HMRC exchange rates for November 2016
145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 30 November 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 November 2016
| Code | Currency | Units per £1 | Period covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| AED | UAE dirham | 4.5152 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| ALL | Lek | 153.21 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| AMD | Armenian dram | 584.32 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| AOA | Kwanza | 203.74 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| ARS | Argentine peso | 18.69 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1.5983 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| AWG | Aruban florin | 2.2004 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| AZN | Azerbaijan manat | 1.9816 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BAM | Convertible mark | 2.1922 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BBD | Barbados dollar | 2.4586 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BDT | Taka | 96.41 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 2.1923 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BHD | Bahraini dinar | 0.4635 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BIF | Burundi franc | 2,060.49 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BMD | Bermudian dollar | 1.2293 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BND | Brunei dollar | 1.7052 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BOB | Boliviano | 8.5252 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 3.8965 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BSD | Bahamian dollar | 1.2293 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BTN | Ngultrum | 81.98 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BWP | Pula | 13.09 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BYR | not held | 2.4678 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| BZD | Belize dollar | 2.4709 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1.5999 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| CDF | Congolese franc | 1,193.65 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1.2161 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| CLP | Chilean peso | 819.87 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| CNY | Yuan renminbi | 8.2846 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| COP | Colombian peso | 3,576.17 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| CRC | Costa Rican colon | 678.96 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| CUP | Cuban peso | 1.2293 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| CVE | Cabo Verde escudo | 123.39 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 30.28 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| DJF | Djibouti franc | 218.47 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 8.3409 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| DOP | Dominican peso | 56.78 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| DZD | Algerian dinar | 135.66 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| ECS | Dollar | 1.2293 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| EGP | Egyptian pound | 10.91 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| ERN | Nakfa | 18.43 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| ETB | Ethiopian birr | 27.32 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| EUR | Euro | 1.1209 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| FJD | Fiji dollar | 2.5345 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| GEL | Lari | 2.895 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| GHS | Ghana cedi | 4.8753 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| GMD | Dalasi | 52.63 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| GNF | Guinean franc | 11,171.89 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| GTQ | Quetzal | 9.2081 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| GYD | Guyana dollar | 255.3 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 9.5364 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| HNL | Lempira | 28.37 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| HRK | Kuna | 8.4176 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| HTG | Gourde | 80.86 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| HUF | Forint | 344.02 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| IDR | Rupiah | 15,990.15 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| ILS | New Israeli sheqel | 4.7058 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 81.98 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| IQD | Iraqi dinar | 1,453.03 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| ISK | Iceland krona | 140.35 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| JMD | Jamaican dollar | 157.84 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| JOD | Jordanian dinar | 0.8716 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| JPY | Yen | 126.99 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| KES | Kenyan shilling | 124.65 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| KGS | Som | 84.02 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| KHR | Riel | 5,003.25 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| KMF | Comorian franc | 551.42 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| KRW | Won | 1,380.81 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| KWD | Kuwaiti dinar | 0.3717 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| KYD | Cayman Islands dollar | 1.008 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| KZT | Tenge | 407.88 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| LAK | Lao kip | 10,012.66 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| LBP | Lebanese pound | 1,856.12 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| LKR | Sri Lanka rupee | 180.89 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| LRD | Liberian dollar | 1.2293 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| LSL | Loti | 17.05 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| LYD | Libyan dinar | 1.7149 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MAD | Moroccan dirham | 12.12 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MDL | Moldovan leu | 24.52 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MGA | Malagasy ariary | 3,954.66 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MKD | Denar | 69.01 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MMK | Kyat | 1,586.72 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MNT | Tugrik | 2,849.52 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MOP | Pataca | 9.8225 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MRO | Ouguiya | 440.09 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MUR | Mauritius rupee | 43.73 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MVR | Rufiyaa | 18.93 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MWK | Malawi kwacha | 885.09 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 22.84 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 5.1538 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| MZN | Mozambique metical | 96.26 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| NGN | Naira | 391.16 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| NIO | Cordoba oro | 35.69 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 10 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| NPR | Nepalese rupee | 131.18 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1.7016 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| OMR | Rial Omani | 0.4733 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| PAB | Balboa | 1.2293 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| PEN | Sol | 4.156 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| PGK | Kina | 3.8986 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 59.21 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| PKR | Pakistan rupee | 128.74 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| PLN | Zloty | 4.8348 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| PYG | Guarani | 6,896.38 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| QAR | Qatari rial | 4.4761 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 5.0435 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| RSD | Serbian dinar | 137.98 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 76.5 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| RWF | Rwanda franc | 992.74 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| SAR | Saudi riyal | 4.6117 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| SBD | Solomon Islands dollar | 9.5554 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| SCR | Seychelles rupee | 16.37 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| SDG | Sudanese pound | 7.4793 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 10.87 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1.7052 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| SLL | Leone | 6,939.4 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| SOS | Somali shilling | 722.82 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| SRD | Surinam dollar | 8.6309 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| STD | Dobra | 27,342.74 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| SVC | El Salvador colon | 10.76 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| SZL | Lilangeni | 17.05 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| THB | Baht | 42.88 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| TMT | Turkmenistan new manat | 4.3026 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| TND | Tunisian dinar | 2.7613 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| TOP | Pa'anga | 1.5983 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 3.7755 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | 8.2363 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| TWD | New Taiwan dollar | 38.72 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| TZS | Tanzanian shilling | 2,682.33 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| UAH | Hryvnia | 31.59 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| UGX | Uganda shilling | 4,232.48 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| USD | US dollar | 1.2293 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| UYU | Peso uruguayo | 34.5 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| UZS | Uzbekistan sum | 3,768.24 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| VEF | Bolívar | 12.28 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| VND | Dong | 27,422.05 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| VUV | Vatu | 134.54 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| WST | Tala | 3.0802 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| XAF | CFA franc BEAC | 735.23 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| XCD | East Caribbean dollar | 3.3191 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| XOF | CFA franc BCEAO | 735.23 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| XPF | CFP franc | 133.75 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| YER | Yemeni rial | 307.44 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| ZAR | Rand | 17.05 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| ZMW | Zambian kwacha | 12.18 | 1 to 30 November 2016 |
| ZWL | Zimbabwe dollar | 444.88 | 1 to 30 November 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 November 2016:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1116.XML
The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1116.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 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.