The Rates API

Pound sterling (GBP)

Reference rates published by the European Central Bank every working day.

1 GBP = 1.19434 EUR

1 GBP = 1.33683 USD

Rates against other currencies are calculated from the euro rates published by Banca d'Italia and the European Central Bank on Friday, 23 October 2026.

Used in
United Kingdom
Published by
European Central Bank
First day
4 January 1999
Latest
23 October 2026

GBP against the most used currencies

Currency1 GBP buys1 of it buys
USD US dollar 1.33683 USD 0.748039 GBP
EUR Euro 1.19434 EUR 0.83728 GBP
INR Indian rupee 126.925 INR 0.00787865 GBP
AED UAE dirham 4.90947 AED 0.203688 GBP
CAD Canadian dollar 1.87094 CAD 0.534491 GBP
AUD Australian dollar 1.90366 AUD 0.525303 GBP
JPY Japanese yen 209.619 JPY 0.00477055 GBP
CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 8.91697 CNY 0.112146 GBP
SAR Saudi riyal 5.01314 SAR 0.199476 GBP
PKR Pakistani rupee 370.454 PKR 0.00269939 GBP
PHP Philippine peso 85.0791 PHP 0.0117538 GBP
NGN Nigerian naira 1,797.23 NGN 0.000556411 GBP
MXN Mexican peso 25.1082 MXN 0.0398276 GBP
BRL Brazilian real 6.74625 BRL 0.148231 GBP
CHF Swiss franc 1.10202 CHF 0.907424 GBP
SGD Singapore dollar 1.70911 SGD 0.585101 GBP
MYR Malaysian ringgit 5.46161 MYR 0.183096 GBP
ZAR South African rand 22.1882 ZAR 0.0450691 GBP
TRY Turkish lira 66.4909 TRY 0.0150397 GBP
KRW South Korean won 1,770.57 KRW 0.000564791 GBP
BDT Bangladeshi taka 165.312 BDT 0.00604916 GBP
EGP Egyptian pound 73.9269 EGP 0.0135269 GBP
KWD Kuwaiti dinar 0.413482 KWD 2.41849 GBP
QAR Qatari riyal 4.86611 QAR 0.205503 GBP
NZD New Zealand dollar 2.35071 NZD 0.425404 GBP
HKD Hong Kong dollar 10.4855 HKD 0.0953698 GBP
THB Thai baht 45.1116 THB 0.0221673 GBP
IDR Indonesian rupiah 24,207 IDR 0.0000413103 GBP
VND Vietnamese dong 34,548.8 VND 0.0000289446 GBP

One year of 1 USD in GBP

23 October 202523 October 2026
High
0.76662
5 November 2025
Low
0.723763
29 January 2026

Get GBP rates from the API

Free, with no key. Every rate against GBP:

GET https://theratesapi.com/api/latest?base=GBP
curl "https://theratesapi.com/api/latest?base=GBP"
const res = await fetch('https://theratesapi.com/api/latest?base=GBP')
const data = await res.json()
import requests

data = requests.get('https://theratesapi.com/api/latest?base=GBP').json()

Or a few currencies on a given day:

GET https://theratesapi.com/api/2026-10-23?base=GBP&symbols=USD,EUR
curl "https://theratesapi.com/api/2026-10-23?base=GBP&symbols=USD,EUR"
const res = await fetch('https://theratesapi.com/api/2026-10-23?base=GBP&symbols=USD,EUR')
const data = await res.json()
import requests

data = requests.get('https://theratesapi.com/api/2026-10-23?base=GBP&symbols=USD,EUR').json()

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