Live rate: 1 USD = 129.2840 KES (-0.01%)

Inverted: 1 KES = 0.0077 USD

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Comparison Results:

ProviderExchange RateFeeYou GetServiceNotesAction

Live Market Rate

129.28400127.9912
Horizon Currency 128.8961

(indicative)

0128.8961 International Payments and Transfers Experts in international money transfers for business and individuals, delivering industry-beating exchange rates.
CorPay 128.3790

(indicative)

0128.3790 International Payments and Transfers Indicative Dealing Desk Quote. Rate can only be applied to transfers in excess of £2000 equivalent.
wise 129.28401.43%127.4352 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 128.12040128.1204 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
125.6640

(upper range)

Variable125.6640 Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by IMTI

Worst Bank Rate

Banks
124.7591

(lower range)

Variable124.7591Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by Money Mover and Accourt

Paypal

Paypal
123.46620123.4662 International Payments and Transfers
For full historical data please visit: USD/KES exchange rate history pages for the year 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012

January - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2

Open: 157.0240

Close: 157.2620

Mid: 157.1720

3

Open: 157.2610

Close: 156.8890

Mid: 157.0815

4

Open: 156.9000

Close: 158.1280

Mid: 157.5670

5

Open: 158.1340

Close: 157.5370

Mid: 157.6870

6
7
8

Open: 155.3130

Close: 157.1340

Mid: 156.2205

9

Open: 157.1960

Close: 158.1920

Mid: 157.6940

10

Open: 158.1950

Close: 158.2940

Mid: 158.4110

11

Open: 158.3440

Close: 159.4290

Mid: 158.9270

12

Open: 159.3800

Close: 158.5060

Mid: 158.8555

13
14
15

Open: 158.4910

Close: 159.2780

Mid: 158.8665

16

Open: 159.2230

Close: 159.9180

Mid: 159.6315

17

Open: 159.8140

Close: 160.9120

Mid: 160.3265

18

Open: 160.9360

Close: 161.7000

Mid: 161.3270

19

Open: 161.6850

Close: 161.6620

Mid: 161.6165

20
21
22

Open: 161.4810

Close: 162.4240

Mid: 161.6525

23

Open: 162.4310

Close: 162.4730

Mid: 162.5230

24

Open: 162.4840

Close: 162.6880

Mid: 162.6575

25

Open: 162.6900

Close: 162.6980

Mid: 162.6995

26

Open: 162.7560

Close: 162.5580

Mid: 162.7005

27
28
29

Open: 162.5870

Close: 162.3750

Mid: 162.4685

30

Open: 162.3710

Close: 162.2490

Mid: 162.2630

31

Open: 162.1230

Close: 161.8650

Mid: 161.7450

February - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 161.7680

Close: 160.5360

Mid: 161.1340

2

Open: 160.6090

Close: 160.9640

Mid: 160.8045

3
4
5

Open: 161.1800

Close: 160.6570

Mid: 161.0450

6

Open: 160.8020

Close: 160.4610

Mid: 160.7545

7

Open: 160.4640

Close: 160.5000

Mid: 160.4810

8

Open: 160.5000

Close: 160.4070

Mid: 160.4235

9

Open: 160.3770

Close: 159.9640

Mid: 160.1280

10
11
12

Open: 159.9310

Close: 158.5970

Mid: 159.4785

13

Open: 158.6620

Close: 156.6600

Mid: 157.5825

14

Open: 156.5760

Close: 153.6420

Mid: 155.0375

15

Open: 145.5000

Close: 145.6400

Mid: 145.5340

16

Open: 145.4680

Close: 145.5280

Mid: 145.5185

