This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Kazakhstan
- 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.
Kazakh sockets are Type and at 230 V, the same round two-pin outlet as continental Europe.
Sockets in Kazakhstan are Type and at 230 V, 50 Hz - two round pins, the Soviet-era standard that matches European plugs.
- A Europlug fits every socket, and Schuko plugs fit the earthed ones.
- Older Soviet-built sockets are unearthed and slightly narrower than modern Schuko outlets, so a chunky European plug occasionally needs a shove.
- British, American and Australian plugs need an adapter.
- 230 V, so American 120 V-only equipment needs a converter.
- Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Russia use the same two round pins, so one adapter covers a Central Asian trip.
- Hotel rooms in Astana and Almaty increasingly carry USB sockets beside the bed, which saves the adapter for the laptop.
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