Free Currency Converter

They come from the European Central Bank's euro reference rates, delivered through the free Frankfurter API and our own rate proxy. The table is rebased to the US dollar, and every conversion between two other currencies goes through that USD table.

The ECB publishes new reference rates around 16:00 CET on each working day, with none on weekends or ECB holidays. Our server and your browser each keep a copy for up to six hours, so a new rate can take up to about 12 hours to show. The date under the card is the ECB's rate date.

Banks, card networks and exchange desks add a margin to the reference rate, and some charge a fee as well. The ECB rate is an average of buying and selling prices, so it is a benchmark rather than a price you can trade at. A 3% margin on 1,000 dollars costs about 30 dollars.

You can convert 30 currencies: the euro plus the 29 the ECB tracks. They are USD, JPY, GBP, CHF, CAD, AUD, NZD, CNY, HKD, SGD, KRW, INR, IDR, MYR, PHP, THB, ILS, TRY, ZAR, BRL, MXN, CZK, DKK, HUF, ISK, NOK, PLN, RON and SEK.

The ECB does not publish rates for them, so the tool cannot offer them. That also rules out AED, SAR, EGP, VND, ARS and many other currencies. For those, check your central bank or your bank's own rate. The list shows only the codes that come back in the rate table.

No. It is the latest ECB reference rate, set once per working day from a mid-afternoon check of the market. On a weekend you see Friday's rate. Prices on trading screens move every second, so use a broker quote if you need the rate at this moment.

No. The tool always loads the latest reference rates and has no date picker. If you need a rate for an older date, such as for a tax return or an old invoice, the ECB keeps its reference rates on its website back to 1999.

Not in this tool, since every result uses the ECB table. To apply your bank's rate, multiply the amount by that rate yourself. For example, 250 at a rate of 0.92 gives 230. The rate line under the result helps you compare your bank's number with the reference.

The tool divides your amount by the source currency's rate against the US dollar, then multiplies by the target's rate. For EUR to GBP, that is the amount divided by the EUR rate, times the GBP rate. The inverse line is simply 1 divided by the rate.

You see a short error and a Try again button. If your browser saved rates on an earlier visit, those load instead, with their ECB date shown, even when they are days old. With nothing saved, check your connection and press Try again.

Yes, it is free with no sign-up or limit. The only request is for the rate table, which carries no amount or currency choice. It goes to our own server, or to the Frankfurter API if ours fails. On the live site, Google Analytics counts each edit, never the amount or the currencies.