Live rate: 1 GBP = 199.4410 JPY (+0.49%)

Inverted: 1 JPY = 0.0050 GBP

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Comparison Results:

ProviderExchange RateFeeYou GetServiceNotesAction

Live Market Rate

199.44100197.4466
Horizon Currency 198.7430

(indicative)

0198.7430 International Payments and Transfers Experts in international money transfers for business and individuals, delivering industry-beating exchange rates.
Halo 198.0449

(indicative)

0198.0449 International Payments and Transfers Indicative Dealing Desk Quote. Rate can only be applied to transfers in excess of £2000 equivalent.
wise 199.44100.55%198.3441 Best Multi-Currency Card One currency card for all your travels. Use it instantly as a digital card and top-up from the app, with the mid-market rate. 40+ currencies. Save up to 87% when you spend internationally.
Travel FX 194.65420194.6542 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.
currencyonlinegroup 194.40570194.4057 Best Branch Collection Also offer delivery and cash buyback services. Home delivery orders of £5 and above are accepted, for branch collection the minimum is £500. One of the highest rated companies we survey according to independent rating review providers.

Best Bank Rate

Banks
193.8567

(upper range)

Variable193.8567 Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by IMTI

Worst Bank Rate

Banks
192.4606

(lower range)

Variable192.4606Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by Money Mover and Accourt

Paypal

Paypal
190.46620190.4662 International Payments and Transfers

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

Bullet 1

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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January - 2025

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2

Open: 196.8140

Close: 195.0210

Mid: 195.8640

3

Open: 195.0170

Close: 195.4300

Mid: 195.0950

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5
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Open: 195.2480

Close: 197.3560

Mid: 196.3300

7

Open: 197.3520

Close: 197.1970

Mid: 197.5665

8

Open: 197.1960

Close: 195.7810

Mid: 196.3425

9

Open: 195.7800

Close: 194.6290

Mid: 194.6525

10

Open: 194.6300

Close: 192.5580

Mid: 193.4920

11
12
13

Open: 192.7170

Close: 192.1770

Mid: 191.4235

14

Open: 192.1750

Close: 192.9700

Mid: 192.2530

15

Open: 192.9670

Close: 191.5570

Mid: 192.0580

16

Open: 191.5540

Close: 189.8590

Mid: 190.6660

17

Open: 189.8650

Close: 190.1960

Mid: 189.9720

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Open: 190.6830

Close: 191.8640

Mid: 190.9560

21

Open: 191.8620

Close: 192.1440

Mid: 191.3405

22

Open: 192.1420

Close: 192.7840

Mid: 192.3575

23

Open: 192.7810

Close: 192.7610

Mid: 192.6660

24

Open: 192.7620

Close: 194.7090

Mid: 193.4195

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Open: 194.1560

Close: 193.1390

Mid: 193.4090

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Open: 193.1390

Close: 193.5220

Mid: 193.3755

29

Open: 193.5280

Close: 193.2840

Mid: 193.1275

30

Open: 193.2780

Close: 191.5750

Mid: 192.3790

31

Open: 191.5740

Close: 192.3420

Mid: 192.1270

February - 2025

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Open: 190.3870

Close: 192.6910

Mid: 191.4390

4

Open: 192.6900

Close: 192.6410

Mid: 192.4860

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Open: 192.6400

Close: 190.8290

Mid: 191.5360

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Open: 190.8300

Close: 188.3290

Mid: 189.5220

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Open: 188.3280

Close: 187.7840

Mid: 188.3205

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Open: 187.4610

Close: 187.9700

Mid: 188.2870

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Open: 187.9710

Close: 189.8100

Mid: 188.5925

12

Open: 189.8090

Close: 192.1490

Mid: 191.1665

13

Open: 192.1480

Close: 192.0130

Mid: 192.1185

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Open: 192.0130

Close: 191.6810

Mid: 191.9985

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Open: 191.6190

Close: 191.2870

Mid: 191.1905

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Open: 191.2880

Close: 191.8200

Mid: 191.4040

19

Open: 191.8200

Close: 190.6480

Mid: 191.2935

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Open: 190.6460

Close: 189.5730

Mid: 189.6775

21

Open: 189.5720

Close: 188.6100

Mid: 189.5480

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Open: 188.3020

Close: 189.0220

Mid: 188.9085

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Open: 189.0230

Close: 188.7660

Mid: 188.9550

26

Open: 188.7670

Close: 188.9860

Mid: 189.1525

27

Open: 188.9870

Close: 188.7710

Mid: 189.3515

28

Open: 188.7710

Close: 189.4400

Mid: 189.0040

March - 2025

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
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Open: 189.8710

