USD to ZAR — November 2008

10.0963ZAR

for 1 US Dollar on 28 November 2008 · opened the month at 9.7780

3.25% over November 2008

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

Today: 1 USD = 16.3045 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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USD to ZAR in November 2008 at a glance

1 USD in ZAR
MeasureRateWhen
Opened9.7780 ZAR3 November 2008
Closed10.0963 ZAR28 November 2008
Highest10.5498 ZAR20 November 2008
Lowest9.6750 ZAR5 November 2008
Average10.1170 ZAR20 trading days
Change+3.25% ZARopen to close

Day by day

USD to ZAR, November 2008▲ 3.25%
9.750010.000010.250010.50002008-11-032008-11-112008-11-202008-11-28
1 USD in ZAR, day by day
DateRateDay change
9.7780
9.8575+0.81%
9.6750-1.85%
9.8892+2.21%
10.0775+1.90%
9.8552-2.21%
10.0951+2.43%
10.4400+3.42%
10.3780-0.59%
10.2215-1.51%
10.0590-1.59%
10.2663+2.06%
10.4508+1.80%
10.5498+0.95%
10.4625-0.83%
10.3345-1.22%
10.0055-3.18%
9.9948-0.11%
9.8533-1.42%
10.0963+2.47%

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Common questions

What was the USD to ZAR rate in November 2008?

Over November 2008 the European Central Bank reference rate moved from 9.7780 ZAR per USD on 3 November 2008 to 10.0963 on 28 November 2008, a change of +3.25%. The average across 20 trading days was 10.1170.

When was USD strongest against ZAR in November 2008?

The highest reading was 10.5498 ZAR on 20 November 2008; the lowest was 9.6750 on 5 November 2008.

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 16.3045 ZAR per USD; 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 USD = 16.3045 ZAR, 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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