United Arab Emirates.

230 V · 50 Hz on Type G, Type M.

British-standard Type G sockets are fitted almost everywhere, with the heavy round-pin Type M recorded for high-current equipment such as air conditioners. At 230 V and 50 Hz, UK visitors plug straight in and Europeans need only a shape adapter; 120 V devices need dual-voltage support to survive.

The voltage window

A nominal 230 V supply may legitimately sit anywhere between 207 and 253 V (±10%). Dual-voltage gear (marked 100–240 V) shrugs at all of it.

Grid facts verified against IEC World Plugs — United Arab Emirates. Prose is our own.

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Coming here from somewhere else?

Pack an adapter — United Arab Emirates runs 230 V 50 Hz on Type G, Type M — and your 120 V appliances need to be dual-voltage or transformed, adapter or not.

  • Type A needs an adapter

    United Arab Emirates's Type G / Type M sockets don't take a Type A plug.

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  • Type B needs an adapter

    United Arab Emirates's Type G / Type M sockets don't take a Type B plug.

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Faces drawn to scale from pin dimensions · verdicts are physical fit + voltage math, not safety advice — when in doubt, ask the hardware store, not the internet.