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US dollar exchange rate, monthly average (local currency per USD, BIS): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 16.5644 local currency per USD for 2026-10, from Bank for International Settlements.

Source series · Listed tier · Currencies · Monthly · local currency per USD · BIS.L.XRU.M · ZAF

Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the BIS US dollar exchange rates data set as the BIS publishes it; not individually reviewed by SOTW. Units of local currency per one US dollar, average of observations through the period. The BIS publishes daily rates with a lag of several days.

Latest
16.5644
local currency per USD · 2026-10
Previous
16.2120
local currency per USD · 2026-09
Oldest shown
13.9280
local currency per USD · 2016-11
Readings shown
120
Newest readings; the full history is in the API

South Africa · history

local currency per USD · Monthly

Source: Bank for International Settlements. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:19:41.111Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

US dollar exchange rate, monthly average (local currency per USD, BIS): South Africa: 120 readings, newest first. Source: Bank for International Settlements.
PeriodValue (local currency per USD)
2026-1016.5644
2026-0916.2120
2026-0816.1616
2026-0716.4693
2026-0616.3823
2026-0516.4752
2026-0416.5351
2026-0316.7452
2026-0216.0021
2026-0116.2867
2025-1216.8412
2025-1117.2222
2025-1017.2804
2025-0917.4561
2025-0817.7315
2025-0717.7691
2025-0617.8560
2025-0518.0997
2025-0418.9042
2025-0318.2678
2025-0218.4833
2025-0118.7211
2024-1218.1912
2024-1117.9288
2024-1017.5726
2024-0917.6164
2024-0818.0411
2024-0718.2545
2024-0618.4150
2024-0518.4129
2024-0418.8662
2024-0318.8518
2024-0218.9983
2024-0118.8136
2023-1218.6550
2023-1118.5409
2023-1019.0668
2023-0918.9804
2023-0818.7667
2023-0718.1871
2023-0618.7331
2023-0519.0400
2023-0418.1626
2023-0318.2717
2023-0217.9008
2023-0117.1154
2022-1217.2864
2022-1117.4893
2022-1018.1383
2022-0917.5561
2022-0816.7063
2022-0716.8612
2022-0615.8050
2022-0515.8954
2022-0415.0538
2022-0314.9871
2022-0215.2236
2022-0115.4924
2021-1215.8648
2021-1115.5154
2021-1014.8518
2021-0914.5618
2021-0814.7677
2021-0714.5199
2021-0613.9100
2021-0514.0607
2021-0414.4000
2021-0314.9829
2021-0214.7658
2021-0115.1427
2020-1214.8978
2020-1115.5464
2020-1016.4465
2020-0916.7355
2020-0817.2337
2020-0716.7663
2020-0617.1253
2020-0518.1149
2020-0418.5816
2020-0316.6585
2020-0215.0063
2020-0114.4228
2019-1214.4428
2019-1114.7899
2019-1014.9243
2019-0914.8325
2019-0815.1562
2019-0714.0316
2019-0614.5889
2019-0514.4282
2019-0414.1452
2019-0314.3784
2019-0213.8215
2019-0113.8549
2018-1214.2186
2018-1114.0864
2018-1014.5033
2018-0914.7800
2018-0814.0992
2018-0713.4011
2018-0613.2970
2018-0512.5452
2018-0412.1184
2018-0311.8531
2018-0211.8274
2018-0112.2087
2017-1213.1687
2017-1114.0742
2017-1013.7087
2017-0913.1585
2017-0813.2395
2017-0713.1498
2017-0612.9145
2017-0513.2660
2017-0413.4676
2017-0312.9292
2017-0213.1903
2017-0113.5687
2016-1213.8630
2016-1113.9280

Source: Bank for International Settlements. Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-11 to 2026-10. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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Source: Bank for International Settlements, US dollar exchange rates.

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