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HMRC exchange rates for August 2015

145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 August 2015. Each figure is the number of units you get for one pound.

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Every rate HMRC published for August 2015

Units per £1 · 1 to 31 August 2015HMRC · customs and VAT
Units of each currency per £1, for 1 to 31 August 2015. Sorted by currency code.
Code Currency Units per £1 Period covered
AED UAE dirham 5.7426 1 to 31 August 2015
ALL Lek 200.78 1 to 31 August 2015
AMD Armenian dram 750.34 1 to 31 August 2015
AOA Kwanza 196.36 1 to 31 August 2015
ARS Argentine peso 14.31 1 to 31 August 2015
AUD Australian dollar 2.1189 1 to 31 August 2015
AWG Aruban florin 2.7986 1 to 31 August 2015
AZN Azerbaijan manat 1.6432 1 to 31 August 2015
BAM Convertible mark 2.8174 1 to 31 August 2015
BBD Barbados dollar 3.1269 1 to 31 August 2015
BDT Taka 121.59 1 to 31 August 2015
BGN Bulgarian lev 2.8177 1 to 31 August 2015
BHD Bahraini dinar 0.5895 1 to 31 August 2015
BIF Burundi franc 2,554.99 1 to 31 August 2015
BMD Bermudian dollar 1.5634 1 to 31 August 2015
BND Brunei dollar 2.1359 1 to 31 August 2015
BOB Boliviano 10.78 1 to 31 August 2015
BRL Brazilian real 5.0242 1 to 31 August 2015
BSD Bahamian dollar 1.5634 1 to 31 August 2015
BTN Ngultrum 99.41 1 to 31 August 2015
BWP Pula 15.64 1 to 31 August 2015
BYR not held 23,760.58 1 to 31 August 2015
BZD Belize dollar 3.1425 1 to 31 August 2015
CAD Canadian dollar 2.0363 1 to 31 August 2015
CDF Congolese franc 1,444.63 1 to 31 August 2015
CHF Swiss franc 1.5048 1 to 31 August 2015
CLP Chilean peso 1,008.63 1 to 31 August 2015
CNY Yuan renminbi 9.7083 1 to 31 August 2015
COP Colombian peso 4,297.15 1 to 31 August 2015
CRC Costa Rican colon 833.78 1 to 31 August 2015
CUP Cuban peso 1.5635 1 to 31 August 2015
CVE Cabo Verde escudo 158.88 1 to 31 August 2015
CZK Czech koruna 38.95 1 to 31 August 2015
DJF Djibouti franc 277.85 1 to 31 August 2015
DKK Danish krone 10.71 1 to 31 August 2015
DOP Dominican peso 69.98 1 to 31 August 2015
DZD Algerian dinar 156.63 1 to 31 August 2015
ECS Dollar 1.5634 1 to 31 August 2015
EGP Egyptian pound 12.23 1 to 31 August 2015
ERN Nakfa 23.45 1 to 31 August 2015
ETB Ethiopian birr 32.39 1 to 31 August 2015
EUR Euro 1.4354 1 to 31 August 2015
FJD Fiji dollar 3.3436 1 to 31 August 2015
GEL Lari 3.5397 1 to 31 August 2015
GHS Ghana cedi 5.0812 1 to 31 August 2015
GMD Dalasi 61.64 1 to 31 August 2015
GNF Guinean franc 11,460.1 1 to 31 August 2015
GTQ Quetzal 11.95 1 to 31 August 2015
GYD Guyana dollar 323.56 1 to 31 August 2015
HKD Hong Kong dollar 12.11 1 to 31 August 2015
HNL Lempira 34.25 1 to 31 August 2015
HRK Kuna 10.92 1 to 31 August 2015
HTG Gourde 86.02 1 to 31 August 2015
HUF Forint 445.02 1 to 31 August 2015
IDR Rupiah 20,863.49 1 to 31 August 2015
ILS New Israeli sheqel 5.973 1 to 31 August 2015
INR Indian rupee 99.41 1 to 31 August 2015
IQD Iraqi dinar 1,862.85 1 to 31 August 2015
ISK Iceland krona 212.11 1 to 31 August 2015
JMD Jamaican dollar 183.06 1 to 31 August 2015
JOD Jordanian dinar 1.1079 1 to 31 August 2015
JPY Yen 193.93 1 to 31 August 2015
KES Kenyan shilling 160.17 1 to 31 August 2015
KGS Som 98.5 1 to 31 August 2015
KHR Riel 6,422.66 1 to 31 August 2015
KMF Comorian franc 708.68 1 to 31 August 2015
KRW Won 1,803.54 1 to 31 August 2015
KWD Kuwaiti dinar 0.4739 1 to 31 August 2015
KYD Cayman Islands dollar 1.282 1 to 31 August 2015
KZT Tenge 292.67 1 to 31 August 2015
LAK Lao kip 12,710.87 1 to 31 August 2015
LBP Lebanese pound 2,356.9 1 to 31 August 2015
LKR Sri Lanka rupee 209.34 1 to 31 August 2015
LRD Liberian dollar 1.5634 1 to 31 August 2015
LSL Loti 19.26 1 to 31 August 2015
LYD Libyan dinar 2.1341 1 to 31 August 2015
MAD Moroccan dirham 15.46 1 to 31 August 2015
MDL Moldovan leu 29.52 1 to 31 August 2015
MGA Malagasy ariary 5,135.94 1 to 31 August 2015
