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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 24 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	1.2939
JPY	Japanese yen	131.25
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1.9558
CZK	Czech koruna	25.993
DKK	Danish krone	7.4539
GBP	Pound sterling	0.85695
HUF	Hungarian forint	290.40
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3.4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0.7003
PLN	Polish zloty	4.1982
RON	New Romanian leu ¹	4.3550
SEK	Swedish krona	8.5980
CHF	Swiss franc	1.2466
NOK	Norwegian krone	7.5285
HRK	Croatian kuna	7.5685
RUB	Russian rouble	40.5360
TRY	Turkish lira	2.3913
AUD	Australian dollar	1.3348
BRL	Brasilian real	2.6470
CAD	Canadian dollar	1.3369
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	7.9341
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	10.0448
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	12675.22
ILS	Israeli shekel	4.7818
INR	Indian rupee	72.1300
KRW	South Korean won	1458.19
MXN	Mexican peso	16.1026
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	3.9263
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1.5963
PHP	Philippine peso	53.961
SGD	Singapore dollar	1.6360
THB	Thai baht	38.713
ZAR	South African rand	12.3724
ISK	Icelandic krona - The last rate was published on 3 Dec 2008.

Data downloads

Latest rates

Download (last update: 24 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€=1.2939 USD

1€=131.25 JPY

1€=1.9558 BGN

1€=25.993 CZK

1€=7.4539 DKK

1€=0.85695 GBP

1€=290.40 HUF

1€=3.4528 LTL

1€=0.7003 LVL

1€=4.1982 PLN

1€=4.3550 RON

1€=8.5980 SEK

1€=1.2466 CHF

1€=7.5285 NOK

1€=7.5685 HRK

1€=40.5360 RUB

1€=2.3913 TRY

1€=1.3348 AUD

1€=2.6470 BRL

1€=1.3369 CAD

1€=7.9341 CNY

1€=10.0448 HKD

1€=12675.22 IDR

1€=4.7818 ILS

1€=72.1300 INR

1€=1458.19 KRW

1€=16.1026 MXN

1€=3.9263 MYR

1€=1.5963 NZD

1€=53.961 PHP

1€=1.6360 SGD

1€=38.713 THB

1€=12.3724 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 24 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