HMRC exchange rates for May 2018
145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 May 2018. 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 2018
| Code | Currency | Units per £1 | Period covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| AED | UAE dirham | 5.2285 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| ALL | Lek | 148.73 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| AMD | Armenian dram | 684.66 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| AOA | Kwanza | 308.21 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| ARS | Argentine peso | 28.67 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1.8272 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| AWG | Aruban florin | 2.548 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| AZN | Azerbaijan manat | 2.422 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BAM | Convertible mark | 2.2493 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BBD | Barbados dollar | 2.8469 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BDT | Taka | 118.18 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 2.2494 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BHD | Bahraini dinar | 0.5366 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BIF | Burundi franc | 2,538.41 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BMD | Bermudian dollar | 1.4234 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BND | Brunei dollar | 1.8646 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BOB | Boliviano | 9.836 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4.8142 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BSD | Bahamian dollar | 1.4234 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BTN | Ngultrum | 93.4 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BWP | Pula | 13.62 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BYN | Belarusian rouble | 2.8775 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| BZD | Belize dollar | 2.8451 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1.7929 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| CDF | Congolese franc | 2,298.86 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1.3767 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| CLP | Chilean peso | 845.3 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| CNY | Yuan renminbi | 8.9469 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| COP | Colombian peso | 3,842.53 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| CRC | Costa Rican colon | 803.22 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| CUP | Cuban peso | 1.4234 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| CVE | Cabo Verde escudo | 127.25 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 29.1 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| DJF | Djibouti franc | 252.97 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 8.5659 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| DOP | Dominican peso | 70.52 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| DZD | Algerian dinar | 162.25 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| ECS | Dollar | 1.4234 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| EGP | Egyptian pound | 25.2 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| ERN | Nakfa | 21.35 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| ETB | Ethiopian birr | 38.96 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| EUR | Euro | 1.1501 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| FJD | Fiji dollar | 2.871 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| GEL | Lari | 3.459 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| GHS | Ghana cedi | 6.3165 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| GMD | Dalasi | 67.54 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| GNF | Guinean franc | 12,846.61 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| GTQ | Quetzal | 10.54 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| GYD | Guyana dollar | 294.26 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 11.17 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| HNL | Lempira | 33.66 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| HRK | Kuna | 8.5261 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| HTG | Gourde | 92.93 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| HUF | Forint | 356.78 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| IDR | Rupiah | 19,607.3 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| ILS | New Israeli sheqel | 5.0041 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 93.4 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| IQD | Iraqi dinar | 1,691.76 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| ISK | Iceland krona | 141.79 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| JMD | Jamaican dollar | 177.25 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| JOD | Jordanian dinar | 1.0099 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| JPY | Yen | 152.64 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| KES | Kenyan shilling | 142.91 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| KGS | Som | 98.06 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| KHR | Riel | 5,722.25 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| KMF | Comorian franc | 565.79 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| KRW | Won | 1,521.09 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| KWD | Kuwaiti dinar | 0.4269 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| KYD | Cayman Islands dollar | 1.1672 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| KZT | Tenge | 467.09 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| LAK | Lao kip | 11,843.07 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| LBP | Lebanese pound | 2,152.25 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| LKR | Sri Lanka rupee | 222.62 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| LRD | Liberian dollar | 1.4234 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| LSL | Loti | 16.97 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| LYD | Libyan dinar | 1.8932 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MAD | Moroccan dirham | 13.04 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MDL | Moldovan leu | 23.41 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MGA | Malagasy ariary | 4,584.21 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MKD | Denar | 70.81 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MMK | Kyat | 1,882.43 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MNT | Tugrik | 3,404.88 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MOP | Pataca | 11.5 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MRO | Ouguiya | 504.89 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MUR | Mauritius rupee | 47.82 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MVR | Rufiyaa | 21.92 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MWK | Malawi kwacha | 1,032.71 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 25.6 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 5.5365 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| MZN | Mozambique metical | 85.68 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| NGN | Naira | 513.15 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| NIO | Cordoba oro | 44.46 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 11.03 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| NPR | Nepalese rupee | 149.45 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1.9398 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| OMR | Rial Omani | 0.548 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| PAB | Balboa | 1.4234 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| PEN | Sol | 4.5744 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| PGK | Kina | 4.6318 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 74.12 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| PKR | Pakistan rupee | 164.5 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| PLN | Zloty | 4.7864 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| PYG | Guarani | 7,898.71 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| QAR | Qatari rial | 5.1828 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 5.3522 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| RSD | Serbian dinar | 135.91 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 87.12 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| RWF | Rwanda franc | 1,228.43 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| SAR | Saudi riyal | 5.3383 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| SBD | Solomon Islands dollar | 11.06 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| SCR | Seychelles rupee | 19.57 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| SDG | Sudanese pound | 25.84 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 11.94 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1.8646 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| SLL | Leone | 11,095.77 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| SOS | Somali shilling | 822.75 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| SRD | Surinam dollar | 10.63 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| STD | Dobra | 28,153.7 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| SVC | El Salvador colon | 12.44 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| SZL | Lilangeni | 16.97 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| THB | Baht | 44.46 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| TMT | Turkmenistan new manat | 4.9821 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| TND | Tunisian dinar | 3.4053 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| TOP | Pa'anga | 1.8272 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 5.7227 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | 9.6 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| TWD | New Taiwan dollar | 41.78 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| TZS | Tanzanian shilling | 3,238.34 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| UAH | Hryvnia | 37.23 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| UGX | Uganda shilling | 5,252.52 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| USD | US dollar | 1.4234 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| UYU | Peso uruguayo | 40.21 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| UZS | Uzbekistan sum | 11,497.55 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| VEF | Bolívar | 84,623.92 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| VND | Dong | 32,417.64 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| VUV | Vatu | 153.81 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| WST | Tala | 3.5444 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| XAF | CFA franc BEAC | 754.39 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| XCD | East Caribbean dollar | 3.8433 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| XOF | CFA franc BCEAO | 754.39 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| XPF | CFP franc | 137.24 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| YER | Yemeni rial | 356.06 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| ZAR | Rand | 16.97 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| ZMW | Zambian kwacha | 13.55 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
| ZWL | Zimbabwe dollar | 515.14 | 1 to 31 May 2018 |
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 2018:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0518.XML
The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0518.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 2018 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.