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HMRC exchange rates for August 2020

145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 August 2020. Each figure is the number of units you get for one pound.

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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 August 2020

Units of each currency per £1, for 1 to 31 August 2020. Sorted by currency code.
Code Currency Units per £1 Period covered
AED Dirham 4.6765 1 to 31 August 2020
ALL Lek 135.97 1 to 31 August 2020
AMD Dram 616.41 1 to 31 August 2020
AOA Readj Kwanza 703.46 1 to 31 August 2020
ARS Peso 91.3814 1 to 31 August 2020
AUD Dollar 1.7825 1 to 31 August 2020
AWG Florin 2.2789 1 to 31 August 2020
AZN New Manat 2.1631 1 to 31 August 2020
BAM Marka 2.1479 1 to 31 August 2020
BBD Dollar 2.5463 1 to 31 August 2020
BDT Taka 108.02 1 to 31 August 2020
BGN Lev 2.1481 1 to 31 August 2020
BHD Dinar 0.48 1 to 31 August 2020
BIF Franc 2,452.98 1 to 31 August 2020
BMD Dollar (US) 1.2732 1 to 31 August 2020
BND Dollar 1.7617 1 to 31 August 2020
BOB Boliviano 8.7975 1 to 31 August 2020
BRL Real 6.4923 1 to 31 August 2020
BSD Dollar 1.2732 1 to 31 August 2020
BTN Ngultrum 95.17 1 to 31 August 2020
BWP Pula 14.55 1 to 31 August 2020
BYN Rouble 3.0362 1 to 31 August 2020
BZD Dollar 2.5463 1 to 31 August 2020
CAD Dollar 1.7098 1 to 31 August 2020
CDF Congo Fr 2,486.47 1 to 31 August 2020
CHF Franc 1.1829 1 to 31 August 2020
CLP Peso 976.45 1 to 31 August 2020
CNY Yuan 8.9158 1 to 31 August 2020
COP Peso 4,612.29 1 to 31 August 2020
CRC Colon 739.66 1 to 31 August 2020
CUP Peso 1.2732 1 to 31 August 2020
CVE Escudo 121.66 1 to 31 August 2020
CZK Koruna 28.99 1 to 31 August 2020
DJF Franc 226.26 1 to 31 August 2020
DKK Krone 8.175 1 to 31 August 2020
DOP Peso 74.27 1 to 31 August 2020
DZD Dinar 162.54 1 to 31 August 2020
ECS Dollar 1.2732 1 to 31 August 2020
EGP Pound 20.35 1 to 31 August 2020
ERN Nakfa 19.09 1 to 31 August 2020
ETB Birr 45.02 1 to 31 August 2020
EUR Euro 1.0982 1 to 31 August 2020
FJD Dollar 2.7196 1 to 31 August 2020
GEL Lari 3.8895 1 to 31 August 2020
GHS Cedi 7.3716 1 to 31 August 2020
GMD Dalasi 66.5224 1 to 31 August 2020
GNF Franc 12,277.04 1 to 31 August 2020
GTQ Quetzal 9.7929 1 to 31 August 2020
GYD Dollar 266.17 1 to 31 August 2020
HKD Dollar 9.8692 1 to 31 August 2020
HNL Lempira 31.4 1 to 31 August 2020
HRK Kuna 8.2616 1 to 31 August 2020
HTG Gourde 149.51 1 to 31 August 2020
HUF Forint 382.3 1 to 31 August 2020
IDR Rupiah 18,651.74 1 to 31 August 2020
ILS Shekel 4.3527 1 to 31 August 2020
INR Rupee 95.17 1 to 31 August 2020
IQD Dinar 1,514.41 1 to 31 August 2020
ISK Krona 173.31 1 to 31 August 2020
JMD Dollar 184.45 1 to 31 August 2020
JOD Dinar 0.9027 1 to 31 August 2020
JPY Yen 136.46 1 to 31 August 2020
KES Schilling 137.88 1 to 31 August 2020
KGS Som 98.38 1 to 31 August 2020
KHR Riel 5,219.93 1 to 31 August 2020
KMF Franc 540.28 1 to 31 August 2020
KRW Won 1,521.86 1 to 31 August 2020
KWD Dinar 0.3907 1 to 31 August 2020
KYD Dollar 1.044 1 to 31 August 2020
KZT Tenge 526.1 1 to 31 August 2020
LAK Kip 11,534.78 1 to 31 August 2020
