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Rand per US dollar · ECB reference rateR16.56▼ 4.4% over 1y

The rand

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

US dollarHigh R17.47 (2025-11-04) · Low R15.67 (2026-01-29)
2025-10-15: R17.322025-10-21: R17.332025-10-27: R17.192025-10-31: R17.352025-11-06: R17.352025-11-12: R17.052025-11-18: R17.242025-11-24: R17.282025-11-28: R17.112025-12-04: R16.982025-12-10: R17.032025-12-16: R16.762025-12-22: R16.702025-12-30: R16.632026-01-06: R16.402026-01-12: R16.392026-01-16: R16.392026-01-22: R16.222026-01-28: R15.882026-02-03: R15.952026-02-09: R15.972026-02-13: R16.032026-02-19: R16.222026-02-25: R15.862026-03-03: R16.392026-03-09: R16.682026-03-13: R16.802026-03-19: R17.072026-03-25: R16.912026-03-31: R17.072026-04-08: R16.312026-04-14: R16.352026-04-20: R16.352026-04-24: R16.562026-04-30: R16.792026-05-07: R16.262026-05-13: R16.452026-05-19: R16.652026-05-25: R16.332026-05-29: R16.222026-06-04: R16.242026-06-10: R16.602026-06-16: R16.192026-06-22: R16.412026-06-26: R16.462026-07-02: R16.382026-07-08: R16.382026-07-14: R16.462026-07-20: R16.492026-07-24: R16.852026-07-30: R16.582026-08-05: R16.352026-08-11: R16.182026-08-17: R16.182026-08-21: R16.012026-08-27: R15.982026-09-02: R16.102026-09-08: R16.022026-09-14: R16.252026-09-18: R16.272026-09-24: R16.442026-09-30: R16.392026-10-06: R16.492026-10-12: R16.542026-10-15: R16.56
R17.30 · R16.57 · R15.842025-10 → 2026-10
  • EuroR18.56rand stronger 7.8%
  • British poundR21.93rand stronger 5.2%
  • Chinese yuanR2.47rand weaker 1.8%
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.