Live rate: 1 AUD = 0.6607 USD (+0.58%)

Inverted: 1 USD = 1.5135 AUD

Provider Exchange Rate Fee Recipient gets Service Notes Action

Live Market Rate

0.6607 0 0.6541 Set Alert Set Alert
Horizon Currency 0.6581

(indicative)

0 0.6581 International Payments and Transfers Experts in international money transfers for business and individuals, delivering industry-beating exchange rates.
Global Reach 0.6561

(indicative)

0 0.6561 International Payments and Transfers Indicative Dealing Desk Quote. Rate can only be applied to transfers in excess of £2000 equivalent.
Travel FX 0.6548 0 0.6548 Holiday FX, Cash Delivery A specialist alternative to banks, bureau de change & the Post Office for clients seeking competitive currency exchange rates. A multiple award-winning company, offering free delivery (over £700.00 , no commission charges, payment by Debit Card or Bank Transfer and typically offering the best exchange rates available.

Best Bank Rate

Banks
0.6422

(upper range)

Variable 0.6422 Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by IMTI

Worst Bank Rate

Banks
0.6376

(lower range)

Variable 0.6376 Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by Money Mover and Accourt

Paypal

Paypal
0.6310 0 0.6310 International Payments and Transfers

Airport Pickup

Moneycorp
0.6508 0 0.6508 Holiday FX, Cash Delivery Booking Online prior to pickup is the key to getting a good rate

Ranking Snapshot

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Horizon Currency

payments

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Wise

payments

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Revolut

payments, cash

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Global Reach

payments

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Travel FX

holiday cash

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Covent Garden FX

holiday cash

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Moneycorp

payments

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Tesco

cash

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Post Office

cash

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HSBC

representative of high street bank rates

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About the rankings

AUD/USD Live Chart and Data

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For full historical data please visit: AUD/USD exchange rate history pages for the year 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012

January - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2

Open: 0.6822

Close: 0.6803

Mid: 0.6816

3

Open: 0.6803

Close: 0.6728

Mid: 0.6753

4

Open: 0.6728

Close: 0.6837

Mid: 0.6808

5

Open: 0.6836

Close: 0.6754

Mid: 0.6796

6

Open: 0.6754

Close: 0.6879

Mid: 0.6799

7

Open: 0.6754

Close: 0.6879

Mid: 0.6799

8
9

Open: 0.6883

Close: 0.6912

Mid: 0.6915

10

Open: 0.6913

Close: 0.6887

Mid: 0.6893

11

Open: 0.6886

Close: 0.6904

Mid: 0.6899

12

Open: 0.6903

Close: 0.6970

Mid: 0.6925

13

Open: 0.6971

Close: 0.6977

Mid: 0.6955

14

Open: 0.6971

Close: 0.6977

Mid: 0.6955

15
16

Open: 0.6965

Close: 0.6950

Mid: 0.6981

17

Open: 0.6955

Close: 0.6986

Mid: 0.6967

18

Open: 0.6986

Close: 0.6941

Mid: 0.6992

19

Open: 0.6941

Close: 0.6910

Mid: 0.6916

20

Open: 0.6910

Close: 0.6968

Mid: 0.6928

21

Open: 0.6910

Close: 0.6968

Mid: 0.6928

22
23

Open: 0.6969

Close: 0.7029

Mid: 0.6998

24

Open: 0.7029

Close: 0.7047

Mid: 0.7031

25

Open: 0.7047

Close: 0.7104

Mid: 0.7084

26

Open: 0.7104

Close: 0.7116

Mid: 0.7107

27

Open: 0.7116

Close: 0.7117

Mid: 0.7110

28

Open: 0.7116

Close: 0.7117

Mid: 0.7110

29
30

Open: 0.7101

Close: 0.7060

Mid: 0.7087

31

Open: 0.7060

Close: 0.7053

Mid: 0.7029

February - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 0.7053

Close: 0.7135

Mid: 0.7085

2

Open: 0.7135

Close: 0.7077

Mid: 0.7119

3

Open: 0.7077

Close: 0.6922

Mid: 0.7011

4

Open: 0.7077

Close: 0.6922

Mid: 0.7011

5
6

Open: 0.6897

Close: 0.6884

Mid: 0.6899

7

Open: 0.6884

Close: 0.6960

Mid: 0.6919

8

Open: 0.6960

Close: 0.6925

Mid: 0.6957

9

Open: 0.6925

Close: 0.6936

Mid: 0.6961

10

Open: 0.6936

Close: 0.6914

Mid: 0.6928

11

Open: 0.6936

Close: 0.6914

Mid: 0.6928

12
13

Open: 0.6916

Close: 0.6966

Mid: 0.6940

14

Open: 0.6966

Close: 0.6988

Mid: 0.6981

15

Open: 0.6988

Close: 0.6905

Mid: 0.6914

16

Open: 0.6905

Close: 0.6879

Mid: 0.6890

17

Open: 0.6878

Close: 0.6880

Mid: 0.6859

18

Open: 0.6878

Close: 0.6880

Mid: 0.6859

19
20

Open: 0.6868

Close: 0.6909

Mid: 0.6895

21

Open: 0.6909

Close: 0.6854

Mid: 0.6881

22

Open: 0.6853

Close: 0.6804

Mid: 0.6830

23

Open: 0.6804

Close: 0.6808

Mid: 0.6815

24

Open: 0.6808

Close: 0.6724

Mid: 0.6771

25

Open: 0.6808

Close: 0.6724

Mid: 0.6771

26
27

Open: 0.6731

Close: 0.6739

Mid: 0.6729

28

Open: 0.6739

Close: 0.6729

Mid: 0.6732

March - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 0.6729

Close: 0.6760

Mid: 0.6740

2

Open: 0.6761

Close: 0.6731

Mid: 0.6738

3

Open: 0.6731

Close: 0.6767

Mid: 0.6756

4

Open: 0.6731

Close: 0.6767

Mid: 0.6756

5
6

Open: 0.6748

Close: 0.6730

Mid: 0.6737

7

Open: 0.6730

Close: 0.6581

Mid: 0.6660

8

Open: 0.6581

Close: 0.6589

Mid: 0.6596

9

Open: 0.6590

Close: 0.6590

Mid: 0.6600

10

Open: 0.6590

Close: 0.6576

Mid: 0.6605

11

Open: 0.6590

Close: 0.6576

Mid: 0.6605

12
13

Open: 0.6604

Close: 0.6668

Mid: 0.6650

14

Open: 0.6668

Close: 0.6682

Mid: 0.6668

15

Open: 0.6680

Close: 0.6619

Mid: 0.6646

16

Open: 0.6619

Close: 0.6656

Mid: 0.6645

17

Open: 0.6656

Close: 0.6716

Mid: 0.6695

18

Open: 0.6656

Close: 0.6716

Mid: 0.6695

