Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 22 January 2026 as at 16:00
Closing rate history for date :    
Bank Buying Bank Selling
Country Cur T/T Cheques Foreign Cheques Foreign
Notes and T/T Notes
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS RAND PER UNIT FOREIGN CURRENCY
EURO EUR 18.6740 18.6740 19.3276 19.3276
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.4031 21.4031 22.1190 22.1190
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.0379 16.0379 16.4013 16.4013
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2322 .2208
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 61.3323 55.9712
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 89.1061 89.1061 87.0312 87.0312
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0924 .0924 .0886 .0886
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.6288 7.4567
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3319 .3245
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9093 .9093 .8018 .8018
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0868 .0868 .0835 .0835
SWISS FRANC CHF .0499 .0499 .0478 .0478
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4383 .4383 .4215 .4215
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3062 1.2531
DANISH KRONER DKK .4010 .3853
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 2.9707 2.8435
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1474 .1325
GHANA CEDI GHS .6965 .6512
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6515 4.4783
GUINEAN FRANC GNF548.7003 531.6042
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4904 .4904 .4714 .4714
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.9130 19.3844
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1988 .1988 .1886 .1886
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.8481 5.4511
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.7827 7.5885
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.9508 9.9508 9.6199 9.6199
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.2430 7.6701
KOREAN WON KRW 91.5424 89.4839
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 19.5362 18.6711
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5835 .5491
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA297.6699 271.1370
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9742 2.9742 2.7315 2.7315
MALAWI KWACHA MWK110.5319 10.5319 105.3758 105.3758
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1279 1.0299
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1539 4.1539 3.7284 3.7284
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 89.7250 85.4201
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .6204 .5966
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1071 .1071 .1024 .1024
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2308 .2122
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2339 .2157
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2786 .2578
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.8776 4.4958
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 94.5884 86.0298
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2406 .2220
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8579 .8388
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5678 .5459
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0807 .0807 .0776 .0776
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP306.0563 276.2891
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0077 2.0077 1.8566 1.8566
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1856 .1696
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.7195 2.6298
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9714 1.9259
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS160.0084 158.4337
UGANDA SHILLING UGX226.6337 207.8926
CFA FRANC XAF 37.7811 33.2163
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.7155 33.2199
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2990 1.1887
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division