Best British Pound / U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate Today: 1.2213
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Live rate: 1 GBP = 1.2213 USD (+0.01% )
Inverted: 1 USD = 0.8188 GBP
Provider | Exchange Rate | Fee | Recipient gets | Service | Notes | Action |
Live Market Rate |
1.2213 | 0 | 1.2091 |
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1.2164 (indicative) |
0 | 1.2164 | International Payments and Transfers | Experts in international money transfers for business and individuals, delivering industry-beating exchange rates. | |
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1.2128 (indicative) |
0 | 1.2128 | International Payments and Transfers | Indicative Dealing Desk Quote. Rate can only be applied to transfers in excess of £2000 equivalent. | |
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1.2075 | 0 | 1.2075 | 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 ![]() |
1.1969 (upper range) |
Variable | 1.1969 | Payments, transfers, holiday money | Determined using data on spread charges supplied by IMTI | |
Worst Bank Rate ![]() |
1.1786 (lower range) |
Variable | 1.1786 | Payments, transfers, holiday money | Determined using data on spread charges supplied by Money Mover and Accourt | |
Paypal ![]() |
1.1663 | 0 | 1.1663 | International Payments and Transfers | ||
Airport Pickup ![]() |
1.2030 | 0 | 1.2030 | Holiday FX, Cash Delivery | Booking Online prior to pickup is the key to getting a good rate | |
Tesco Dollar Exchange Rate ![]() |
1.1939 | 0 | 1.1939 | High street travel money provider | Best dollar rate on the high street for tourists | |
Post Office Dollar Exchange Rate ![]() |
1.1918 | 0 | 1.1918 | High street travel money provider | Best dollar rate on the high street for tourists |
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Horizon Currency
payments

