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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 17 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	1.2869
JPY	Japanese yen	131.87
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1.9558
CZK	Czech koruna	25.989
DKK	Danish krone	7.4524
GBP	Pound sterling	0.84475
HUF	Hungarian forint	290.56
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3.4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0.6993
PLN	Polish zloty	4.1704
RON	New Romanian leu ¹	4.3370
SEK	Swedish krona	8.5922
CHF	Swiss franc	1.2449
NOK	Norwegian krone	7.5393
HRK	Croatian kuna	7.5710
RUB	Russian rouble	40.3876
TRY	Turkish lira	2.3646
AUD	Australian dollar	1.3216
BRL	Brasilian real	2.6100
CAD	Canadian dollar	1.3220
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	7.9040
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	9.9911
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	12554.93
ILS	Israeli shekel	4.7135
INR	Indian rupee	70.6060
KRW	South Korean won	1437.84
MXN	Mexican peso	15.8403
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	3.8890
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1.5917
PHP	Philippine peso	52.964
SGD	Singapore dollar	1.6156
THB	Thai baht	38.324
ZAR	South African rand	12.0764
ISK	Icelandic krona - The last rate was published on 3 Dec 2008.

Data downloads

Latest rates

Download (last update: 17 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€=1.2869 USD

1€=131.87 JPY

1€=1.9558 BGN

1€=25.989 CZK

1€=7.4524 DKK

1€=0.84475 GBP

1€=290.56 HUF

1€=3.4528 LTL

1€=0.6993 LVL

1€=4.1704 PLN

1€=4.3370 RON

1€=8.5922 SEK

1€=1.2449 CHF

1€=7.5393 NOK

1€=7.5710 HRK

1€=40.3876 RUB

1€=2.3646 TRY

1€=1.3216 AUD

1€=2.6100 BRL

1€=1.3220 CAD

1€=7.9040 CNY

1€=9.9911 HKD

1€=12554.93 IDR

1€=4.7135 ILS

1€=70.6060 INR

1€=1437.84 KRW

1€=15.8403 MXN

1€=3.8890 MYR

1€=1.5917 NZD

1€=52.964 PHP

1€=1.6156 SGD

1€=38.324 THB

1€=12.0764 ZAR

Bron: ECB

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Euro foreign exchange reference rates

Euro foreign exchange reference rates

Latest overview

Euro foreign exchange reference rates as at 17 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