a supply that cuts, particularly outside Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, so a power bank earns its weight.
Thailand, Vietnam and Laos are all different again, which is why a single universal adapter beats a bag of country ones on a regional trip.
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