USD to ZAR — rate history

16.4047ZAR

for 1 US Dollar on 30 September 2026 · records since 4 January 1999

178.84% over 1999–2026

  • European Central Bank reference rate
  • 7104 trading days
  • Reference rate, not an offer

Today: 1 USD = 16.3227 ZAR (PayerPay indicative rate, includes our margin)

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EUREuroAEDUAE 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 KrónaGBPPound SterlingGELLariGGPGuernsey 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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EUREuroAEDUAE 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 KrónaGBPPound SterlingGELLariGGPGuernsey 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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All-time figures

1 USD in ZAR
MeasureRateWhen
Opened5.8833 ZAR4 January 1999
Closed16.4047 ZAR30 September 2026
Highest19.7840 ZAR31 May 2023
Lowest5.6188 ZAR3 January 2005
Average11.1467 ZAR7104 trading days
Change+178.84% ZARopen to close

Year by year

USD to ZAR, 1999–2026▲ 171.42%
10.000015.00001999-01-292008-04-302017-07-312026-09-30
1 USD in ZAR, year by year
YearOpenCloseHighLowChange
19995.88336.15876.26525.7317+4.68%
20006.14607.56507.83016.0630+23.09%
20017.570811.835013.50757.4830+56.32%
200212.28308.591012.30108.5910-30.06%
20038.49496.59359.02366.1731-22.38%
20046.70235.64557.35095.6236-15.77%
20055.61886.32726.92645.6188+12.61%
20066.33276.99507.94455.9634+10.46%
20076.95556.81337.50106.4830-2.04%
20086.81809.389011.61006.7358+37.71%
20099.42007.403910.64407.2660-21.40%
20107.34026.63267.96646.6288-9.64%
20116.60748.10198.58456.5904+22.62%
20128.08658.46808.96917.4448+4.72%
20138.474410.562010.56208.4744+24.63%
201410.646111.560211.705510.3200+8.59%
201511.661115.571815.886211.3118+33.54%
201615.558613.715016.790513.2381-11.85%
201713.728612.345014.558012.3450-10.08%
201812.349814.375015.533211.5651+16.40%
201914.484114.044215.380013.2678-3.04%
202014.070914.686619.070914.0709+4.38%
202114.575015.947816.185613.4783+9.42%
202215.822216.968518.501614.4855+7.24%
202317.010118.414219.784016.8270+8.25%
202418.588518.884219.306017.1260+1.59%
202518.672516.548019.716216.5480-11.38%
202616.514016.404717.190615.6738-0.66%

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Common questions

What is the highest USD to ZAR rate on record here?

19.7840 ZAR per USD on 31 May 2023. The lowest was 5.6188 on 3 January 2005. Records run from 4 January 1999 to 30 September 2026, 7104 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 USD = 16.3227 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.

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