HMRC exchange rates for May 2017
145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 May 2017. 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 2017
| Code | Currency | Units per £1 | Period covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| AED | UAE dirham | 4.7054 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| ALL | Lek | 161.59 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| AMD | Armenian dram | 621.91 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| AOA | Kwanza | 212.54 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| ARS | Argentine peso | 19.71 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1.7062 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| AWG | Aruban florin | 2.2931 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| AZN | Azerbaijan manat | 2.149 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BAM | Convertible mark | 2.3384 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BBD | Barbados dollar | 2.5621 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BDT | Taka | 104.98 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 2.3384 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BHD | Bahraini dinar | 0.483 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BIF | Burundi franc | 2,169.99 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BMD | Bermudian dollar | 1.281 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BND | Brunei dollar | 1.7907 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BOB | Boliviano | 8.8521 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4.0181 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BSD | Bahamian dollar | 1.281 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BTN | Ngultrum | 82.72 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BWP | Pula | 13.37 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BYN | Belarusian rouble | 2.5717 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| BZD | Belize dollar | 2.5605 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1.7219 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| CDF | Congolese franc | 1,780.65 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1.2786 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| CLP | Chilean peso | 831.72 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| CNY | Yuan renminbi | 8.8225 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| COP | Colombian peso | 3,647.46 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| CRC | Costa Rican colon | 718.98 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| CUP | Cuban peso | 1.281 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| CVE | Cabo Verde escudo | 132.39 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 32.08 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| DJF | Djibouti franc | 227.66 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 8.8945 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| DOP | Dominican peso | 60.63 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| DZD | Algerian dinar | 140.6 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| ECS | Dollar | 1.281 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| EGP | Egyptian pound | 23.26 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| ERN | Nakfa | 19.21 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| ETB | Ethiopian birr | 29.32 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| EUR | Euro | 1.1956 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| FJD | Fiji dollar | 2.6507 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| GEL | Lari | 3.0681 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| GHS | Ghana cedi | 5.3164 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| GMD | Dalasi | 57.64 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| GNF | Guinean franc | 11,683.17 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| GTQ | Quetzal | 9.3965 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| GYD | Guyana dollar | 266.25 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 9.9596 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| HNL | Lempira | 30.05 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| HRK | Kuna | 8.9048 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| HTG | Gourde | 88.61 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| HUF | Forint | 374.99 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| IDR | Rupiah | 17,033.48 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| ILS | New Israeli sheqel | 4.7024 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 82.72 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| IQD | Iraqi dinar | 1,514.2 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| ISK | Iceland krona | 141.13 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| JMD | Jamaican dollar | 164.42 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| JOD | Jordanian dinar | 0.9083 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| JPY | Yen | 139.61 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| KES | Kenyan shilling | 132.43 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| KGS | Som | 86.95 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| KHR | Riel | 5,125.47 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| KMF | Comorian franc | 588.2 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| KRW | Won | 1,460.58 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| KWD | Kuwaiti dinar | 0.3902 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| KYD | Cayman Islands dollar | 1.0505 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| KZT | Tenge | 399.11 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| LAK | Lao kip | 10,517.41 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| LBP | Lebanese pound | 1,936.94 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| LKR | Sri Lanka rupee | 195.32 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| LRD | Liberian dollar | 1.281 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| LSL | Loti | 17.01 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| LYD | Libyan dinar | 1.8255 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MAD | Moroccan dirham | 12.84 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MDL | Moldovan leu | 24.71 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MGA | Malagasy ariary | 4,099.35 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MKD | Denar | 73.61 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MMK | Kyat | 1,732.74 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MNT | Tugrik | 3,091.81 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MOP | Pataca | 10.25 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MRO | Ouguiya | 460.37 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MUR | Mauritius rupee | 45.19 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MVR | Rufiyaa | 19.74 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MWK | Malawi kwacha | 930.31 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 24.07 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 5.6366 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| MZN | Mozambique metical | 83.84 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| NGN | Naira | 391.36 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| NIO | Cordoba oro | 38.11 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 10.97 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| NPR | Nepalese rupee | 132.35 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1.8276 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| OMR | Rial Omani | 0.4933 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| PAB | Balboa | 1.281 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| PEN | Sol | 4.1646 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| PGK | Kina | 4.0763 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 63.71 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| PKR | Pakistan rupee | 134.31 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| PLN | Zloty | 5.0802 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| PYG | Guarani | 7,112.08 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| QAR | Qatari rial | 4.6649 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 5.426 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| RSD | Serbian dinar | 147.74 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 72.15 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| RWF | Rwanda franc | 1,056.86 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| SAR | Saudi riyal | 4.8044 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| SBD | Solomon Islands dollar | 9.9887 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| SCR | Seychelles rupee | 17.47 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| SDG | Sudanese pound | 8.5502 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 11.5 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1.7907 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| SLL | Leone | 9,639.9 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| SOS | Somali shilling | 742.36 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| SRD | Surinam dollar | 9.6681 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| STD | Dobra | 29,425.7 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| SVC | El Salvador colon | 11.2 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| SZL | Lilangeni | 17.01 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| THB | Baht | 44.06 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| TMT | Turkmenistan new manat | 4.4837 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| TND | Tunisian dinar | 2.9516 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| TOP | Pa'anga | 1.7062 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 4.6965 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | 8.6215 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| TWD | New Taiwan dollar | 38.96 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| TZS | Tanzanian shilling | 2,863.14 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| UAH | Hryvnia | 34.27 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| UGX | Uganda shilling | 4,627.15 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| USD | US dollar | 1.281 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| UYU | Peso uruguayo | 36.42 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| UZS | Uzbekistan sum | 4,712.84 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| VEF | Bolívar | 12.95 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| VND | Dong | 29,129.8 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| VUV | Vatu | 142.63 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| WST | Tala | 3.2613 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| XAF | CFA franc BEAC | 784.27 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| XCD | East Caribbean dollar | 3.4588 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| XOF | CFA franc BCEAO | 784.27 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| XPF | CFP franc | 142.67 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| YER | Yemeni rial | 320.58 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| ZAR | Rand | 17.01 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| ZMW | Zambian kwacha | 11.95 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
| ZWL | Zimbabwe dollar | 463.61 | 1 to 31 May 2017 |
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 2017:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0517.XML
The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0517.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 2017 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.