17
18
19

Open: 145.4900

Close: 141.4790

Mid: 143.4845

20

Open: 141.6430

Close: 145.1310

Mid: 143.3870

21

Open: 145.2290

Close: 146.0000

Mid: 145.6145

22

Open: 146.0000

Close: 146.4640

Mid: 146.2275

23

Open: 146.4670

Close: 145.6040

Mid: 145.9885

24
25
26

Open: 145.4630

Close: 146.5000

Mid: 145.9815

27

Open: 146.0000

Close: 146.4310

Mid: 146.2150

28

Open: 146.3630

Close: 144.3220

Mid: 145.2780

29

Open: 144.4060

Close: 147.0600

Mid: 145.7380

March - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 147.0550

Close: 145.9360

Mid: 146.4930

2
3
4

Open: 145.9230

Close: 144.9000

Mid: 145.4115

5

Open: 144.8720

Close: 142.7680

Mid: 143.8110

6

Open: 142.7670

Close: 142.8280

Mid: 142.7975

7

Open: 142.8400

Close: 142.4540

Mid: 142.5760

8

Open: 142.5490

Close: 139.7740

Mid: 141.0245

9
10
11

Open: 139.8050

Close: 139.1600

Mid: 139.4825

12

Open: 139.1480

Close: 139.0000

Mid: 139.1445

13

Open: 139.0000

Close: 137.7380

Mid: 138.3585

14

Open: 137.6850

Close: 134.6000

Mid: 136.0925

15

Open: 134.5580

Close: 134.2850

Mid: 134.4375

16
17
18

Open: 137.5360

Close: 135.2900

Mid: 136.3915

19

Open: 135.3310

Close: 133.0810

Mid: 134.2270

20

Open: 133.9460

Close: 132.9060

Mid: 133.4225

21

Open: 133.0110

Close: 132.5000

Mid: 132.7555

22

Open: 132.0000

Close: 132.1210

Mid: 132.0600

23
24
25

Open: 132.1460

Close: 132.3620

Mid: 132.3030

26

Open: 132.0250

Close: 131.9920

Mid: 132.0320

27

Open: 132.0510

Close: 131.8360

Mid: 131.9110

28

Open: 131.8870

Close: 131.8040

Mid: 131.8185

29

Open: 131.8610

Close: 132.4610

Mid: 132.1790

30
31

April - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 132.4590

Close: 131.9640

Mid: 132.2115

2

Open: 131.5000

Close: 131.5000

Mid: 131.4830

3

Open: 131.4640

Close: 131.0000

Mid: 131.2335

4

Open: 131.0000

Close: 130.1090

Mid: 130.4870

5

Open: 130.1170

Close: 130.0130

Mid: 130.0700

6
7
8

Open: 129.9350

Close: 129.9550

Mid: 129.9450

9

Open: 129.8410

Close: 129.9690

Mid: 129.7765

10

Open: 129.9820

Close: 130.0000

Mid: 129.9910

11

Open: 129.9940

Close: 129.9930

Mid: 129.9935

12

Open: 129.9980

Close: 129.5360

Mid: 129.7490

13
14
15

Open: 129.3920

Close: 130.5430

Mid: 129.8430

16

Open: 130.5590

Close: 131.9200

Mid: 131.2735

17

Open: 131.8710

Close: 132.1580

Mid: 131.9675

18

Open: 132.2180

Close: 132.9890

Mid: 132.6090

19

Open: 133.0250

Close: 133.0360

Mid: 133.0545

20
21
22

Open: 132.9200

Close: 133.5900

Mid: 133.2550

23

Open: 133.6120

Close: 134.2460

Mid: 133.9445

24

Open: 134.2640

Close: 134.4990

Mid: 134.3820

25

Open: 134.5350

Close: 134.9430

Mid: 134.7650

26

Open: 134.9470

Close: 134.8140

Mid: 134.8775

27
28
29

Open: 134.6640

Close: 134.9670

Mid: 134.6320

30

Open: 134.9690

Close: 135.0000

Mid: 134.9845

May - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 135.0000

Close: 132.9560

Mid: 133.7435

2

Open: 133.1020

Close: 135.0000

Mid: 134.0510

3

Open: 135.0000

Close: 134.7660

Mid: 134.8740

4
5
6

Open: 134.5840

Close: 134.4090

Mid: 134.2530

7

Open: 134.4160