Wise
payments

Revolut
payments, cash

Global Reach
payments

Travel FX
holiday cash

Covent Garden FX
holiday cash

Moneycorp
payments

Tesco
cash

Post Office
cash

HSBC
representative of high street bank rates

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GBP/USD Live Chart and Data
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January - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 | 2 Open: 1.2097 Close: 1.2047 Mid: 1.2068 | 3 Open: 1.2047 Close: 1.1967 Mid: 1.1993 | 4 Open: 1.1967 Close: 1.2055 Mid: 1.2023 | 5 Open: 1.2055 Close: 1.1912 Mid: 1.1976 | 6 Open: 1.1912 Close: 1.2094 Mid: 1.1970 | 7 |
8 | 9 Open: 1.2087 Close: 1.2184 Mid: 1.2148 | 10 Open: 1.2184 Close: 1.2150 Mid: 1.2154 | 11 Open: 1.2150 Close: 1.2149 Mid: 1.2140 | 12 Open: 1.2149 Close: 1.2212 Mid: 1.2168 | 13 Open: 1.2212 Close: 1.2234 Mid: 1.2199 | 14 |
15 | 16 Open: 1.2201 Close: 1.2195 Mid: 1.2231 | 17 Open: 1.2196 Close: 1.2288 Mid: 1.2235 | 18 Open: 1.2288 Close: 1.2346 Mid: 1.2346 | 19 Open: 1.2346 Close: 1.2391 Mid: 1.2355 | 20 Open: 1.2391 Close: 1.2398 Mid: 1.2370 | 21 |
22 | 23 Open: 1.2398 Close: 1.2379 Mid: 1.2385 | 24 Open: 1.2379 Close: 1.2339 Mid: 1.2339 | 25 Open: 1.2338 Close: 1.2403 Mid: 1.2344 | 26 Open: 1.2403 Close: 1.2410 Mid: 1.2388 | 27 Open: 1.2410 Close: 1.2396 Mid: 1.2382 | 28 |
29 | 30 Open: 1.2380 Close: 1.2351 Mid: 1.2378 | 31 Open: 1.2351 Close: 1.2317 Mid: 1.2328 |
February - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2317 Close: 1.2373 Mid: 1.2335 | 2 Open: 1.2373 Close: 1.2225 Mid: 1.2312 | 3 Open: 1.2225 Close: 1.2054 Mid: 1.2157 | 4 | |||
5 | 6 Open: 1.2033 Close: 1.2019 Mid: 1.2042 | 7 Open: 1.2019 Close: 1.2048 Mid: 1.2028 | 8 Open: 1.2048 Close: 1.2072 Mid: 1.2074 | 9 Open: 1.2072 Close: 1.2120 Mid: 1.2125 | 10 Open: 1.2120 Close: 1.2056 Mid: 1.2093 | 11 |
12 | 13 Open: 1.2060 Close: 1.2139 Mid: 1.2091 | 14 Open: 1.2139 Close: 1.2175 Mid: 1.2194 | 15 Open: 1.2174 Close: 1.2034 Mid: 1.2086 | 16 Open: 1.2034 Close: 1.1989 Mid: 1.2020 | 17 Open: 1.1990 Close: 1.2042 Mid: 1.1982 | 18 |
19 | 20 Open: 1.2031 Close: 1.2041 Mid: 1.2036 | 21 Open: 1.2041 Close: 1.2112 Mid: 1.2067 | 22 Open: 1.2112 Close: 1.2046 Mid: 1.2085 | 23 Open: 1.2046 Close: 1.2014 Mid: 1.2034 | 24 Open: 1.2014 Close: 1.1941 Mid: 1.1985 | 25 |
26 | 27 Open: 1.1961 Close: 1.2064 Mid: 1.1994 | 28 Open: 1.2064 Close: 1.2022 Mid: 1.2080 |
March - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2022 Close: 1.2027 Mid: 1.2027 | 2 Open: 1.2028 Close: 1.1947 Mid: 1.1981 | 3 Open: 1.1947 Close: 1.2044 Mid: 1.1996 | 4 | |||
5 | 6 Open: 1.2025 Close: 1.2027 Mid: 1.2021 | 7 Open: 1.2027 Close: 1.1827 Mid: 1.1944 | 8 Open: 1.1827 Close: 1.1845 Mid: 1.1831 | 9 Open: 1.1845 Close: 1.1925 Mid: 1.1885 | 10 Open: 1.1925 Close: 1.2033 Mid: 1.2011 | 11 |
12 | 13 Open: 1.2034 Close: 1.2183 Mid: 1.2117 | 14 Open: 1.2183 Close: 1.2158 Mid: 1.2170 | 15 Open: 1.2158 Close: 1.2057 Mid: 1.2096 | 16 Open: 1.2057 Close: 1.2109 Mid: 1.2078 | 17 Open: 1.2109 Close: 1.2182 Mid: 1.2151 | 18 |
19 | 20 Open: 1.2212 Close: 1.2278 Mid: 1.2226 | 21 Open: 1.2278 Close: 1.2218 Mid: 1.2231 | 22 Open: 1.2218 Close: 1.2269 Mid: 1.2272 | 23 Open: 1.2269 Close: 1.2287 Mid: 1.2303 | 24 Open: 1.2287 Close: 1.2232 Mid: 1.2242 | 25 |
