USD to ZAR — December 2025

16.5480ZAR

for 1 US Dollar on 31 December 2025 · opened the month at 17.0756

3.09% over December 2025

  • European Central Bank reference rate
  • 21 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 December 2025 at a glance

1 USD in ZAR
MeasureRateWhen
Opened17.0756 ZAR1 December 2025
Closed16.5480 ZAR31 December 2025
Highest17.1037 ZAR2 December 2025
Lowest16.5480 ZAR31 December 2025
Average16.8412 ZAR21 trading days
Change-3.09% ZARopen to close

Day by day

USD to ZAR, December 2025▼ 3.09%
16.600016.800017.00002025-12-012025-12-102025-12-192025-12-31
1 USD in ZAR, day by day
DateRateDay change
17.0756
17.1037+0.16%
17.0812-0.13%
16.9809-0.59%
16.9316-0.29%
16.9642+0.19%
17.0715+0.63%
17.0274-0.26%
16.9409-0.51%
16.8559-0.50%
16.7772-0.47%
16.7599-0.10%
16.7333-0.16%
16.7773+0.26%
16.7764-0.01%
16.6993-0.46%
16.6345-0.39%
16.6362+0.01%
16.6556+0.12%
16.6344-0.13%
16.5480-0.52%

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Common questions

What was the USD to ZAR rate in December 2025?

Over December 2025 the European Central Bank reference rate moved from 17.0756 ZAR per USD on 1 December 2025 to 16.5480 on 31 December 2025, a change of -3.09%. The average across 21 trading days was 16.8412.

When was USD strongest against ZAR in December 2025?

The highest reading was 17.1037 ZAR on 2 December 2025; the lowest was 16.5480 on 31 December 2025.

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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