Close: 133.3600

Mid: 133.8880

8

Open: 133.2260

Close: 131.0980

Mid: 132.1180

9

Open: 131.0910

Close: 131.0640

Mid: 131.0985

10

Open: 131.0590

Close: 131.4940

Mid: 131.2765

11
12
13

Open: 131.5020

Close: 131.2710

Mid: 131.3005

14

Open: 131.2800

Close: 130.1630

Mid: 130.6455

15

Open: 130.1520

Close: 130.2300

Mid: 130.2040

16

Open: 130.2130

Close: 130.6290

Mid: 130.4455

17

Open: 130.6280

Close: 130.6360

Mid: 130.5960

18
19
20

Open: 130.5940

Close: 131.4700

Mid: 131.0470

21

Open: 131.3330

Close: 131.5650

Mid: 131.3830

22

Open: 131.4940

Close: 131.6900

Mid: 131.5920

23

Open: 131.7120

Close: 132.6910

Mid: 132.1930

24

Open: 132.6770

Close: 132.5980

Mid: 132.6825

25
26
27

Open: 132.4410

Close: 132.7330

Mid: 132.5230

28

Open: 132.7340

Close: 132.5600

Mid: 132.6400

29

Open: 132.4270

Close: 132.3710

Mid: 132.2705

30

Open: 132.2800

Close: 130.5040

Mid: 131.3350

31

Open: 130.4910

Close: 130.2680

Mid: 130.3605

June - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2
3

Open: 130.2480

Close: 130.4370

Mid: 130.3415

4

Open: 130.4420

Close: 130.5830

Mid: 130.4820

5

Open: 130.5620

Close: 130.5950

Mid: 130.5955

6

Open: 130.5760

Close: 130.4880

Mid: 130.5480

7

Open: 130.4760

Close: 129.9690

Mid: 130.2195

8
9
10

Open: 130.1030

Close: 129.4030

Mid: 130.0240

11

Open: 129.3870

Close: 129.2960

Mid: 129.3265

12

Open: 129.2920

Close: 129.2520

Mid: 129.2970

13

Open: 129.2240

Close: 128.6370

Mid: 128.8620

14

Open: 128.6270

Close: 128.9060

Mid: 128.7960

15
16
17

Open: 128.9420

Close: 129.4080

Mid: 129.2100

18

Open: 129.3920

Close: 128.3210

Mid: 128.8210

19

Open: 128.3890

Close: 129.4750

Mid: 128.9505

20

Open: 129.4810

Close: 128.9310

Mid: 129.2080

21

Open: 128.9000

Close: 128.5000

Mid: 128.7000

22
23
24

Open: 128.5620

Close: 129.3790

Mid: 129.0375

25

Open: 129.3850

Close: 129.2290

Mid: 129.3975

26

Open: 129.1760

Close: 128.9820

Mid: 129.0655

27

Open: 128.9470

Close: 129.5040

Mid: 129.2525

28

Open: 129.4990

Close: 129.4850

Mid: 129.4320

29
30

July - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 129.3580

Close: 129.3870

Mid: 129.3450

2

Open: 129.3230

Close: 128.5240

Mid: 128.9065

3

Open: 128.5670

Close: 128.7990

Mid: 128.7835

4

Open: 128.8190

Close: 128.8840

Mid: 128.9095

5

Open: 128.8570

Close: 127.5570

Mid: 128.1875

6
7
8

Open: 127.5560

Close: 128.2650

Mid: 127.9210

9

Open: 127.5390

Close: 128.2500

Mid: 127.8930

10

Open: 128.2030

Close: 129.0000

Mid: 128.6560

11

Open: 129.0180

Close: 129.8250

Mid: 129.3560

12

Open: 129.7660

Close: 129.0330

Mid: 129.3825

13
14
15

Open: 128.9250

Close: 127.7620

Mid: 128.2425

16

Open: 127.8680

Close: 130.1620

Mid: 129.0595

17

Open: 130.0540

Close: 130.3630

Mid: 130.1020

18

Open: 130.2430

Close: 130.9370

Mid: 130.4180

19

Open: 130.9420

Close: 131.0800

Mid: 131.0960

20
21
22

Open: 130.8940

Close: 131.2390

Mid: 130.9905

23

Open: 131.2590

Close: 132.1500

Mid: 131.6870

24

Open: 132.1760

Close: 132.8550

Mid: 132.5815

25

Open: 132.8660

Close: 132.8460

