HMRC exchange rates for May 2016
145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 May 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 May 2016
| Code | Currency | Units per £1 | Period covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| AED | UAE dirham | 5.2074 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| ALL | Lek | 173.8 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| AMD | Armenian dram | 683.86 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| AOA | Kwanza | 234.96 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| ARS | Argentine peso | 20.5 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1.8445 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| AWG | Aruban florin | 2.5378 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| AZN | Azerbaijan manat | 2.1514 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BAM | Convertible mark | 2.4544 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BBD | Barbados dollar | 2.8355 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BDT | Taka | 111.14 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 2.4544 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BHD | Bahraini dinar | 0.5346 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BIF | Burundi franc | 2,210.84 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BMD | Bermudian dollar | 1.4403 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BND | Brunei dollar | 1.9254 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BOB | Boliviano | 9.7825 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 5.1005 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BSD | Bahamian dollar | 1.4403 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BTN | Ngultrum | 95.36 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BWP | Pula | 15.34 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BYR | not held | 28,284.3 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| BZD | Belize dollar | 2.8284 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1.8239 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| CDF | Congolese franc | 1,310 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1.3907 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| CLP | Chilean peso | 946.03 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| CNY | Yuan renminbi | 9.1893 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| COP | Colombian peso | 4,255.14 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| CRC | Costa Rican colon | 757.69 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| CUP | Cuban peso | 1.4178 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| CVE | Cabo Verde escudo | 138.58 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 33.91 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| DJF | Djibouti franc | 251.96 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 9.4583 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| DOP | Dominican peso | 64.99 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| DZD | Algerian dinar | 154.31 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| ECS | Dollar | 1.4403 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| EGP | Egyptian pound | 12.58 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| ERN | Nakfa | 21.26 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| ETB | Ethiopian birr | 30.52 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| EUR | Euro | 1.2708 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| FJD | Fiji dollar | 2.9445 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| GEL | Lari | 3.1758 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| GHS | Ghana cedi | 5.4229 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| GMD | Dalasi | 60.41 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| GNF | Guinean franc | 10,746.59 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| GTQ | Quetzal | 10.97 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| GYD | Guyana dollar | 292.11 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 11.17 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| HNL | Lempira | 32 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| HRK | Kuna | 9.4144 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| HTG | Gourde | 87.73 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| HUF | Forint | 389.39 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| IDR | Rupiah | 18,678.94 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| ILS | New Israeli sheqel | 5.4148 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 95.36 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| IQD | Iraqi dinar | 1,676.49 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| ISK | Iceland krona | 175.82 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| JMD | Jamaican dollar | 172.85 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| JOD | Jordanian dinar | 1.006 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| JPY | Yen | 157.31 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| KES | Kenyan shilling | 143.54 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| KGS | Som | 97.23 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| KHR | Riel | 5,671.02 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| KMF | Comorian franc | 617.38 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| KRW | Won | 1,635.1 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| KWD | Kuwaiti dinar | 0.4278 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| KYD | Cayman Islands dollar | 1.1626 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| KZT | Tenge | 473.09 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| LAK | Lao kip | 11,512.88 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| LBP | Lebanese pound | 2,137.97 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| LKR | Sri Lanka rupee | 205.63 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| LRD | Liberian dollar | 1.4403 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| LSL | Loti | 20.71 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| LYD | Libyan dinar | 1.8856 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MAD | Moroccan dirham | 13.72 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MDL | Moldovan leu | 27.85 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MGA | Malagasy ariary | 4,513.99 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MKD | Denar | 77.31 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MMK | Kyat | 1,670.25 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MNT | Tugrik | 2,840.47 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MOP | Pataca | 11.32 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MRO | Ouguiya | 490.54 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MUR | Mauritius rupee | 49.8 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MVR | Rufiyaa | 21.7 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MWK | Malawi kwacha | 971.48 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 24.97 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 5.5711 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| MZN | Mozambique metical | 72.88 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| NGN | Naira | 282.07 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| NIO | Cordoba oro | 40.15 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 11.71 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| NPR | Nepalese rupee | 151.08 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 2.0582 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| OMR | Rial Omani | 0.5458 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| PAB | Balboa | 1.4178 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| PEN | Sol | 4.6502 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| PGK | Kina | 4.426 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 66.57 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| PKR | Pakistan rupee | 148.41 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| PLN | Zloty | 5.3878 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| PYG | Guarani | 7,909.24 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| QAR | Qatari rial | 5.1629 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 5.6174 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| RSD | Serbian dinar | 154.24 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 94.45 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| RWF | Rwanda franc | 1,098.36 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| SAR | Saudi riyal | 5.4015 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| SBD | Solomon Islands dollar | 11.22 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| SCR | Seychelles rupee | 19 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| SDG | Sudanese pound | 8.6482 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 11.66 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1.9326 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| SLL | Leone | 5,611.48 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| SOS | Somali shilling | 869.08 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| SRD | Surinam dollar | 8.1358 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| STD | Dobra | 30,708.59 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| SVC | El Salvador colon | 12.39 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| SZL | Lilangeni | 20.71 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| THB | Baht | 50.2 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| TMT | Turkmenistan new manat | 4.9621 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| TND | Tunisian dinar | 2.8527 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| TOP | Pa'anga | 1.8445 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 4.0446 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | 9.3338 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| TWD | New Taiwan dollar | 46.42 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| TZS | Tanzanian shilling | 3,104.88 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| UAH | Hryvnia | 36.08 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| UGX | Uganda shilling | 4,732.32 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| USD | US dollar | 1.4403 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| UYU | Peso uruguayo | 44.65 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| UZS | Uzbekistan sum | 4,095.03 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| VEF | Bolívar | 14.15 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| VND | Dong | 31,622.35 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| VUV | Vatu | 155.4 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| WST | Tala | 3.6039 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| XAF | CFA franc BEAC | 823.17 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| XCD | East Caribbean dollar | 3.8279 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| XOF | CFA franc BCEAO | 823.17 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| XPF | CFP franc | 149.75 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| YER | Yemeni rial | 353.8 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| ZAR | Rand | 20.54 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| ZMW | Zambian kwacha | 13.04 | 1 to 31 May 2016 |
| ZWL | Zimbabwe dollar | 513.08 | 1 to 31 May 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 May 2016:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0516.XML
The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0516.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 May 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.