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US dollar · South African rand · reference rate

Reference rate

1ZAR0.06080USD

−0.000178USD−0.29%against the rate of 05.11
The other way1USD16.4470ZAR
Source
Frankfurter (central-bank reference rates, ECB-based) 1
Kind
reference rate, not the fixing of the central bank
Published
daily, working days of the central banks

A bank or a bureau will quote two other rates. It buys below this figure and sells above it; the gap is its margin, and a fee may come on top.

Dollar and rand converter

Amount × the reference rate of the central banks. The answer is already worked out for an example; change the amount or the currency to recalculate.

1,000 USD in rand

16,447.00ZAR

The other way:1,000 ZAR60.80USD

At the reference rate, . How the rate is set

At a bank or a bureau you will get a different amount: it changes at its own buying and selling rates, not at this one, and may charge a fee.

Before you change money

Ask for the rate and the fee in writing and compare what you would get with this answer. The difference is what the exchange costs you.

Round amounts

At the reference rate of the central banks. Each amount has its own page where there is one.

USD → ZAR · Rate
AmountIn ZAR
1 USD16.45
5 USD82.24
10 USD164.47
20 USD328.94
50 USD822.35
100 USD1,644.70
200 USD3,289.40
500 USD8,223.50
1,000 USD16,447.00
5,000 USD82,235.00
ZAR → USD · Rate
AmountIn USD
10 ZAR0.6080
50 ZAR3.04
100 ZAR6.08
500 ZAR30.40
1,000 ZAR60.80
5,000 ZAR304.01
10,000 ZAR608.01
50,000 ZAR3,040.07

This page shows how much a single South African rand is worth in US dollars. It is the reverse of the usual direction, where you start with dollars and ask how many rand they buy. Here you start with local money and ask what it brings in the other currency.

Who needs the reverse direction

It helps anyone selling rand, such as a traveller heading abroad or a resident paying a foreign bill from local money. The figure is a small decimal because a rand buys only a fraction of a dollar.

Using the table of round local amounts

Scan the column of round local sums to find the one closest to your amount, then read across. Multiply or divide for sums between the listed rows. The rate is published once on working days, so the figures stay fixed until the next update.

Sources

Every figure on this page points here by its number.

  1. 1ReferenceFrankfurter, reference rates of central banks (ECB-based)frankfurter.devthe rates of this site, through the dollar
  2. 2WidgetTradingViewtradingview.comthe live widget only; never a printed figure