Mid: 132.9005

26

Open: 132.7280

Close: 130.7440

Mid: 131.7360

27
28
29

Open: 130.7800

Close: 130.1310

Mid: 130.4130

30

Open: 130.1570

Close: 130.2000

Mid: 130.2055

31

Open: 130.2000

Close: 129.4310

Mid: 129.8160

August - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 129.4360

Close: 129.7610

Mid: 129.6315

2

Open: 129.7730

Close: 129.8080

Mid: 129.7830

3
4
5

Open: 129.7430

Close: 129.9230

Mid: 129.7610

6

Open: 129.9160

Close: 129.8890

Mid: 129.9595

7

Open: 129.8790

Close: 129.0000

Mid: 129.4230

8

Open: 129.0630

Close: 129.1990

Mid: 129.1375

9

Open: 129.2200

Close: 129.8680

Mid: 129.6325

10
11
12

Open: 129.8240

Close: 129.2410

Mid: 129.5400

13

Open: 129.2230

Close: 128.9040

Mid: 129.0515

14

Open: 128.9120

Close: 129.0140

Mid: 128.9560

15

Open: 129.0130

Close: 129.9870

Mid: 129.6235

16

Open: 130.0380

Close: 129.0130

Mid: 129.5480

17
18
19

Open: 129.0120

Close: 128.8040

Mid: 128.8875

20

Open: 128.8190

Close: 128.9000

Mid: 128.8760

21

Open: 128.9070

Close: 129.0800

Mid: 128.9885

22

Open: 129.0740

Close: 129.0790

Mid: 129.0620

23

Open: 129.0730

Close: 128.9940

Mid: 129.0410

24
25
26

Open: 128.9940

Close: 128.9480

Mid: 128.9680

27

Open: 128.9610

Close: 128.9880

Mid: 128.9580

28

Open: 128.7160

Close: 128.7570

Mid: 128.7365

29

Open: 128.7590

Close: 128.8420

Mid: 128.7975

30

Open: 128.8500

Close: 128.9600

Mid: 128.9220

31

September - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2

Open: 128.9850

Close: 128.7460

Mid: 128.8655

3

Open: 128.7470

Close: 128.7640

Mid: 128.7475

4

Open: 128.7810

Close: 128.9540

Mid: 128.8845

5

Open: 128.9170

Close: 128.7410

Mid: 128.8110

6

Open: 128.7310

Close: 128.8030

Mid: 128.7570

7
8
9

Open: 128.8190

Close: 128.7780

Mid: 128.7900

10

Open: 128.7790

Close: 129.0320

Mid: 128.9130

11

Open: 129.0290

Close: 128.9780

Mid: 129.0080

12

Open: 129.0150

Close: 128.8400

Mid: 128.9200

13

Open: 128.8530

Close: 128.8300

Mid: 128.8150

14
15
16

Open: 129.1830

Close: 129.0840

Mid: 129.1335

17

Open: 129.0770

Close: 129.0390

Mid: 129.0515

18

Open: 129.0420

Close: 129.0330

Mid: 129.0390

19

Open: 129.0720

Close: 129.1750

Mid: 129.1305

20

Open: 129.1700

Close: 129.0340

Mid: 129.1020

21
22
23

Open: 129.0330

Close: 128.9210

Mid: 128.9705

24

Open: 128.9330

Close: 128.8430

Mid: 128.8600

25

Open: 128.8550

Close: 128.9760

Mid: 128.9015

26

Open: 129.0200

Close: 129.0140

Mid: 129.0170

27

Open: 129.0010

Close: 128.7650

Mid: 128.8640

28
29
30

Open: 128.7820

Close: 128.9730

Mid: 128.8730

October - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 128.9750

Close: 128.9060

Mid: 129.0080

2

Open: 128.9310

Close: 128.9540

Mid: 128.9425

3

Open: 128.9570

Close: 129.0390

Mid: 129.0035

4

Open: 129.0440

Close: 128.9680

Mid: 129.0050

5
6
7

Open: 128.9700

Close: 128.9520

Mid: 128.9775

8

Open: 128.9550

Close: 129.0370

Mid: 128.9925

9

Open: 129.0450

Close: 129.0250

Mid: 129.0350

10

Open: 129.0230

Close: 129.0360

Mid: 129.0345

11

Open: 129.0340

Close: 129.0560

Mid: 129.0515

12
