This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Czechia
Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
Type ECEE 7/5Earthed
Voltage
230 V
Frequency
50 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type E
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.
Czech sockets are Type at 230 V - the French earth pin, not the German clips, though nearly every European plug fits both.
Sockets in Czechia are Type and at 230 V, 50 Hz, with a protruding earth pin in the socket rather than clips on its rim.
A Europlug fits every socket in the country, which covers phone, laptop and camera chargers.
The hybrid CEE 7/7 plug fits too. A pure Schuko plug, with no hole for the socket's earth pin, does not - the same catch as in France, Belgium, Poland and Slovakia.
British, American and Australian plugs need an adapter.
230 V is standard European. American 120 V-only appliances need a converter.
Prague hotels aimed at foreign guests often fit universal sockets, but a hostel or an apartment will have plain Czech outlets.
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