Plugs & voltage in Colombia
Types A and B · 120 V · 60 Hz
The same answers apply to the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico.
Crossing into Brazil means a different plug and a different voltage range. Crossing to Peru also changes the voltage range. Only 10 of the 139 countries list a nominal 120 V, an uncommon value.
Do I need an adapter for Colombia?
Where are you travelling from?
Plug straight in.
Adapter, and mind the voltage.
120 V here, 230 V at home.
Adapter, and mind the voltage.
120 V here, 230 V at home.
Adapter, and mind the voltage.
120 V here, 230 V at home.
Adapter, and mind the voltage.
Type A plugs fit; Type I plugs need an adapter to Types A or B.
120 V here, 220 V at home.
Adapter, and mind the voltage.
120 V here, 230 V at home.
Plug straight in.
120 V here, 100 V at home: the same range.
The power supply
Also in the data
How we checked it: Wikidata lists 110 V (colloquial); national grid documents use 120 V nominal (208/120 V and 240/120 V systems).
In South America, only Ecuador and Venezuela use the same Types A and B, at the same voltage and frequency too; the other 6 do not.
Next door the nominal figure varies within the same range: Panama lists 110 V, while Ecuador and Venezuela share the 120 V used here.
Crossing a border
5 neighbours: 3 with the same plugs, 1 sharing at least one type and 1 with none in common; 2 on the other voltage range.
The plug types used here
Guides: 230 V vs 120 V countries · The 15 plug types explained
Source: Wikidata Q739, corrected against a cited source; regions: UN M49 (Latin America and the Caribbean). Sources & method