26 | 27 Open: 1.2237 Close: 1.2288 Mid: 1.2256 | 28 Open: 1.2288 Close: 1.2341 Mid: 1.2315 | 29 Open: 1.2341 Close: 1.2315 Mid: 1.2332 | 30 Open: 1.2315 Close: 1.2387 Mid: 1.2343 | 31 Open: 1.2387 Close: 1.2333 Mid: 1.2374 |
April - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 Open: 1.2337 Close: 1.2417 Mid: 1.2349 | 4 Open: 1.2417 Close: 1.2501 Mid: 1.2460 | 5 Open: 1.2501 Close: 1.2462 Mid: 1.2474 | 6 Open: 1.2462 Close: 1.2439 Mid: 1.2450 | 7 Open: 1.2439 Close: 1.2418 Mid: 1.2423 | 8 |
9 | 10 Open: 1.2424 Close: 1.2383 Mid: 1.2394 | 11 Open: 1.2382 Close: 1.2425 Mid: 1.2419 | 12 Open: 1.2425 Close: 1.2485 Mid: 1.2447 | 13 Open: 1.2485 Close: 1.2523 Mid: 1.2508 | 14 Open: 1.2523 Close: 1.2415 Mid: 1.2473 | 15 |
16 | 17 Open: 1.2414 Close: 1.2376 Mid: 1.2396 | 18 Open: 1.2377 Close: 1.2425 Mid: 1.2409 | 19 Open: 1.2425 Close: 1.2440 Mid: 1.2434 | 20 Open: 1.2440 Close: 1.2443 Mid: 1.2436 | 21 Open: 1.2443 Close: 1.2442 Mid: 1.2408 | 22 |
23 | 24 Open: 1.2425 Close: 1.2486 Mid: 1.2449 | 25 Open: 1.2486 Close: 1.2411 Mid: 1.2447 | 26 Open: 1.2411 Close: 1.2470 Mid: 1.2459 | 27 Open: 1.2470 Close: 1.2498 Mid: 1.2468 | 28 Open: 1.2498 Close: 1.2568 Mid: 1.2516 | 29 |
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May - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2559 Close: 1.2496 Mid: 1.2525 | 2 Open: 1.2496 Close: 1.2467 Mid: 1.2474 | 3 Open: 1.2467 Close: 1.2564 Mid: 1.2527 | 4 Open: 1.2565 Close: 1.2573 Mid: 1.2574 | 5 Open: 1.2573 Close: 1.2632 Mid: 1.2607 | 6 | |
7 | 8 Open: 1.2630 Close: 1.2619 Mid: 1.2641 | 9 Open: 1.2619 Close: 1.2621 Mid: 1.2609 | 10 Open: 1.2621 Close: 1.2626 Mid: 1.2641 | 11 Open: 1.2625 Close: 1.2512 Mid: 1.2569 | 12 Open: 1.2511 Close: 1.2449 Mid: 1.2493 | 13 |
14 | 15 Open: 1.2458 Close: 1.2528 Mid: 1.2490 | 16 Open: 1.2529 Close: 1.2486 Mid: 1.2506 | 17 Open: 1.2487 Close: 1.2487 Mid: 1.2466 | 18 Open: 1.2487 Close: 1.2409 Mid: 1.2442 | 19 Open: 1.2409 Close: 1.2446 Mid: 1.2438 | 20 |
21 | 22 Open: 1.2452 Close: 1.2437 Mid: 1.2443 | 23 Open: 1.2437 Close: 1.2415 Mid: 1.2410 | 24 Open: 1.2415 Close: 1.2365 Mid: 1.2414 | 25 Open: 1.2365 Close: 1.2321 Mid: 1.2347 | 26 Open: 1.2321 Close: 1.2348 Mid: 1.2353 | 27 |
28 | 29 Open: 1.2348 Close: 1.2356 Mid: 1.2354 | 30 Open: 1.2355 Close: 1.2413 Mid: 1.2387 | 31 Open: 1.2413 Close: 1.2442 Mid: 1.2396 |
June - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2441 Close: 1.2527 Mid: 1.2471 | 2 Open: 1.2527 Close: 1.2451 Mid: 1.2493 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 Open: 1.2454 Close: 1.2436 Mid: 1.2412 | 6 Open: 1.2436 Close: 1.2424 Mid: 1.2425 | 7 Open: 1.2425 Close: 1.2437 Mid: 1.2447 | 8 Open: 1.2437 Close: 1.2560 Mid: 1.2498 | 9 Open: 1.2560 Close: 1.2580 Mid: 1.2562 | 10 |
11 | 12 Open: 1.2573 Close: 1.2512 Mid: 1.2543 | 13 Open: 1.2512 Close: 1.2612 Mid: 1.2566 | 14 Open: 1.2613 Close: 1.2664 Mid: 1.2650 | 15 Open: 1.2664 Close: 1.2785 Mid: 1.2708 | 16 Open: 1.2784 Close: 1.2823 Mid: 1.2809 | 17 |
18 | 19 Open: 1.2819 Close: 1.2786 Mid: 1.2804 | 20 Open: 1.2794 Close: 1.2765 Mid: 1.2760 | 21 Open: 1.2765 Close: 1.2768 Mid: 1.2747 | 22 Open: 1.2768 Close: 1.2748 Mid: 1.2781 | 23 Open: 1.2748 Close: 1.2716 Mid: 1.2718 | 24 |
