GBP to CNY — May 2017

8.7505CNY

for 1 Pound Sterling on 31 May 2017 · opened the month at 8.9048

1.73% over May 2017

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

Today: 1 GBP = 8.8657 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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GBP to CNY in May 2017 at a glance

1 GBP in CNY
MeasureRateWhen
Opened8.9048 CNY2 May 2017
Closed8.7505 CNY31 May 2017
Highest8.9849 CNY18 May 2017
Lowest8.7505 CNY31 May 2017
Average8.8988 CNY22 trading days
Change-1.73% CNYopen to close

Day by day

GBP to CNY, May 2017▼ 1.73%
8.80008.90002017-05-022017-05-112017-05-222017-05-31
1 GBP in CNY, day by day
DateRateDay change
8.9048
8.9137+0.10%
8.8893-0.27%
8.9311+0.47%
8.9402+0.10%
8.9206-0.22%
8.9440+0.26%
8.8722-0.80%
8.8721-0.00%
8.9051+0.37%
8.8723-0.37%
8.9279+0.63%
8.9849+0.64%
8.9648-0.22%
8.9698+0.06%
8.9376-0.36%
8.9320-0.06%
8.9009-0.35%
8.8063-1.06%
8.8083+0.02%
8.8253+0.19%
8.7505-0.85%

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Common questions

What was the GBP to CNY rate in May 2017?

Over May 2017 the European Central Bank reference rate moved from 8.9048 CNY per GBP on 2 May 2017 to 8.7505 on 31 May 2017, a change of -1.73%. The average across 22 trading days was 8.8988.

When was GBP strongest against CNY in May 2017?

The highest reading was 8.9849 CNY on 18 May 2017; the lowest was 8.7505 on 31 May 2017.

Is this the rate I would have got?

No. These are reference rates published by the European Central Bank for information. PayerPay's indicative rate today is 8.8657 CNY per GBP; the exact rate for a transfer is confirmed in your order.

Data and reuse

The series, statistics and tables on this page are PayerPay's compilation (one reading per trading day; days from 28 September 2026 onward from our own record). They may not be copied, scraped or republished in ready form; quoting a figure with attribution and a link is fine. See the terms of use. These are reference rates for information, not an offer — PayerPay's indicative rate today is 1 GBP = 8.8657 CNY, including our margin; the final rate for a transfer is confirmed in your order. Corrections: support@payerpay.io.

Source: European Central Bank.

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