HMRC exchange rates for January 2016
145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 January 2016. 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 January 2016
| Code | Currency | Units per £1 | Period covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| AED | UAE dirham | 5.588 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| ALL | Lek | 190.97 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| AMD | Armenian dram | 737.58 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| AOA | Kwanza | 205.87 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| ARS | Argentine peso | 14.69 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 2.0859 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| AWG | Aruban florin | 2.7234 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| AZN | Azerbaijan manat | 1.5923 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BAM | Convertible mark | 2.706 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BBD | Barbados dollar | 3.0429 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BDT | Taka | 120.12 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 2.7059 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BHD | Bahraini dinar | 0.574 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BIF | Burundi franc | 2,375.2 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BMD | Bermudian dollar | 1.5003 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BND | Brunei dollar | 2.1499 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BOB | Boliviano | 10.51 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 5.9232 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BSD | Bahamian dollar | 1.5003 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BTN | Ngultrum | 100.19 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BWP | Pula | 17.24 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BYR | not held | 27,751.18 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| BZD | Belize dollar | 3.0353 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 2.0746 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| CDF | Congolese franc | 1,410.37 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1.4811 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| CLP | Chilean peso | 1,079.1 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| CNY | Yuan renminbi | 9.8214 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| COP | Colombian peso | 5,022.29 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| CRC | Costa Rican colon | 808.29 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| CUP | Cuban peso | 1.5214 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| CVE | Cabo Verde escudo | 151.61 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 37.38 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| DJF | Djibouti franc | 270.39 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 10.22 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| DOP | Dominican peso | 69.3 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| DZD | Algerian dinar | 162.49 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| ECS | Dollar | 1.5003 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| EGP | Egyptian pound | 11.91 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| ERN | Nakfa | 22.82 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| ETB | Ethiopian birr | 32.14 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| EUR | Euro | 1.371 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| FJD | Fiji dollar | 3.244 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| GEL | Lari | 3.6439 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| GHS | Ghana cedi | 5.8119 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| GMD | Dalasi | 60.19 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| GNF | Guinean franc | 11,672.53 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| GTQ | Quetzal | 11.58 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| GYD | Guyana dollar | 314 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 11.62 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| HNL | Lempira | 33.87 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| HRK | Kuna | 10.56 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| HTG | Gourde | 86.05 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| HUF | Forint | 439.87 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| IDR | Rupiah | 21,220.38 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| ILS | New Israeli sheqel | 5.8285 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 100.19 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| IQD | Iraqi dinar | 1,810.51 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| ISK | Iceland krona | 195.84 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| JMD | Jamaican dollar | 182.42 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| JOD | Jordanian dinar | 1.0792 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| JPY | Yen | 182.77 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| KES | Kenyan shilling | 155.33 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| KGS | Som | 115.43 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| KHR | Riel | 6,160.32 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| KMF | Comorian franc | 680.64 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| KRW | Won | 1,764.96 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| KWD | Kuwaiti dinar | 0.4613 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| KYD | Cayman Islands dollar | 1.2476 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| KZT | Tenge | 479.25 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| LAK | Lao kip | 12,392.16 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| LBP | Lebanese pound | 2,294.64 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| LKR | Sri Lanka rupee | 217.94 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| LRD | Liberian dollar | 1.5003 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| LSL | Loti | 24.36 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| LYD | Libyan dinar | 2.1224 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MAD | Moroccan dirham | 14.97 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MDL | Moldovan leu | 30.2 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MGA | Malagasy ariary | 4,865.58 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MKD | Denar | 85.19 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MMK | Kyat | 1,972.02 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MNT | Tugrik | 3,036.04 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MOP | Pataca | 12.14 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MRO | Ouguiya | 462.51 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MUR | Mauritius rupee | 55.03 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MVR | Rufiyaa | 23.27 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MWK | Malawi kwacha | 958.16 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 25.71 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 6.4768 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| MZN | Mozambique metical | 78 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| NGN | Naira | 302.76 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| NIO | Cordoba oro | 42.37 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 13.09 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| NPR | Nepalese rupee | 162.78 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 2.2171 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| OMR | Rial Omani | 0.5858 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| PAB | Balboa | 1.5214 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| PEN | Sol | 5.1402 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| PGK | Kina | 4.5439 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 71.01 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| PKR | Pakistan rupee | 158.55 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| PLN | Zloty | 6.0382 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| PYG | Guarani | 8,816.33 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| QAR | Qatari rial | 5.5403 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 6.2583 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| RSD | Serbian dinar | 169.37 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 106.16 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| RWF | Rwanda franc | 1,134.99 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| SAR | Saudi riyal | 5.6292 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| SBD | Solomon Islands dollar | 12.26 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| SCR | Seychelles rupee | 20.01 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| SDG | Sudanese pound | 9.8176 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 12.76 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2.1138 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| SLL | Leone | 6,466.14 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| SOS | Somali shilling | 928.08 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| SRD | Surinam dollar | 6.0858 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| STD | Dobra | 33,958.64 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| SVC | El Salvador colon | 13.29 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| SZL | Lilangeni | 24.36 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| THB | Baht | 54.13 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| TMT | Turkmenistan new manat | 5.3403 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| TND | Tunisian dinar | 3.063 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| TOP | Pa'anga | 2.0859 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 4.5261 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | 9.7736 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| TWD | New Taiwan dollar | 49.17 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| TZS | Tanzanian shilling | 3,286.32 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| UAH | Hryvnia | 36.21 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| UGX | Uganda shilling | 5,226.16 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| USD | US dollar | 1.5003 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| UYU | Peso uruguayo | 45.19 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| UZS | Uzbekistan sum | 4,207.1 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| VEF | Bolívar | 9.5935 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| VND | Dong | 34,232.62 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| VUV | Vatu | 171.48 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| WST | Tala | 3.9487 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| XAF | CFA franc BEAC | 907.52 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| XCD | East Caribbean dollar | 4.1079 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| XOF | CFA franc BCEAO | 907.52 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| XPF | CFP franc | 165.09 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| YER | Yemeni rial | 327.33 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| ZAR | Rand | 22.56 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| ZMW | Zambian kwacha | 16.62 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
| ZWL | Zimbabwe dollar | 550.61 | 1 to 31 January 2016 |
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 January 2016:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0116.XML
The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0116.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 January 2016 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.