GBP to ZAR — October 2016

16.4888ZAR

for 1 Pound Sterling on 31 October 2016 · opened the month at 17.4810

5.68% over October 2016

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

Today: 1 GBP = 21.6316 ZAR (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)CNYYuan RenminbiCOPColombian 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 RialZMWZambian KwachaZWGZimbabwe GoldZWLZimbabwe Dollar (2019)
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GBP to ZAR in October 2016 at a glance

1 GBP in ZAR
MeasureRateWhen
Opened17.4810 ZAR3 October 2016
Closed16.4888 ZAR31 October 2016
Highest17.6266 ZAR12 October 2016
Lowest16.4888 ZAR31 October 2016
Average17.1829 ZAR21 trading days
Change-5.68% ZARopen to close

Day by day

GBP to ZAR, October 2016▼ 5.68%
16.500017.000017.50002016-10-032016-10-122016-10-212016-10-31
1 GBP in ZAR, day by day
DateRateDay change
17.4810
17.3445-0.78%
17.4790+0.78%
17.5010+0.13%
17.1139-2.21%
17.1589+0.26%
17.5124+2.06%
17.6266+0.65%
17.4503-1.00%
17.3844-0.38%
17.2993-0.49%
17.2403-0.34%
17.0868-0.89%
17.0528-0.20%
17.1016+0.29%
16.9822-0.70%
16.8996-0.49%
16.7908-0.64%
16.9834+1.15%
16.8634-0.71%
16.4888-2.22%

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Common questions

What was the GBP to ZAR rate in October 2016?

Over October 2016 the European Central Bank reference rate moved from 17.4810 ZAR per GBP on 3 October 2016 to 16.4888 on 31 October 2016, a change of -5.68%. The average across 21 trading days was 17.1829.

When was GBP strongest against ZAR in October 2016?

The highest reading was 17.6266 ZAR on 12 October 2016; the lowest was 16.4888 on 31 October 2016.

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 21.6316 ZAR per GBP; the exact rate for a transfer is confirmed in your order.

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 = 21.6316 ZAR, and it includes our margin. The final rate for a transfer is confirmed in your order.

Source: European Central Bank. Corrections: support@payerpay.io. Reuse: terms of use.

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