HMRC exchange rates for October 2016
145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 October 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 October 2016
| Code | Currency | Units per £1 | Period covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| AED | UAE dirham | 4.7607 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| ALL | Lek | 159.38 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| AMD | Armenian dram | 613.77 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| AOA | Kwanza | 214.81 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| ARS | Argentine peso | 19.61 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1.7116 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| AWG | Aruban florin | 2.32 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| AZN | Azerbaijan manat | 2.1325 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BAM | Convertible mark | 2.2755 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BBD | Barbados dollar | 2.5922 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BDT | Taka | 101.65 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 2.2757 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BHD | Bahraini dinar | 0.4886 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BIF | Burundi franc | 2,164.44 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BMD | Bermudian dollar | 1.2961 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BND | Brunei dollar | 1.7625 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BOB | Boliviano | 8.9819 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4.203 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BSD | Bahamian dollar | 1.2961 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BTN | Ngultrum | 86.85 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BWP | Pula | 13.59 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BYR | not held | 2.6019 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| BZD | Belize dollar | 2.5857 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1.7119 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| CDF | Congolese franc | 1,287.01 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1.266 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| CLP | Chilean peso | 863.8 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| CNY | Yuan renminbi | 8.6466 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| COP | Colombian peso | 3,753.35 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| CRC | Costa Rican colon | 713.11 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| CUP | Cuban peso | 1.2961 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| CVE | Cabo Verde escudo | 127.6 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 31.43 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| DJF | Djibouti franc | 230.34 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 8.6729 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| DOP | Dominican peso | 59.82 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| DZD | Algerian dinar | 141.76 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| ECS | Dollar | 1.2961 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| EGP | Egyptian pound | 11.5 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| ERN | Nakfa | 19.44 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| ETB | Ethiopian birr | 28.72 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| EUR | Euro | 1.1635 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| FJD | Fiji dollar | 2.6652 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| GEL | Lari | 3.0005 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| GHS | Ghana cedi | 5.1272 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| GMD | Dalasi | 55.51 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| GNF | Guinean franc | 11,794.44 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| GTQ | Quetzal | 9.7421 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| GYD | Guyana dollar | 269.65 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 10.05 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| HNL | Lempira | 29.79 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| HRK | Kuna | 8.7347 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| HTG | Gourde | 84.61 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| HUF | Forint | 358.72 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| IDR | Rupiah | 17,024.84 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| ILS | New Israeli sheqel | 4.8904 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 86.85 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| IQD | Iraqi dinar | 1,532.62 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| ISK | Iceland krona | 149.32 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| JMD | Jamaican dollar | 165.38 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| JOD | Jordanian dinar | 0.9191 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| JPY | Yen | 130.52 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| KES | Kenyan shilling | 131.29 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| KGS | Som | 89.17 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| KHR | Riel | 5,313.97 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| KMF | Comorian franc | 572.38 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| KRW | Won | 1,451.68 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| KWD | Kuwaiti dinar | 0.391 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| KYD | Cayman Islands dollar | 1.0628 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| KZT | Tenge | 439.3 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| LAK | Lao kip | 10,511.3 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| LBP | Lebanese pound | 1,953.08 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| LKR | Sri Lanka rupee | 189.42 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| LRD | Liberian dollar | 1.2961 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| LSL | Loti | 17.78 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| LYD | Libyan dinar | 1.7821 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MAD | Moroccan dirham | 12.65 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MDL | Moldovan leu | 25.59 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MGA | Malagasy ariary | 3,969.93 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MKD | Denar | 71.64 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MMK | Kyat | 1,633.33 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MNT | Tugrik | 2,910.37 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MOP | Pataca | 10.35 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MRO | Ouguiya | 462.7 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MUR | Mauritius rupee | 46.11 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MVR | Rufiyaa | 19.83 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MWK | Malawi kwacha | 934.52 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 25.73 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 5.3645 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| MZN | Mozambique metical | 99.37 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| NGN | Naira | 408.59 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| NIO | Cordoba oro | 37.49 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 10.77 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| NPR | Nepalese rupee | 138.97 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1.7727 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| OMR | Rial Omani | 0.499 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| PAB | Balboa | 1.2961 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| PEN | Sol | 4.3728 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| PGK | Kina | 4.1104 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 62.06 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| PKR | Pakistan rupee | 135.73 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| PLN | Zloty | 4.9991 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| PYG | Guarani | 7,214.37 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| QAR | Qatari rial | 4.7198 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 5.1748 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| RSD | Serbian dinar | 143.71 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 83.29 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| RWF | Rwanda franc | 1,043.03 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| SAR | Saudi riyal | 4.8608 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| SBD | Solomon Islands dollar | 10.08 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| SCR | Seychelles rupee | 17.23 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| SDG | Sudanese pound | 7.8816 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 11.15 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1.7625 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| SLL | Leone | 7,317.74 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| SOS | Somali shilling | 758.86 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| SRD | Surinam dollar | 10.1 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| STD | Dobra | 28,449.22 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| SVC | El Salvador colon | 11.34 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| SZL | Lilangeni | 17.78 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| THB | Baht | 45.03 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| TMT | Turkmenistan new manat | 4.5428 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| TND | Tunisian dinar | 2.869 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| TOP | Pa'anga | 1.7116 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 3.8576 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | 8.6773 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| TWD | New Taiwan dollar | 40.73 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| TZS | Tanzanian shilling | 2,828.07 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| UAH | Hryvnia | 33.62 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| UGX | Uganda shilling | 4,384.68 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| USD | US dollar | 1.2961 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| UYU | Peso uruguayo | 36.94 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| UZS | Uzbekistan sum | 3,894.9 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| VEF | Bolívar | 12.94 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| VND | Dong | 28,932.67 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| VUV | Vatu | 142.16 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| WST | Tala | 3.237 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| XAF | CFA franc BEAC | 763.17 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| XCD | East Caribbean dollar | 3.4994 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| XOF | CFA franc BCEAO | 763.17 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| XPF | CFP franc | 138.83 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| YER | Yemeni rial | 324.19 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| ZAR | Rand | 17.78 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| ZMW | Zambian kwacha | 12.96 | 1 to 31 October 2016 |
| ZWL | Zimbabwe dollar | 469.05 | 1 to 31 October 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 October 2016:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1016.XML
The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1016.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 October 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.