GBP to CNY — rate history

8.8979CNY

for 1 Pound Sterling on 30 September 2026 · records since 1 April 2005

43.04% over 2005–2026

  • European Central Bank reference rate
  • 5505 trading days
  • Reference rate, not an offer

Today: 1 GBP = 8.8534 CNY (PayerPay indicative rate, includes our margin)

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EUREuroUSDUS DollarAEDUAE DirhamAFNAfghaniALLLekAMDArmenian DramANGNetherlands Antillean GuilderAOAKwanzaARSArgentine PesoAUDAustralian DollarAWGAruban FlorinAZNAzerbaijan ManatBAMConvertible MarkBBDBarbados DollarBDTTakaBGNBulgarian LevBHDBahraini DinarBIFBurundi FrancBMDBermudian DollarBNDBrunei DollarBOBBolivianoBRLBrazilian RealBSDBahamian DollarBTNNgultrumBWPPulaBYNBelarusian RubleBZDBelize DollarCADCanadian DollarCDFCongolese FrancCHFSwiss FrancCLFUnidad de FomentoCLPChilean PesoCNHChinese Yuan (Offshore)COPColombian PesoCRCCosta Rican ColonCUPCuban PesoCVECabo Verde EscudoCZKCzech KorunaDJFDjibouti FrancDKKDanish KroneDOPDominican PesoDZDAlgerian DinarEGPEgyptian PoundERNNakfaETBEthiopian BirrFJDFiji DollarFKPFalkland Islands PoundFOKFaroese KrónaGELLariGGPGuernsey PoundGHSGhana CediGIPGibraltar PoundGMDDalasiGNFGuinean FrancGTQQuetzalGYDGuyana DollarHKDHong Kong DollarHNLLempiraHRKCroatian KunaHTGGourdeHUFForintIDRRupiahILSNew Israeli SheqelIMPManx PoundINRIndian RupeeIQDIraqi DinarIRRIranian RialISKIceland KronaJEPJersey PoundJMDJamaican DollarJODJordanian DinarJPYYenKESKenyan ShillingKGSSomKHRRielKIDKiribati DollarKMFComorian FrancKPWNorth Korean WonKRWWonKWDKuwaiti DinarKYDCayman Islands DollarKZTTengeLAKLao KipLBPLebanese PoundLKRSri Lanka RupeeLRDLiberian DollarLSLLotiLYDLibyan DinarMADMoroccan DirhamMDLMoldovan LeuMGAMalagasy AriaryMKDDenarMMKKyatMNTTugrikMOPPatacaMRUOuguiyaMURMauritius RupeeMVRRufiyaaMWKMalawi KwachaMXNMexican PesoMYRMalaysian RinggitMZNMozambique MeticalNADNamibia DollarNGNNairaNIOCordoba OroNOKNorwegian KroneNPRNepalese RupeeNZDNew Zealand DollarOMRRial OmaniPABBalboaPENSolPGKKinaPHPPhilippine PesoPKRPakistan RupeePLNZlotyPYGGuaraniQARQatari RialRONRomanian LeuRSDSerbian DinarRUBRussian RubleRWFRwanda FrancSARSaudi RiyalSBDSolomon Islands DollarSCRSeychelles RupeeSDGSudanese PoundSEKSwedish KronaSGDSingapore DollarSHPSaint Helena PoundSLELeoneSLLSierra Leonean Leone (old)SOSSomali ShillingSRDSurinam DollarSSPSouth Sudanese PoundSTNDobraSYPSyrian PoundSZLLilangeniTHBBahtTJSSomoniTMTTurkmenistan New ManatTNDTunisian DinarTOPPa’angaTRYTurkish LiraTTDTrinidad and Tobago DollarTVDTuvaluan DollarTWDNew Taiwan DollarTZSTanzanian ShillingUAHHryvniaUGXUganda ShillingUYUPeso UruguayoUZSUzbekistan SumVESBolívar SoberanoVNDDongVUVVatuWSTTalaXAFCFA Franc BEACXAGSilverXAUGoldXCDEast Caribbean DollarXCGCaribbean GuilderXDRSDR (Special Drawing Right)XOFCFA Franc BCEAOXPDPalladiumXPFCFP FrancXPTPlatinumYERYemeni RialZARRandZMWZambian KwachaZWGZimbabwe GoldZWLZimbabwe Dollar (2019)
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All-time figures

1 GBP in CNY
MeasureRateWhen
Opened15.6201 CNY1 April 2005
Closed8.8979 CNY30 September 2026
Highest15.8520 CNY20 April 2005
Lowest7.6660 CNY28 September 2022
Average10.2539 CNY5505 trading days
Change-43.04% CNYopen to close

Year by year

GBP to CNY, 2005–2026▼ 43.79%
8.000010.000012.000014.00002005-04-292012-06-292019-08-302026-09-30
1 GBP in CNY, year by year
YearOpenCloseHighLowChange
200515.620113.892315.852013.8158-11.06%
200613.902115.308015.470213.8680+10.11%
200715.378514.662015.660814.5494-4.66%
200814.45109.969114.45109.8916-31.01%
20099.844711.074211.62209.3205+12.49%
201011.020610.249211.15379.7426-7.00%
201110.21229.767510.82079.7441-4.35%
20129.762310.073110.26719.6712+3.18%
201310.155210.014510.15529.1111-1.38%
20149.97859.674910.65799.5785-3.04%
20159.58459.620310.12159.0594+0.37%
20169.64758.54989.78338.1864-11.38%
20178.53778.79648.98498.3258+3.03%
20188.80678.80369.14408.5042-0.03%
20198.66919.19199.35388.3573+6.03%
20209.18878.92359.18878.2161-2.89%
20218.81598.56239.13098.3789-2.88%
20228.57848.29638.72747.6660-3.29%
20238.31529.03399.40678.1273+8.64%
20249.03279.14559.45868.9209+1.25%
20259.06409.42729.84918.8844+4.01%
20269.40168.89799.59738.8738-5.36%

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Common questions

What is the highest GBP to CNY rate on record here?

15.8520 CNY per GBP on 20 April 2005. The lowest was 7.6660 on 28 September 2022. Records run from 1 April 2005 to 30 September 2026, 5505 trading days.

Where do these rates come from?

European Central Bank euro reference rates, converted through the US dollar into a cross rate; days from 28 September 2026 onward come from PayerPay's own daily record.

About these rates

The rates on this page are European Central Bank euro reference rates, converted through the US dollar into a cross rate, one reading per trading day. Days from 28 September 2026 onward come from PayerPay's own daily record. They are reference rates published for information, not an offer to transact — PayerPay's indicative rate today is 1 GBP = 8.8534 CNY, and it includes our margin. The final rate for a transfer is confirmed in your order.

Source: European Central Bank. Corrections: support@payerpay.io.

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