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Rand per US dollar · ECB reference rateR16.56▲ 1.7% over 1m

The rand

Rand per unit of each currency, European Central Bank reference rates, working days.

US dollarHigh R16.73 (2026-10-02) · Low R16.24 (2026-09-22)
2026-09-15: R16.272026-09-16: R16.272026-09-17: R16.252026-09-18: R16.272026-09-21: R16.262026-09-22: R16.242026-09-23: R16.352026-09-24: R16.442026-09-25: R16.292026-09-28: R16.392026-09-29: R16.372026-09-30: R16.392026-10-01: R16.552026-10-02: R16.732026-10-05: R16.632026-10-06: R16.492026-10-07: R16.692026-10-08: R16.652026-10-09: R16.532026-10-12: R16.542026-10-13: R16.502026-10-14: R16.472026-10-15: R16.56
R16.69 · R16.49 · R16.292026-09 → 2026-10
  • EuroR18.56rand stronger 1.2%
  • British poundR21.93rand stronger 0.0%
  • Chinese yuanR2.47rand weaker 2.1%
What R1 000 buys today
  • 60.40 US dollars
  • 53.89 Euros
  • 45.59 British pounds
  • 404.12 Chinese yuans

Sources

Policy rates: South African Reserve Bank. Inflation, unemployment, GDP: Stats SA. Fuel: Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. Daily exchange rates: European Central Bank reference rates via Frankfurter; live rand figures: ExchangeRate-API. Yearly series: World Bank Open Data. Business activity: Business.co.za’s own directory and news index.