What plug type is used in Sri Lanka?

Type D, Type G and Type M sockets, Type D being the most common.

What is the mains voltage in Sri Lanka?

230 V at 50 Hz. Anything not marked 100-240 V on its own label needs a converter rather than a plug adapter.

This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec

Only Type G may be imported or made since August 2017, but Type D sockets are still everywhere in older buildings.

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 EuropeA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
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.

Sri Lanka is switching from round-pin Type to British Type , so a room may have either.

Sockets in Sri Lanka are Type , and at 230 V, 50 Hz - the round-pin Indian pattern and the British three-pin, side by side.

Only Type may be imported or made since August 2017, so new buildings are British-standard and older ones are not.
Type is still everywhere. Guesthouses and older hotels have the round three-pin socket, and an Indian plug fits it.
A Europlug fits the small holes of a Type socket loosely, which works and is not good practice.
A universal adapter covers both and costs a few hundred rupees locally.
230 V, so American 120 V-only appliances need a converter.

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