LBP Pound 1,925.26 1 to 31 August 2020
LKR Rupee 236.41 1 to 31 August 2020
LRD Dollar 1.2732 1 to 31 August 2020
LSL Loti 20.91 1 to 31 August 2020
LYD Dinar 1.7761 1 to 31 August 2020
MAD Dirham 12.02 1 to 31 August 2020
MDL Leu 21.62 1 to 31 August 2020
MGA Malagasy Ariary 4,904.83 1 to 31 August 2020
MKD Denar 67.61 1 to 31 August 2020
MMK Kyat 1,764.35 1 to 31 August 2020
MNT Tugrik 3,622.12 1 to 31 August 2020
MOP Pataca 10.1653 1 to 31 August 2020
MRU Ouguiya 47.99 1 to 31 August 2020
MUR Rupee 50.98 1 to 31 August 2020
MVR Rufiyaa 19.6 1 to 31 August 2020
MWK Kwacha 939.58 1 to 31 August 2020
MXN Mexican Peso 28.27 1 to 31 August 2020
MYR Ringgit 5.4141 1 to 31 August 2020
MZN Metical 89.75 1 to 31 August 2020
NGN Naira 491.85 1 to 31 August 2020
NIO Gold Cordoba 43.79 1 to 31 August 2020
NOK Norwegian Krone 11.61 1 to 31 August 2020
NPR Rupee 152.28 1 to 31 August 2020
NZD Dollar 1.9092 1 to 31 August 2020
OMR Rial 0.4902 1 to 31 August 2020
PAB Balboa 1.2732 1 to 31 August 2020
PEN New Sol 4.4527 1 to 31 August 2020
PGK Kina 4.4237 1 to 31 August 2020
PHP Peso 62.87 1 to 31 August 2020
PKR Rupee 213.18 1 to 31 August 2020
PLN Zloty 4.852 1 to 31 August 2020
PYG Guarani 8,874.79 1 to 31 August 2020
QAR Riyal 4.6365 1 to 31 August 2020
RON New Leu 5.3131 1 to 31 August 2020
RSD Dinar 129.16 1 to 31 August 2020
RUB Rouble 90.47 1 to 31 August 2020
RWF Franc 1,210.23 1 to 31 August 2020
SAR Riyal 4.7746 1 to 31 August 2020
SBD Dollar 10.38 1 to 31 August 2020
SCR Rupee 22.99 1 to 31 August 2020
SDG Pound 70.46 1 to 31 August 2020
SEK Krona 11.26 1 to 31 August 2020
SGD Dollar 1.7617 1 to 31 August 2020
SLL Leone 12,636.07 1 to 31 August 2020
SOS Schilling 742.24 1 to 31 August 2020
SRD Dollar 9.4952 1 to 31 August 2020
STD Dobra 27,258.3 1 to 31 August 2020
SVC Colon 11.13 1 to 31 August 2020
SZL Lilangeni 20.91 1 to 31 August 2020
THB Baht 40.28 1 to 31 August 2020
TMT New Manat 4.4688 1 to 31 August 2020
TND Dinar 3.5477 1 to 31 August 2020
TOP Pa'anga (AUS) 1.7825 1 to 31 August 2020
TRY Turkish Lira 8.7179 1 to 31 August 2020
TTD Dollar 8.597 1 to 31 August 2020
TWD Dollar 37.43 1 to 31 August 2020
TZS Schilling 2,953.72 1 to 31 August 2020
UAH Hryvnia 35.47 1 to 31 August 2020
UGX Schilling 4,706.85 1 to 31 August 2020
USD Dollar 1.2732 1 to 31 August 2020
UYU Peso 54.73 1 to 31 August 2020
UZS Sum 12,999.42 1 to 31 August 2020
VEF Bolivar Fuerte 302,966 1 to 31 August 2020
VND Dong 29,512.45 1 to 31 August 2020
VUV Vatu 145.48 1 to 31 August 2020
WST Tala 3.3121 1 to 31 August 2020
XAF CFA Franc 720.37 1 to 31 August 2020
XCD E Caribbean Dollar 3.4375 1 to 31 August 2020
XOF CFA Franc 720.37 1 to 31 August 2020
XPF CFP Franc 131.05 1 to 31 August 2020
YER Rial 318.73 1 to 31 August 2020
ZAR Rand 20.91 1 to 31 August 2020
ZMW Kwacha 23.15 1 to 31 August 2020
ZWL Dollar 460.75 1 to 31 August 2020

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 August 2020:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0820.XML

The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0820.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.

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