HMRC exchange rates for November 2015
145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 30 November 2015. Each figure is the number of units you get for one pound.
Divide, do not multiply
Sterling is the foreign amount divided by the rate in this table. Multiplying instead is wrong by the square of the rate, which on a typical dollar figure is more than half as much again.
HMRC do not prescribe which exchange rate you use. CG78310 expects a reasonable and consistent method, and the monthly rate is the method this calculator applies to every trade. What CG78310 does settle is the date: sterling worth is taken at the date of the acquisition or disposal (Bentley v Pike, Capcount Trading v Evans). A broker's own rate and a market feed are neither published nor consistent, so this site never reads one.
Every rate HMRC published for November 2015
| Code | Currency | Units per £1 | Period covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| AED | UAE dirham | 5.6733 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| ALL | Lek | 190.09 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| AMD | Armenian dram | 730.16 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| AOA | Kwanza | 208.59 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| ARS | Argentine peso | 14.69 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 2.1428 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| AWG | Aruban florin | 2.7647 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| AZN | Azerbaijan manat | 1.616 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BAM | Convertible mark | 2.6553 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BBD | Barbados dollar | 3.0891 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BDT | Taka | 120.12 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 2.6555 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BHD | Bahraini dinar | 0.5828 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BIF | Burundi franc | 2,424.93 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BMD | Bermudian dollar | 1.546 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BND | Brunei dollar | 2.1338 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BOB | Boliviano | 10.67 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 6.1072 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BSD | Bahamian dollar | 1.546 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BTN | Ngultrum | 100.76 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BWP | Pula | 15.79 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BYR | not held | 26,604.8 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| BZD | Belize dollar | 3.0814 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 2.0247 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| CDF | Congolese franc | 1,433.33 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1.4791 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| CLP | Chilean peso | 1,040.18 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| CNY | Yuan renminbi | 9.8123 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| COP | Colombian peso | 4,445.35 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| CRC | Costa Rican colon | 825.23 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| CUP | Cuban peso | 1.5445 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| CVE | Cabo Verde escudo | 149.24 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 36.76 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| DJF | Djibouti franc | 274.49 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 10.15 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| DOP | Dominican peso | 69.92 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| DZD | Algerian dinar | 163.03 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| ECS | Dollar | 1.546 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| EGP | Egyptian pound | 12.25 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| ERN | Nakfa | 23.16 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| ETB | Ethiopian birr | 32.38 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| EUR | Euro | 1.3616 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| FJD | Fiji dollar | 3.2703 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| GEL | Lari | 3.6528 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| GHS | Ghana cedi | 5.9388 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| GMD | Dalasi | 61.16 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| GNF | Guinean franc | 11,570.19 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| GTQ | Quetzal | 11.83 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| GYD | Guyana dollar | 321.08 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 11.98 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| HNL | Lempira | 34.01 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| HRK | Kuna | 10.35 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| HTG | Gourde | 81.55 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| HUF | Forint | 419.51 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| IDR | Rupiah | 20,897.72 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| ILS | New Israeli sheqel | 5.9834 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 100.76 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| IQD | Iraqi dinar | 1,834.14 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| ISK | Iceland krona | 192.37 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| JMD | Jamaican dollar | 184.14 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| JOD | Jordanian dinar | 1.0951 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| JPY | Yen | 185.45 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| KES | Kenyan shilling | 158.31 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| KGS | Som | 106.27 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| KHR | Riel | 6,255.4 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| KMF | Comorian franc | 667.89 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| KRW | Won | 1,750.74 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| KWD | Kuwaiti dinar | 0.4664 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| KYD | Cayman Islands dollar | 1.2665 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| KZT | Tenge | 426.52 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| LAK | Lao kip | 12,549.42 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| LBP | Lebanese pound | 2,329.32 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| LKR | Sri Lanka rupee | 217.47 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| LRD | Liberian dollar | 1.546 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| LSL | Loti | 20.24 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| LYD | Libyan dinar | 2.0929 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MAD | Moroccan dirham | 14.89 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MDL | Moldovan leu | 30.36 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MGA | Malagasy ariary | 4,737.89 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MKD | Denar | 83.76 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MMK | Kyat | 1,979.02 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MNT | Tugrik | 3,074.41 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MOP | Pataca | 12.32 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MRO | Ouguiya | 505.06 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MUR | Mauritius rupee | 54.52 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MVR | Rufiyaa | 23.6 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MWK | Malawi kwacha | 847.17 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 25.75 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 6.6171 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| MZN | Mozambique metical | 65.99 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| NGN | Naira | 307.75 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| NIO | Cordoba oro | 42.7 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 12.64 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| NPR | Nepalese rupee | 160.25 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 2.2969 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| OMR | Rial Omani | 0.5946 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| PAB | Balboa | 1.5445 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| PEN | Sol | 5.0043 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| PGK | Kina | 4.4726 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 71.85 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| PKR | Pakistan rupee | 161.15 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| PLN | Zloty | 5.7526 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| PYG | Guarani | 8,751.09 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| QAR | Qatari rial | 5.6228 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 5.9958 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| RSD | Serbian dinar | 162.77 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 95.35 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| RWF | Rwanda franc | 1,138.25 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| SAR | Saudi riyal | 5.7981 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| SBD | Solomon Islands dollar | 12.35 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| SCR | Seychelles rupee | 19.68 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| SDG | Sudanese pound | 9.4121 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 12.85 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2.1546 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| SLL | Leone | 6,795.99 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| SOS | Somali shilling | 988.5 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| SRD | Surinam dollar | 5.097 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| STD | Dobra | 33,269.49 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| SVC | El Salvador colon | 13.61 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| SZL | Lilangeni | 20.24 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| THB | Baht | 54.97 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| TMT | Turkmenistan new manat | 5.4059 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| TND | Tunisian dinar | 3.013 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| TOP | Pa'anga | 2.1428 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 4.4807 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | 9.8174 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| TWD | New Taiwan dollar | 50.08 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| TZS | Tanzanian shilling | 3,382.55 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| UAH | Hryvnia | 32.86 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| UGX | Uganda shilling | 5,645.31 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| USD | US dollar | 1.546 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| UYU | Peso uruguayo | 45.41 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| UZS | Uzbekistan sum | 4,091.83 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| VEF | Bolívar | 9.7384 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| VND | Dong | 34,412.5 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| VUV | Vatu | 173.49 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| WST | Tala | 4.0118 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| XAF | CFA franc BEAC | 890.52 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| XCD | East Caribbean dollar | 4.1703 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| XOF | CFA franc BCEAO | 890.52 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| XPF | CFP franc | 162 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| YER | Yemeni rial | 332.3 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| ZAR | Rand | 20.83 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| ZMW | Zambian kwacha | 18.42 | 1 to 30 November 2015 |
| ZWL | Zimbabwe dollar | 558.97 | 1 to 30 November 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 November 2015:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1115.XML
The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1115.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.
Using this month on a return
- A trade made in November 2015 converts at the rate on this page. A trade made in another month uses that month's page, on the buy and on the sale alike.
- If the rate for a currency is not on this page, HMRC did not publish one for it that month, or this server has not loaded it. The calculator names the currency and the month and refuses rather than borrowing another currency's rate.
- A pence quoted London price is not a foreign currency. Pence are converted by dividing by 100, and that happens before any of this.
Upload a broker export and every foreign trade in it is converted at the HMRC rate for its own month, with the month named in the report. The guide explains the matching rules that decide which cost a disposal takes.