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20

Open: 0.6721

Close: 0.6719

Mid: 0.6715

21

Open: 0.6719

Close: 0.6668

Mid: 0.6680

22

Open: 0.6668

Close: 0.6685

Mid: 0.6703

23

Open: 0.6685

Close: 0.6685

Mid: 0.6712

24

Open: 0.6684

Close: 0.6644

Mid: 0.6658

25

Open: 0.6684

Close: 0.6644

Mid: 0.6658

26
27

Open: 0.6654

Close: 0.6651

Mid: 0.6649

28

Open: 0.6651

Close: 0.6709

Mid: 0.6679

29

Open: 0.6708

Close: 0.6685

Mid: 0.6687

30

Open: 0.6685

Close: 0.6712

Mid: 0.6697

31

Open: 0.6712

Close: 0.6684

Mid: 0.6696

April - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 0.6712

Close: 0.6684

Mid: 0.6696

2
3

Open: 0.6689

Close: 0.6786

Mid: 0.6727

4

Open: 0.6786

Close: 0.6752

Mid: 0.6764

5

Open: 0.6752

Close: 0.6720

Mid: 0.6722

6

Open: 0.6720

Close: 0.6672

Mid: 0.6693

7

Open: 0.6672

Close: 0.6671

Mid: 0.6670

8

Open: 0.6672

Close: 0.6671

Mid: 0.6670

9
10

Open: 0.6657

Close: 0.6641

Mid: 0.6649

11

Open: 0.6641

Close: 0.6654

Mid: 0.6662

12

Open: 0.6653

Close: 0.6691

Mid: 0.6686

13

Open: 0.6691

Close: 0.6782

Mid: 0.6741

14

Open: 0.6781

Close: 0.6707

Mid: 0.6752

15

Open: 0.6781

Close: 0.6707

Mid: 0.6752

16
17

Open: 0.6707

Close: 0.6701

Mid: 0.6700

18

Open: 0.6700

Close: 0.6726

Mid: 0.6726

19

Open: 0.6726

Close: 0.6714

Mid: 0.6720

20

Open: 0.6714

Close: 0.6742

Mid: 0.6730

21

Open: 0.6742

Close: 0.6695

Mid: 0.6700

22

Open: 0.6742

Close: 0.6695

Mid: 0.6700

23
24

Open: 0.6700

Close: 0.6697

Mid: 0.6692

25

Open: 0.6696

Close: 0.6627

Mid: 0.6658

26

Open: 0.6627

Close: 0.6601

Mid: 0.6622

27

Open: 0.6601

Close: 0.6631

Mid: 0.6615

28

Open: 0.6633

Close: 0.6610

Mid: 0.6613

29

Open: 0.6633

Close: 0.6610

Mid: 0.6613

30

May - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 0.6613

Close: 0.6629

Mid: 0.6623

2

Open: 0.6629

Close: 0.6663

Mid: 0.6657

3

Open: 0.6663

Close: 0.6671

Mid: 0.6675

4

Open: 0.6672

Close: 0.6693

Mid: 0.6672

5

Open: 0.6693

Close: 0.6745

Mid: 0.6725

6

Open: 0.6693

Close: 0.6745

Mid: 0.6725

7
8

Open: 0.6746

Close: 0.6783

Mid: 0.6773

9

Open: 0.6783

Close: 0.6762

Mid: 0.6764

10

Open: 0.6762

Close: 0.6779

Mid: 0.6780

11

Open: 0.6779

Close: 0.6702

Mid: 0.6737

12

Open: 0.6702

Close: 0.6639

Mid: 0.6675

13

Open: 0.6702

Close: 0.6639

Mid: 0.6675

14
15

Open: 0.6653

Close: 0.6700

Mid: 0.6681

16

Open: 0.6700

Close: 0.6654

Mid: 0.6679

17

Open: 0.6654

Close: 0.6660

Mid: 0.6651

18

Open: 0.6660

Close: 0.6622

Mid: 0.6631

19

Open: 0.6622

Close: 0.6644

Mid: 0.6653

20

Open: 0.6622

Close: 0.6644

Mid: 0.6653

21
22

Open: 0.6653

Close: 0.6652

Mid: 0.6645

23

Open: 0.6652

Close: 0.6611

Mid: 0.6627

24

Open: 0.6611

Close: 0.6543

Mid: 0.6585

25

Open: 0.6543

Close: 0.6505

Mid: 0.6522

26

Open: 0.6506

Close: 0.6524

Mid: 0.6521

27

Open: 0.6506

Close: 0.6524

Mid: 0.6521

28
29

Open: 0.6529

Close: 0.6540

Mid: 0.6537

30

Open: 0.6539

Close: 0.6517

Mid: 0.6529

31

Open: 0.6517

Close: 0.6502

Mid: 0.6494

June - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 0.6502

Close: 0.6567

Mid: 0.6527

2

Open: 0.6567

Close: 0.6606

Mid: 0.6592

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