MKD Denar 88.28 1 to 31 August 2015
MMK Kyat 1,916.48 1 to 31 August 2015
MNT Tugrik 3,095.63 1 to 31 August 2015
MOP Pataca 12.48 1 to 31 August 2015
MRO Ouguiya 509.68 1 to 31 August 2015
MUR Mauritius rupee 55.38 1 to 31 August 2015
MVR Rufiyaa 23.86 1 to 31 August 2015
MWK Malawi kwacha 719.32 1 to 31 August 2015
MXN Mexican peso 25.14 1 to 31 August 2015
MYR Malaysian ringgit 5.93 1 to 31 August 2015
MZN Mozambique metical 60.2 1 to 31 August 2015
NGN Naira 311.12 1 to 31 August 2015
NIO Cordoba oro 42.7 1 to 31 August 2015
NOK Norwegian krone 12.78 1 to 31 August 2015
NPR Nepalese rupee 158.75 1 to 31 August 2015
NZD New Zealand dollar 2.3789 1 to 31 August 2015
OMR Rial Omani 0.6019 1 to 31 August 2015
PAB Balboa 1.5635 1 to 31 August 2015
PEN Sol 4.9726 1 to 31 August 2015
PGK Kina 4.3148 1 to 31 August 2015
PHP Philippine peso 70.73 1 to 31 August 2015
PKR Pakistan rupee 159.15 1 to 31 August 2015
PLN Zloty 5.9159 1 to 31 August 2015
PYG Guarani 8,045.9 1 to 31 August 2015
QAR Qatari rial 5.693 1 to 31 August 2015
RON Romanian leu 6.3641 1 to 31 August 2015
RSD Serbian dinar 172.94 1 to 31 August 2015
RUB Russian rouble 89.2575 1 to 31 August 2015
RWF Rwanda franc 1,133.97 1 to 31 August 2015
SAR Saudi riyal 5.8634 1 to 31 August 2015
SBD Solomon Islands dollar 12.36 1 to 31 August 2015
SCR Seychelles rupee 20.57 1 to 31 August 2015
SDG Sudanese pound 9.3401 1 to 31 August 2015
SEK Swedish krona 13.47 1 to 31 August 2015
SGD Singapore dollar 2.1359 1 to 31 August 2015
SLL Leone 6,316.34 1 to 31 August 2015
SOS Somali shilling 1,063.14 1 to 31 August 2015
SRD Surinam dollar 5.1594 1 to 31 August 2015
STD Dobra 35,294.94 1 to 31 August 2015
SVC El Salvador colon 13.67 1 to 31 August 2015
SZL Lilangeni 19.26 1 to 31 August 2015
THB Baht 54.18 1 to 31 August 2015
TMT Turkmenistan new manat 5.433 1 to 31 August 2015
TND Tunisian dinar 3.0994 1 to 31 August 2015
TOP Pa'anga 2.1189 1 to 31 August 2015
TRY Turkish lira 4.1439 1 to 31 August 2015
TTD Trinidad and Tobago dollar 9.9483 1 to 31 August 2015
TWD New Taiwan dollar 48.75 1 to 31 August 2015
TZS Tanzanian shilling 3,377.05 1 to 31 August 2015
UAH Hryvnia 34.55 1 to 31 August 2015
UGX Uganda shilling 5,195.35 1 to 31 August 2015
USD US dollar 1.5634 1 to 31 August 2015
UYU Peso uruguayo 42.86 1 to 31 August 2015
UZS Uzbekistan sum 4,010.71 1 to 31 August 2015
VEF Bolívar 9.8587 1 to 31 August 2015
VND Dong 34,104.43 1 to 31 August 2015
VUV Vatu 173.93 1 to 31 August 2015
WST Tala 4.014 1 to 31 August 2015
XAF CFA franc BEAC 944.9 1 to 31 August 2015
XCD East Caribbean dollar 4.2213 1 to 31 August 2015
XOF CFA franc BCEAO 944.9 1 to 31 August 2015
XPF CFP franc 171.89 1 to 31 August 2015
YER Yemeni rial 335.97 1 to 31 August 2015
ZAR Rand 19.34 1 to 31 August 2015
ZMW Zambian kwacha 11.96 1 to 31 August 2015
ZWL Zimbabwe dollar 565.81 1 to 31 August 2015

Rates are shown exactly as published and are not rounded, because the calculator divides by the same figure. A currency with no name against it is one this server holds only by code.

Where this month came from

Months before January 2021 come from HMRC's own XML archive, which is what the gov.uk collection links to for monthly rates up to December 2020. This is the file for August 2015:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0815.XML

The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0815.xml, and HMRC's own index is inconsistent about which. The host is case sensitive, so both spellings are tried. The file carries a Period attribute and a rate is kept only when that attribute names the month asked for, because a wrong month URL still answers 200 with a complete and valid looking file.

The collection that lists both is Exchange rates for customs and VAT on gov.uk. Nothing here is taken from a mirror. A rate comes from HMRC or it does not come at all.

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