This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Iceland
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.
Icelandic sockets are Type Schuko at 230 V, the same as continental Europe.
Sockets in Iceland are Type and at 230 V, 50 Hz - the round Schuko outlet.
A Europlug fits every socket in the country, so most European travellers need nothing.
British, American and Australian plugs need an adapter, and buying one in Reykjavik costs several times what it does at home.
230 V, so American 120 V-only appliances need a converter.
Campervans and huts run on 12 V or on a hookup, and a 230 V socket in a van is only live when it is plugged in at a campsite.
Electricity here is cheap and almost entirely renewable, which is why hot water is unmetered in most guesthouses and heating is never the thing that trips a circuit.
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