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Rand per US dollar · ECB reference rateR16.56▲ 1.1% over 3m

The rand

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

US dollarHigh R16.85 (2026-07-24) · Low R15.92 (2026-08-26)
2026-07-16: R16.372026-07-17: R16.512026-07-20: R16.492026-07-21: R16.442026-07-22: R16.472026-07-23: R16.442026-07-24: R16.852026-07-27: R16.742026-07-28: R16.782026-07-29: R16.752026-07-30: R16.582026-07-31: R16.582026-08-03: R16.472026-08-04: R16.442026-08-05: R16.352026-08-06: R16.312026-08-07: R16.222026-08-10: R16.182026-08-11: R16.182026-08-12: R16.132026-08-13: R16.122026-08-14: R16.172026-08-17: R16.182026-08-18: R16.222026-08-19: R16.242026-08-20: R16.172026-08-21: R16.012026-08-24: R16.002026-08-25: R15.992026-08-26: R15.922026-08-27: R15.982026-08-28: R16.002026-08-31: R16.122026-09-01: R16.162026-09-02: R16.102026-09-03: R16.042026-09-04: R15.972026-09-07: R15.992026-09-08: R16.022026-09-09: R16.042026-09-10: R16.152026-09-11: R16.162026-09-14: R16.252026-09-15: 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
R16.76 · R16.38 · R16.002026-07 → 2026-10
  • EuroR18.56rand stronger 1.2%
  • British poundR21.93rand stronger 0.8%
  • Chinese yuanR2.47rand weaker 2.3%
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.