This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Hungary
Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
Type FCEE 7/3 (Schuko)Earthed
Voltage
230 V
Frequency
50 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type F
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.
Hungarian sockets are Type Schuko at 230 V, the same as Austria and Germany.
Sockets in Hungary are Type and at 230 V, 50 Hz - the round Schuko outlet used across central Europe.
A Europlug fits every socket in the country.
British, American and Australian plugs need an adapter.
230 V, so only American 120 V-only appliances need a converter.
Older Budapest apartment buildings frequently have unearthed sockets of the same shape, which take the same plugs and connect no earth.
The whole region matches. Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Romania all use the same Schuko socket, so nothing changes at a Hungarian border.
The earth is a pair of clips on the rim, so a two-pin travel adapter leaves an appliance unearthed even when it fits snugly.
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