💱 Currency Converter
📊 Live Exchange Rates
Major currency pairs — click any to convert.
What this converter does
Choose an amount and a "from" and "to" currency and the converter shows the converted total, the rate in both directions and a grid of the same amount in other major currencies. It covers 55 major currencies, including the dirham (AED), the Saudi riyal, the Qatari riyal, the Kuwaiti dinar, the Omani rial and the Bahraini dinar. Rates are the mid-market rate, the midpoint between buying and selling prices in the wholesale market, before any bank or exchange margin.
Where the rates come from
The page requests rates when it loads from the free ExchangeRate-API open endpoint. That service updates its rates about once a day, so the figure shown is a daily reference, not a live trading price, and the date under the result tells you when the rates were last updated. If the rate service cannot be reached, the converter falls back to a short list of approximate stored rates for a few currencies and shows a warning. Those stored rates can be well out of date, so do not rely on them for anything that matters.
The conversion itself is simple. All rates are stored against the US dollar, so converting from A to B means dividing B's rate by A's rate and multiplying by the amount.
Pegged currencies
Some currencies are fixed against the US dollar, so their rate barely moves. The UAE dirham has been pegged at 3.6725 dirhams per US dollar and the Saudi riyal at 3.75 riyals per dollar for many years. For example, 1,000 AED is about $272.29, and the figure should stay close to that whenever you check. If the converter shows a very different number for a pegged pair, the rate source probably had a problem and you should check again later.
The rate you actually get
The mid-market rate is a benchmark, not what you will be offered. Banks, card networks, exchange houses and money-transfer services add a margin, either inside the rate or as a separate fee. The difference can be a fraction of a percent or several percent. On a 10,000 AED transfer, a 3% margin costs 300 AED.
- Compare the amount the recipient will receive, not the headline rate or the fee on its own.
- Airport counters and hotel desks usually give some of the worst rates.
- When a card terminal abroad offers to charge you in your home currency (dynamic currency conversion), the rate is often worse than letting your own bank convert. Choosing the local currency is usually cheaper.
- Check whether your bank charges a fixed foreign-transaction fee on top of the margin.
This converter is for estimates and budgeting. Use the rate quoted by your bank or provider for the actual transaction. For a unit conversion rather than money, try the unit converter.