This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Poland
Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
Type ECEE 7/5Earthed
Voltage
230 V
Frequency
50 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type E
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.
Polish sockets are Type at 230 V, with the French-style earth pin standing out of the outlet.
Sockets in Poland are Type and at 230 V, 50 Hz - the French pattern, with the earth as a pin standing out of the socket.
A Europlug fits everything. Chargers and laptop bricks need no adapter at all.
A bare Schuko plug will not enter an earthed Polish socket. The hybrid CEE 7/7 plug that most European appliances carry will, and that covers nearly everything sold in the last twenty years.
British, American and Australian plugs need an adapter.
230 V matches the rest of Europe. Only American 120 V-only equipment needs a converter.
Older blocks still have unearthed round sockets that take the same plugs with no earth behind them.
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