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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 21 May 2013

All currencies quoted against the euro (base currency)
Currency		Spot
(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	1.2866
JPY	Japanese yen	132.33
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1.9558
CZK	Czech koruna	26.098
DKK	Danish krone	7.4527
GBP	Pound sterling	0.84910
HUF	Hungarian forint	290.42
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3.4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0.6999
PLN	Polish zloty	4.1898
RON	New Romanian leu ¹	4.3493
SEK	Swedish krona	8.5600
CHF	Swiss franc	1.2476
NOK	Norwegian krone	7.5065
HRK	Croatian kuna	7.5713
RUB	Russian rouble	40.2267
TRY	Turkish lira	2.3788
AUD	Australian dollar	1.3147
BRL	Brasilian real	2.6293
CAD	Canadian dollar	1.3212
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	7.8955
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	9.9863
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	12560.14
ILS	Israeli shekel	4.7200
INR	Indian rupee	71.2970
KRW	South Korean won	1429.23
MXN	Mexican peso	15.8388
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	3.8855
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1.5781
PHP	Philippine peso	53.134
SGD	Singapore dollar	1.6209
THB	Thai baht	38.366
ZAR	South African rand	12.2890
ISK	Icelandic krona - The last rate was published on 3 Dec 2008.

Data downloads

Latest rates

Download (last update: 21 May 2013)
zipped– Can be imported into Excel and other spreadsheet applications
XML file available for parsing: http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml
iPhone mobile device : http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/iphone.html

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

Statistical Data Warehouse - Interactive data access

All bilateral exchange rates time series

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€=1.2866 USD

1€=132.33 JPY

1€=1.9558 BGN

1€=26.098 CZK

1€=7.4527 DKK

1€=0.84910 GBP

1€=290.42 HUF

1€=3.4528 LTL

1€=0.6999 LVL

1€=4.1898 PLN

1€=4.3493 RON

1€=8.5600 SEK

1€=1.2476 CHF

1€=7.5065 NOK

1€=7.5713 HRK

1€=40.2267 RUB

1€=2.3788 TRY

1€=1.3147 AUD

1€=2.6293 BRL

1€=1.3212 CAD

1€=7.8955 CNY

1€=9.9863 HKD

1€=12560.14 IDR

1€=4.7200 ILS

1€=71.2970 INR

1€=1429.23 KRW

1€=15.8388 MXN

1€=3.8855 MYR

1€=1.5781 NZD

1€=53.134 PHP

1€=1.6209 SGD

1€=38.366 THB

1€=12.2890 ZAR

Source: ECB

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Euro foreign exchange reference rates

Euro foreign exchange reference rates

Latest overview

Euro foreign exchange reference rates as at 21 May 2013

Data downloads

Latest rates

Previous rates

Statistical Data Warehouse - Interactive data access

Background

For developers

How to parse the data

Regular expression example

XML parser example

SimpleXML example

Output of the code above