What is the mains voltage in United Arab Emirates?

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

United Arab Emirates plug type & voltage

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

Type G, and bathrooms usually have a shaver socket that takes a Europlug at low current.

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.

Emirati sockets are British Type at 230 V, with low-current shaver outlets in hotel bathrooms.

Sockets in the United Arab Emirates are Type at 230 V, 50 Hz - the British three-pin standard.

British plugs fit straight in. European, American and Australian ones need an adapter.
Hotel bathrooms have a shaver socket that takes a Europlug at very low current: fine for a toothbrush, not for a hair dryer.
230 V matches Europe. Only American 120 V-only equipment needs a converter.
Adapters are stocked in every Carrefour and Lulu and cost a few dirhams; the airport charges several times that.
The Gulf is not uniform. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are Type like the Emirates, but Qatar and Kuwait mix in round-pin Type , Schuko and even Italian Type sockets in older buildings.

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