HMRC exchange rates for November 2018
145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 30 November 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 November 2018
| Code | Currency | Units per £1 | Period covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| AED | UAE dirham | 4.7427 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| ALL | Lek | 141.38 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| AMD | Armenian dram | 625.8 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| AOA | Kwanza | 393.96 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| ARS | Argentine peso | 47.1 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1.8244 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| AWG | Aruban florin | 2.3113 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| AZN | Azerbaijan manat | 2.1905 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BAM | Convertible mark | 2.216 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BBD | Barbados dollar | 2.5824 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BDT | Taka | 108.22 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 2.216 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BHD | Bahraini dinar | 0.4867 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BIF | Burundi franc | 2,340.84 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BMD | Bermudian dollar | 1.2912 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BND | Brunei dollar | 1.782 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BOB | Boliviano | 8.9222 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4.8019 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BSD | Bahamian dollar | 1.2912 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BTN | Ngultrum | 94.52 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BWP | Pula | 13.89 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BYN | Belarusian rouble | 2.7154 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| BZD | Belize dollar | 2.5808 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1.68 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| CDF | Congolese franc | 2,093.04 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1.2886 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| CLP | Chilean peso | 889.29 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| CNY | Yuan renminbi | 8.9611 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| COP | Colombian peso | 4,069.13 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| CRC | Costa Rican colon | 765.89 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| CUP | Cuban peso | 1.2912 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| CVE | Cabo Verde escudo | 124.6 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 29.28 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| DJF | Djibouti franc | 229.47 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 8.4535 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| DOP | Dominican peso | 64.22 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| DZD | Algerian dinar | 153.89 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| ECS | Dollar | 1.2912 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| EGP | Egyptian pound | 23.12 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| ERN | Nakfa | 19.36 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| ETB | Ethiopian birr | 35.87 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| EUR | Euro | 1.133 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| FJD | Fiji dollar | 2.7784 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| GEL | Lari | 3.4863 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| GHS | Ghana cedi | 6.2623 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| GMD | Dalasi | 64.98 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| GNF | Guinean franc | 11,686.06 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| GTQ | Quetzal | 10 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| GYD | Guyana dollar | 269.97 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 10.12 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| HNL | Lempira | 31.1 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| HRK | Kuna | 8.4156 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| HTG | Gourde | 92.18 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| HUF | Forint | 366.35 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| IDR | Rupiah | 19,622.46 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| ILS | New Israeli sheqel | 4.7534 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 94.52 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| IQD | Iraqi dinar | 1,536.53 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| ISK | Iceland krona | 155.56 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| JMD | Jamaican dollar | 167.75 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| JOD | Jordanian dinar | 0.9161 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| JPY | Yen | 145.33 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| KES | Kenyan shilling | 130.67 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| KGS | Som | 89.42 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| KHR | Riel | 5,255.2 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| KMF | Comorian franc | 557.41 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| KRW | Won | 1,461.83 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| KWD | Kuwaiti dinar | 0.3919 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| KYD | Cayman Islands dollar | 1.0588 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| KZT | Tenge | 473.33 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| LAK | Lao kip | 11,020.43 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| LBP | Lebanese pound | 1,953.59 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| LKR | Sri Lanka rupee | 222.92 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| LRD | Liberian dollar | 1.2912 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| LSL | Loti | 18.69 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| LYD | Libyan dinar | 1.7754 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MAD | Moroccan dirham | 12.3 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MDL | Moldovan leu | 22.07 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MGA | Malagasy ariary | 4,541.81 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MKD | Denar | 69.65 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MMK | Kyat | 2,047.07 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MNT | Tugrik | 3,311.94 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MOP | Pataca | 10.42 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MRO | Ouguiya | 461.34 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MUR | Mauritius rupee | 44.67 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MVR | Rufiyaa | 19.94 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MWK | Malawi kwacha | 940.81 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 25.1 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 5.3798 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| MZN | Mozambique metical | 78.31 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| NGN | Naira | 469.61 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| NIO | Cordoba oro | 41.36 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 10.75 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| NPR | Nepalese rupee | 151.24 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1.9749 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| OMR | Rial Omani | 0.497 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| PAB | Balboa | 1.2912 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| PEN | Sol | 4.3121 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| PGK | Kina | 4.3364 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 69.39 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| PKR | Pakistan rupee | 170.63 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| PLN | Zloty | 4.8828 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| PYG | Guarani | 7,734.49 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| QAR | Qatari rial | 4.7013 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 5.2801 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| RSD | Serbian dinar | 134.36 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 84.51 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| RWF | Rwanda franc | 1,144.7 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| SAR | Saudi riyal | 4.8434 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| SBD | Solomon Islands dollar | 10.35 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| SCR | Seychelles rupee | 17.88 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| SDG | Sudanese pound | 60.86 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 11.74 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1.782 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| SLL | Leone | 10,846.12 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| SOS | Somali shilling | 748.89 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| SRD | Surinam dollar | 9.6298 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| STD | Dobra | 27,567.2 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| SVC | El Salvador colon | 11.3 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| SZL | Lilangeni | 18.69 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| THB | Baht | 42.45 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| TMT | Turkmenistan new manat | 4.5321 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| TND | Tunisian dinar | 3.687 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| TOP | Pa'anga | 1.8244 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 7.3113 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | 8.7221 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| TWD | New Taiwan dollar | 39.94 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| TZS | Tanzanian shilling | 2,962.67 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| UAH | Hryvnia | 36.5 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| UGX | Uganda shilling | 4,854.93 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| USD | US dollar | 1.2912 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| UYU | Peso uruguayo | 42.43 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| UZS | Uzbekistan sum | 10,621.59 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| VEF | Bolívar | 320,890.35 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| VND | Dong | 30,148.36 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| VUV | Vatu | 148.3 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| WST | Tala | 3.389 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| XAF | CFA franc BEAC | 743.22 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| XCD | East Caribbean dollar | 3.4863 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| XOF | CFA franc BCEAO | 743.22 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| XPF | CFP franc | 135.2 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| YER | Yemeni rial | 323 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| ZAR | Rand | 18.69 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| ZMW | Zambian kwacha | 15.07 | 1 to 30 November 2018 |
| ZWL | Zimbabwe dollar | 467.28 | 1 to 30 November 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 November 2018:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1118.XML
The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1118.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 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.