This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Guatemala
- Type ANEMA 1-15No earth
- Type BNEMA 5-15Earthed
- 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 EuropeA plug adapter, and appliances marked 100-240 V. Anything single-voltage needs a converter.
- 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.
Guatemalan sockets are Type and at 120 V, and older buildings usually have unearthed two-slot outlets.
Sockets in Guatemala are Type and at 120 V, 60 Hz - the American standard.
- American and Canadian plugs fit straight in. Everyone else needs an adapter.
- Two-slot unearthed sockets are the norm outside newer hotels, so an earthed American plug sometimes does not fit either.
- 120 V means European 230 V-only appliances will not run.
- Supply in the highlands and around Lake Atitlan is unreliable, with cuts most weeks and voltage that sags under evening load.
- Chargers marked 100-240 V are fine, which covers nearly everything a traveller carries.
- Belize, next door, is the odd one out. It mixes American sockets with British Type and runs at both 110 V and 220 V.
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