Close: 189.8890

Mid: 190.4070

4

Open: 189.8880

Close: 191.7030

Mid: 190.0220

5

Open: 191.7030

Close: 191.9960

Mid: 191.5985

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Open: 191.9970

Close: 190.6360

Mid: 191.2100

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Open: 190.6340

Close: 191.3010

Mid: 190.5515

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Open: 191.2220

Close: 189.6490

Mid: 190.2150

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Open: 189.6500

Close: 191.3820

Mid: 190.2435

12

Open: 191.3810

Close: 192.1920

Mid: 192.1815

13

Open: 192.1910

Close: 191.4490

Mid: 191.5460

14

Open: 191.4500

Close: 192.2690

Mid: 192.0610

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Open: 192.8900

Close: 193.8420

Mid: 192.9730

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Open: 193.8420

Close: 194.0850

Mid: 194.3160

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Open: 194.0860

Close: 193.3460

Mid: 193.9830

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Open: 193.3460

Close: 192.9200

Mid: 192.8305

21

Open: 192.9220

Close: 192.8400

Mid: 192.8175

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Open: 193.7400

Close: 194.7530

Mid: 193.8950

25

Open: 194.7510

Close: 194.0440

Mid: 194.3210

26

Open: 194.0430

Close: 194.0750

Mid: 194.1335

27

Open: 194.0740

Close: 195.5880

Mid: 194.7465

28

Open: 195.5890

Close: 193.9100

Mid: 194.7270

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Open: 194.5380

Close: 193.7230

Mid: 193.6460

April - 2025

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 193.7230

Close: 193.3500

Mid: 193.0740

2

Open: 193.3500

Close: 194.2460

Mid: 194.3675

3

Open: 194.2410

Close: 191.3460

Mid: 192.7050

4

Open: 191.3450

Close: 189.4620

Mid: 189.6525

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Open: 187.5060

Close: 188.1160

Mid: 188.2525

8

Open: 188.1150

Close: 186.7220

Mid: 187.7450

9

Open: 186.7230

Close: 189.5430

Mid: 187.1105

10

Open: 189.5390

Close: 187.3500

Mid: 187.9635

11

Open: 187.3490

Close: 187.7520

Mid: 187.1115

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Open: 188.5190

Close: 188.6500

Mid: 187.8960

15

Open: 188.6510

Close: 189.5350

Mid: 189.0630

16

Open: 189.5350

Close: 187.8410

Mid: 188.6320

17

Open: 187.8420

Close: 188.8390

Mid: 188.4105

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Open: 188.8390

Close: 188.8390

Mid: 188.8390

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Open: 188.9260

Close: 188.4820

Mid: 188.5315

22

Open: 188.4800

Close: 188.7690

Mid: 188.1730

23

Open: 188.7690

Close: 190.1220

Mid: 189.2940

24

Open: 190.1230

Close: 190.2650

Mid: 189.8555

25

Open: 190.2650

Close: 191.2560

Mid: 190.8940

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Open: 191.1100

Close: 190.9270

Mid: 191.1145

29

Open: 190.9270

Close: 190.8680

Mid: 190.8750

30

Open: 190.8690

Close: 190.7130

Mid: 190.6335

May - 2025

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 190.7030

Close: 193.0630

Mid: 191.9100

2

Open: 193.0700

Close: 192.3570

Mid: 192.6135

3
4
5

Open: 192.2730

Close: 191.0680

Mid: 191.6750

6

Open: 191.0670

Close: 190.3840

Mid: 190.8360

7

Open: 190.3860

Close: 191.1570

Mid: 191.0265

8

Open: 191.1590

Close: 193.2690

Mid: 192.2540

9

Open: 193.2690

Close: 193.4010

Mid: 192.9160

10
11
12

Open: 193.7060

Close: 195.6270

Mid: 194.7175

13

Open: 195.6260

Close: 196.2240

Mid: 195.5860

14

Open: 196.2240

Close: 194.6100

Mid: 195.3255

15

Open: 194.6100

Close: 193.8500

Mid: 194.1005

16

Open: 193.8490

Close: 193.4530

Mid: 193.4570

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18
