This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Singapore
Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
Type GBS 1363Earthed
Type MBS 546, 15 AEarthed
Voltage
230 V
Frequency
50 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type G, Type M
Type G is standard; Type M appears on air conditioners, and a Europlug needs an adapter.
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 IrelandPlugs go straight in and the voltage matches. Nothing to pack.
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.
Singapore uses British Type sockets at 230 V, with heavy Type outlets on air conditioners.
Sockets in Singapore are Type at 230 V, 50 Hz - the British three-pin plug, with the larger round-pin Type turning up on air conditioners and other heavy equipment.
British plugs fit straight in. European, American and Australian ones do not.
A Europlug has nothing to fit. Appliances with two round pins are sold here, but they need an adapter because the sockets to take them are rare.
Type is not something you plug into. It exists for fixed high-current equipment; the outlet is the same shape as a Type socket but much bigger.
Malaysia and Brunei match, so one adapter covers the causeway. Indonesia and Thailand do not.
230 V, so only American 120 V-only appliances need a converter. Hotels will usually lend an adapter at reception rather than sell you one.
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