This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Montenegro
- 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.
Montenegrin sockets are Type Schuko at 230 V, the same as the rest of the western Balkans.
Sockets in Montenegro are Type and at 230 V, 50 Hz - the round Schuko outlet.
- A Europlug fits every socket in the country.
- Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Albania all match, so a coastal road trip needs one adapter at most.
- British, American and Australian plugs need an adapter.
- Older stone houses on the coast are often wired with unearthed sockets and one circuit per floor.
- 230 V, so only American 120 V-only equipment needs a converter.
- Ferries to Bari and Ancona land in Type territory, where an Italian socket needs its own adapter for a Schuko plug.
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