19

Open: 192.6630

Close: 193.5410

Mid: 193.3645

20

Open: 193.5390

Close: 193.5400

Mid: 193.5640

21

Open: 193.5400

Close: 192.8160

Mid: 193.0865

22

Open: 192.8160

Close: 193.2480

Mid: 192.7450

23

Open: 193.2500

Close: 193.0230

Mid: 192.8205

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25
26

Open: 192.9130

Close: 193.7430

Mid: 193.4155

27

Open: 193.7430

Close: 194.9710

Mid: 194.3460

28

Open: 194.9700

Close: 195.1360

Mid: 194.8780

29

Open: 195.1360

Close: 194.5350

Mid: 195.3045

30

Open: 194.5330

Close: 193.8120

Mid: 194.0430

31

June - 2025

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2

Open: 193.8020

Close: 193.2950

Mid: 193.4630

3

Open: 193.2940

Close: 194.6570

Mid: 193.7570

4

Open: 194.6570

Close: 193.4830

Mid: 194.3415

5

Open: 193.4850

Close: 194.8340

Mid: 194.3820

6

Open: 194.8320

Close: 195.9360

Mid: 195.4545

7
8
9

Open: 195.9880

Close: 195.9330

Mid: 195.8045

10

Open: 195.9330

Close: 195.5870

Mid: 195.6140

11

Open: 195.5880

Close: 195.8850

Mid: 195.7675

12

Open: 195.8830

Close: 195.3260

Mid: 195.3030

13

Open: 195.3250

Close: 195.5980

Mid: 194.8750

14
15
16

Open: 195.6130

Close: 196.5630

Mid: 196.0505

17

Open: 196.5610

Close: 195.0920

Mid: 195.8825

18

Open: 195.0930

Close: 194.7830

Mid: 194.8465

19

Open: 194.7830

Close: 195.9030

Mid: 194.9920

20

Open: 195.9020

Close: 196.4920

Mid: 196.1985

21
22
23

Open: 197.0000

Close: 197.6540

Mid: 197.2575

24

Open: 197.6550

Close: 197.3020

Mid: 197.3220

25

Open: 197.3030

Close: 198.4790

Mid: 197.8180

26

Open: 198.4780

Close: 198.2100

Mid: 198.1605

27

Open: 198.2120

Close: 198.4710

Mid: 198.4100

28
29
30

Open: 200.2930

Close: 197.8140

Mid: 198.7665

July - 2025

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 197.8130

Close: 197.1370

Mid: 197.0575

2

Open: 197.1360

Close: 195.8820

Mid: 196.4605

3

Open: 195.8810

Close: 197.9000

Mid: 196.9315

4

Open: 197.9000

Close: 197.2260

Mid: 197.4225

5
6
7

Open: 197.2110

Close: 198.6720

Mid: 197.9005

8

Open: 198.6730

Close: 199.2270

Mid: 199.0020

9

Open: 199.2270

Close: 198.7850

Mid: 199.2830

10

Open: 198.7850

Close: 198.6010

Mid: 198.8215

11

Open: 198.6020

Close: 198.8920

Mid: 198.8440

12
13
14

Open: 198.2470

Close: 198.3370

Mid: 198.5410

15

Open: 198.3360

Close: 199.2250

Mid: 198.8685

16

Open: 199.2250

Close: 198.4660

Mid: 198.8705

17

Open: 198.4670

Close: 198.8290

Mid: 198.6050

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Why

Banks and financial institutions buy and sell currency from each other - these sizeable institutions are 'the market' and the rate they transact at is the 'market rate'. The difference between how much a currency is purchased and sold is the spread, which is essentially the difference between the buy and sell price.

But, when currency is sold by banks to retail customers that spread widens significantly and the profit on the transaction is therefore substantially larger.

Therefore when we focus on the transfer fee when sending money abroad we often miss the biggest cost: the exchange rate spread.

Foreign exchange providers have essentially recognised this and they enter the market to transfer money at tighter spreads, thereby saving potentially significant amounts of money for their clients simply by providing better exchange rates.

For example, the transfer of £100K into euros is expected to attract a rate that delivers between €112,480 and €113,296 with the UK's leading high street banks. But FCA authorised providers will provide a rate that delivers between €115,510 and €115,740 (using rates on 05/07/21).

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