The Rates API

Kenyan shilling (KES)

Reference rates published by Banca d'Italia every working day.

1 KES = 0.0068806 EUR

1 KES = 0.00770146 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
Kenya
Published by
Banca d'Italia
First day
4 January 1999
Latest
23 October 2026

KES against the most used currencies

Currency1 KES buys1 of it buys
USD US dollar 0.00770146 USD 129.846 KES
EUR Euro 0.0068806 EUR 145.336 KES
GBP Pound sterling 0.00576099 GBP 173.581 KES
INR Indian rupee 0.731215 INR 1.36759 KES
AED UAE dirham 0.0282834 AED 35.3564 KES
CAD Canadian dollar 0.0107785 CAD 92.7776 KES
AUD Australian dollar 0.010967 AUD 91.1827 KES
JPY Japanese yen 1.20761 JPY 0.828079 KES
CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 0.0513706 CNY 19.4664 KES
SAR Saudi riyal 0.0288806 SAR 34.6253 KES
PKR Pakistani rupee 2.13418 PKR 0.468564 KES
PHP Philippine peso 0.49014 PHP 2.04023 KES
NGN Nigerian naira 10.3538 NGN 0.0965825 KES
MXN Mexican peso 0.144648 MXN 6.91333 KES
BRL Brazilian real 0.0388651 BRL 25.73 KES
CHF Swiss franc 0.00634873 CHF 157.512 KES
SGD Singapore dollar 0.00984614 SGD 101.563 KES
MYR Malaysian ringgit 0.0314643 MYR 31.782 KES
ZAR South African rand 0.127826 ZAR 7.82315 KES
TRY Turkish lira 0.383053 TRY 2.6106 KES
KRW South Korean won 10.2002 KRW 0.0980371 KES
BDT Bangladeshi taka 0.952362 BDT 1.05002 KES
EGP Egyptian pound 0.425892 EGP 2.34801 KES
KWD Kuwaiti dinar 0.00238206 KWD 419.804 KES
QAR Qatari riyal 0.0280336 QAR 35.6714 KES
NZD New Zealand dollar 0.0135424 NZD 73.8421 KES
HKD Hong Kong dollar 0.0604069 HKD 16.5544 KES
THB Thai baht 0.259887 THB 3.84782 KES
IDR Indonesian rupiah 139.456 IDR 0.0071707 KES
VND Vietnamese dong 199.035 VND 0.00502424 KES

One year of 1 USD in KES

23 October 202523 October 2026
High
130.063
2 April 2026
Low
128.866
17 December 2025

Get KES rates from the API

Free, with no key. Every rate against KES:

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

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

Or a few currencies on a given day:

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

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

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