This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Dominican Republic
- Type ANEMA 1-15No earth
- Type BNEMA 5-15Earthed
- Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
- Voltage
- 120 V
- Frequency
- 60 Hz
- Earthed sockets
- Type 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 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.
Dominican sockets are Type and at 120 V, the American standard, and unearthed outlets are common.
Sockets in the Dominican Republic are Type , and at 120 V, 60 Hz - the American standard, with the odd two-round-pin outlet in tourist accommodation.
- American and Canadian plugs fit straight in. European, British and Australian ones need an adapter.
- 120 V is the constraint. A 230 V-only European appliance will not run properly, and no plug adapter changes that.
- Unearthed two-slot sockets are common outside newer hotels.
- Resorts often fit European two-pin sockets alongside American ones for their guests, so a room can have both.
- Power cuts are routine away from the resort corridors, and most hotels run generators that take a moment to pick up.
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