25 | 26 Open: 1.2709 Close: 1.2712 Mid: 1.2718 | 27 Open: 1.2712 Close: 1.2749 Mid: 1.2732 | 28 Open: 1.2749 Close: 1.2635 Mid: 1.2680 | 29 Open: 1.2636 Close: 1.2612 Mid: 1.2629 | 30 Open: 1.2612 Close: 1.2699 Mid: 1.2663 |
July - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 Open: 1.2686 Close: 1.2691 Mid: 1.2691 | 4 Open: 1.2691 Close: 1.2714 Mid: 1.2712 | 5 Open: 1.2714 Close: 1.2704 Mid: 1.2712 | 6 Open: 1.2704 Close: 1.2740 Mid: 1.2727 | 7 Open: 1.2740 Close: 1.2840 Mid: 1.2788 | 8 |
9 | 10 Open: 1.2834 Close: 1.2860 Mid: 1.2810 | 11 Open: 1.2861 Close: 1.2933 Mid: 1.2896 | 12 Open: 1.2933 Close: 1.2988 Mid: 1.2952 | 13 Open: 1.2988 Close: 1.3135 Mid: 1.3062 | 14 Open: 1.3136 Close: 1.3091 Mid: 1.3116 | 15 |
16 | 17 Open: 1.3089 Close: 1.3074 Mid: 1.3080 | 18 Open: 1.3073 Close: 1.3035 Mid: 1.3077 | 19 Open: 1.3036 Close: 1.2939 Mid: 1.2956 | 20 Open: 1.2940 Close: 1.2868 Mid: 1.2902 | 21 Open: 1.2868 Close: 1.2854 Mid: 1.2860 | 22 |
23 | 24 Open: 1.2856 Close: 1.2821 Mid: 1.2841 | 25 Open: 1.2826 Close: 1.2902 Mid: 1.2857 | 26 Open: 1.2902 Close: 1.2943 Mid: 1.2918 | 27 Open: 1.2941 Close: 1.2796 Mid: 1.2889 | 28 Open: 1.2796 Close: 1.2847 Mid: 1.2825 | 29 |
30 | 31 Open: 1.2841 Close: 1.2835 Mid: 1.2851 |
August - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2835 Close: 1.2776 Mid: 1.2791 | 2 Open: 1.2776 Close: 1.2709 Mid: 1.2743 | 3 Open: 1.2710 Close: 1.2708 Mid: 1.2675 | 4 Open: 1.2709 Close: 1.2750 Mid: 1.2741 | 5 | ||
6 | 7 Open: 1.2751 Close: 1.2783 Mid: 1.2751 | 8 Open: 1.2784 Close: 1.2748 Mid: 1.2735 | 9 Open: 1.2748 Close: 1.2720 Mid: 1.2747 | 10 Open: 1.2719 Close: 1.2674 Mid: 1.2744 | 11 Open: 1.2675 Close: 1.2697 Mid: 1.2702 | 12 |
13 | 14 Open: 1.2690 Close: 1.2683 Mid: 1.2666 | 15 Open: 1.2685 Close: 1.2703 Mid: 1.2714 | 16 Open: 1.2705 Close: 1.2729 Mid: 1.2727 | 17 Open: 1.2731 Close: 1.2746 Mid: 1.2745 | 18 Open: 1.2747 Close: 1.2734 Mid: 1.2728 | 19 |
20 | 21 Open: 1.2733 Close: 1.2757 Mid: 1.2739 | 22 Open: 1.2756 Close: 1.2734 Mid: 1.2760 | 23 Open: 1.2733 Close: 1.2722 Mid: 1.2689 | 24 Open: 1.2725 Close: 1.2599 Mid: 1.2660 | 25 Open: 1.2601 Close: 1.2577 Mid: 1.2601 | 26 |
27 | 28 Open: 1.2586 Close: 1.2600 Mid: 1.2589 | 29 Open: 1.2602 Close: 1.2644 Mid: 1.2609 | 30 Open: 1.2644 Close: 1.2720 Mid: 1.2682 | 31 Open: 1.2721 Close: 1.2672 Mid: 1.2694 |
September - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2673 Close: 1.2588 Mid: 1.2645 | 2 | |||||
3 | 4 Open: 1.2589 Close: 1.2628 Mid: 1.2615 | 5 Open: 1.2628 Close: 1.2566 Mid: 1.2580 | 6 Open: 1.2565 Close: 1.2507 Mid: 1.2535 | 7 Open: 1.2507 Close: 1.2472 Mid: 1.2477 | 8 Open: 1.2472 Close: 1.2461 Mid: 1.2483 | 9 |
10 | 11 Open: 1.2478 Close: 1.2509 Mid: 1.2511 | 12 Open: 1.2509 Close: 1.2496 Mid: 1.2495 | 13 Open: 1.2492 Close: 1.2490 Mid: 1.2473 | 14 Open: 1.2490 Close: 1.2409 Mid: 1.2452 | 15 Open: 1.2409 Close: 1.2385 Mid: 1.2412 | 16 |
17 | 18 Open: 1.2383 Close: 1.2385 Mid: 1.2390 | 19 Open: 1.2383 Close: 1.2392 Mid: 1.2397 | 20 Open: 1.2393 Close: 1.2345 Mid: 1.2377 | 21 Open: 1.2344 Close: 1.2295 Mid: 1.2296 | 22 Open: 1.2296 Close: 1.2237 Mid: 1.2265 | 23 |
24 | 25 Open: 1.2260 Close: 1.2212 Mid: 1.2227 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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