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Exchange rates (ECB)

With the exception of the SDR, the exchange rates are euro reference rates published by the ECB. These rates are prevailing market rates and they are based on teleconfernces between national central banks, held daily at 3.15 PM Finnish time. The reference rates are published daily when TARGET system is open.

The ECB has discontinued quoting the euro reference rate for the Icelandic krona due to the limited volume of trading in the krona in the offshore foreign exchange market, which has made it difficult to determine the market rate.

Interactive currency exchange rates are available on the ECB website. Exchange rate information is provided only in English.

Euro foreign exchange reference rates

The reference rates are usually updated by 3 p.m. C.E.T. They are based on a regular daily concertation procedure between central banks across Europe and worldwide, which normally takes place at 2.15 p.m. CET.

Latest overview

Euro foreign exchange reference rates as at 23 May 2013

All currencies quoted against the euro (base currency)
Currency Spot RSS
(1) As of 1 July 2005 the currency of Romania is the new Romanian leu (RON). 1 RON equals 10,000 old Romanian lei (ROL).
USD US dollar 1.2888 down USD RSS
JPY Japanese yen 131.07 down JPY RSS
BGN Bulgarian lev 1.9558 eq BGN RSS
CZK Czech koruna 26.094 up CZK RSS
DKK Danish krone 7.4541 up DKK RSS
GBP Pound sterling 0.85515 down GBP RSS
HUF Hungarian forint 292.18 up HUF RSS
LTL Lithuanian litas 3.4528 eq LTL RSS
LVL Latvian lats 0.7005 up LVL RSS
PLN Polish zloty 4.2092 up PLN RSS
RON New Romanian leu 1 4.3655 up RON RSS
SEK Swedish krona 8.5943 up SEK RSS
CHF Swiss franc 1.2486 down CHF RSS
NOK Norwegian krone 7.5340 up NOK RSS
HRK Croatian kuna 7.5765 up HRK RSS
RUB Russian rouble 40.4890 up RUB RSS
TRY Turkish lira 2.3872 up TRY RSS
AUD Australian dollar 1.3302 up AUD RSS
BRL Brasilian real 2.6463 up BRL RSS
CAD Canadian dollar 1.3339 up CAD RSS
CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 7.9055 down CNY RSS
HKD Hong Kong dollar 10.0044 down HKD RSS
IDR Indonesian rupiah 12608.68 down IDR RSS
ILS Israeli shekel 4.7693 down ILS RSS
INR Indian rupee 71.8050 down INR RSS
KRW South Korean won 1454.95 up KRW RSS
MXN Mexican peso 16.1081 up MXN RSS
MYR Malaysian ringgit 3.9060 up MYR RSS
NZD New Zealand dollar 1.5932 up NZD RSS
PHP Philippine peso 53.778 up PHP RSS
SGD Singapore dollar 1.6301 down SGD RSS
THB Thai baht 38.561 up THB RSS
ZAR South African rand 12.3661 up ZAR RSS
ISK Icelandic krona - The last rate was published on 3 Dec 2008.      

Data downloads

Latest rates

Previous rates

  •   zipped – Can be imported into Excel and other spreadsheet applications
  •  XML file available for parsing (Last 90 days): http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist-90d.xml
  •  XML file available for parsing, since 1999 : http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist.xml
  •  XML file available for parsing, since 1999 (Format: SDMX-ML): http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-sdmx.xml
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Statistical Data Warehouse - Interactive data access

Background

For further information, please refer to the ECB press release:  Additional reference exchange rates for the euro, 3 December 2010.

The reference exchange rates are published both by electronic market information providers and on the ECB's website shortly after the concertation procedure has been completed. Reference rates are published according to the same  calendar as the TARGET system.

For developers

How to parse the data

Regular expression example


<?php
     //This is a PHP(4/5) script example on how eurofxref-daily.xml can be parsed
    //Read eurofxref-daily.xml file in memory 
    //For this command you will need the config option allow_url_fopen=On (default)
     $XMLContent = file ( "http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml" );
     //the file is updated daily between 2.15 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. CET
            
     foreach( $XMLContent  as  $line ){
        if( preg_match ( "/currency='([[:alpha:]]+)'/" , $line , $currencyCode )){
            if( preg_match ( "/rate='([[:graph:]]+)'/" , $line , $rate )){
                 //Output the value of 1EUR for a currency code
                 echo '1&euro;=' . $rate [ 1 ]. ' ' . $currencyCode [ 1 ]. '<br/>' ;
                 //--------------------------------------------------
                //Here you can add your code for inserting
                //$rate[1] and $currencyCode[1] into your database
                //--------------------------------------------------
             }
        }
}
 ?>

XML parser example


<?php
     function  StartElement ( $parser ,  $name ,  $attrs ) { 
        if (!empty( $attrs [ 'RATE' ])) {
            echo  "1&euro;=" . $attrs [ 'RATE' ]. " " . $attrs [ 'CURRENCY' ]. "<br />" ; 
        }
    }
     $xml_parser =  xml_parser_create ();
     xml_set_element_handler ( $xml_parser ,  "StartElement" ,  "" );
     // for the following command you will need file_get_contents (PHP >= 4.3.0) 
    // and the config option allow_url_fopen=On (default)
     xml_parse ( $xml_parser ,  file_get_contents  ( "http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml" ));
     xml_parser_free ( $xml_parser );
 ?>

SimpleXML example


<?php
     //This is aPHP(5)script example on how eurofxref-daily.xml can be parsed
    //Read eurofxref-daily.xml file in memory
    //For the next command you will need the config option allow_url_fopen=On (default)
     $XML = simplexml_load_file ( "http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml" );
     //the file is updated daily between 2.15 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. CET
            
     foreach( $XML -> Cube -> Cube -> Cube  as  $rate ){
         //Output the value of 1EUR for a currency code
         echo  '1&euro;=' . $rate [ "rate" ]. ' ' . $rate [ "currency" ]. '<br/>' ;
         //--------------------------------------------------
        //Here you can add your code for inserting
        //$rate["rate"] and $rate["currency"] into your database
        //--------------------------------------------------
     }
 ?>

Output of the code above

1€=1.2888 USD
1€=131.07 JPY
1€=1.9558 BGN
1€=26.094 CZK
1€=7.4541 DKK
1€=0.85515 GBP
1€=292.18 HUF
1€=3.4528 LTL
1€=0.7005 LVL
1€=4.2092 PLN
1€=4.3655 RON
1€=8.5943 SEK
1€=1.2486 CHF
1€=7.5340 NOK
1€=7.5765 HRK
1€=40.4890 RUB
1€=2.3872 TRY
1€=1.3302 AUD
1€=2.6463 BRL
1€=1.3339 CAD
1€=7.9055 CNY
1€=10.0044 HKD
1€=12608.68 IDR
1€=4.7693 ILS
1€=71.8050 INR
1€=1454.95 KRW
1€=16.1081 MXN
1€=3.9060 MYR
1€=1.5932 NZD
1€=53.778 PHP
1€=1.6301 SGD
1€=38.561 THB
1€=12.3661 ZAR