13
14

Open: 129.0650

Close: 129.0270

Mid: 129.0460

15

Open: 129.0360

Close: 129.0210

Mid: 129.0285

16

Open: 129.0150

Close: 129.4130

Mid: 129.2475

17

Open: 129.3830

Close: 129.3820

Mid: 129.4300

18

Open: 129.3550

Close: 129.4160

Mid: 129.4375

19
20
21

Open: 129.4050

Close: 128.9920

Mid: 129.1970

22

Open: 129.0270

Close: 129.0110

Mid: 129.0190

23

Open: 129.0100

Close: 128.9760

Mid: 129.0165

24

Open: 128.9680

Close: 129.0130

Mid: 128.9905

25

Open: 128.9930

Close: 129.0170

Mid: 129.0045

26
27
28

Open: 129.0150

Close: 128.9420

Mid: 128.9705

29

Open: 128.9460

Close: 129.0040

Mid: 128.9965

30

Open: 128.9810

Close: 129.0220

Mid: 129.0260

31

Open: 129.0030

Close: 128.9290

Mid: 128.9630

November - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 128.9240

Close: 129.0290

Mid: 128.9780

2
3
4

Open: 129.0000

Close: 129.0680

Mid: 129.0140

5

Open: 129.0630

Close: 129.0210

Mid: 129.0420

6

Open: 129.0190

Close: 128.9920

Mid: 129.0040

7

Open: 128.9930

Close: 128.9710

Mid: 128.9790

8

Open: 128.9730

Close: 129.0490

Mid: 129.0055

9
10
11

Open: 129.0460

Close: 129.0220

Mid: 129.0615

12

Open: 129.0340

Close: 129.1800

Mid: 129.1530

13

Open: 129.1730

Close: 129.2970

Mid: 129.2350

14

Open: 129.3110

Close: 129.2830

Mid: 129.2595

15

Open: 129.2990

Close: 129.5770

Mid: 129.4355

16
17
18

Open: 129.5720

Close: 129.1670

Mid: 129.3820

19

Open: 129.1640

Close: 129.4450

Mid: 129.3385

20

Open: 129.4150

Close: 129.3160

Mid: 129.4140

21

Open: 129.3370

Close: 129.6360

Mid: 129.5395

22

Open: 129.6260

Close: 129.5740

Mid: 129.6000

23
24
25

Open: 129.5840

Close: 129.3110

Mid: 129.4330

26

Open: 129.3250

Close: 129.1740

Mid: 129.2370

27

Open: 129.2210

Close: 129.5460

Mid: 129.3850

28

Open: 129.5150

Close: 129.7300

Mid: 129.6235

29

Open: 129.7220

Close: 129.7840

Mid: 129.7740

30

December - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2

Open: 129.7640

Close: 129.5390

Mid: 129.6455

3

Open: 129.5360

Close: 129.6070

Mid: 129.5840

4

Open: 129.5990

Close: 129.5600

Mid: 129.5635

5

Open: 129.5560

Close: 129.3010

Mid: 129.4030

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Compare Exchange Rates:

Know What the Best Exchange Rate Looks Like

Benchmark the exchange rate market with Pound Sterling Live's custom currency rate comparison tool with built-in algorithms to find the best rates in the market.

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).

Taking the time to work with a FCA regulated currency provider could therefore result in the delivery of an extra euros amount of between €2444 and €3030.

Safety is Everything

Pound Sterling Live only works with foreign exchange payment companies that are FCA Authorised. This is important: FCA regulations and oversight requires the money they transfer on your behalf to be protected through a process known as 'safeguarding'. Safeguarding requires the payments company to keep your money separate from their own money in a top-tier bank. Therefore if the provider comes under stress your money should be protected.