Live Rate

1 ZAR = 0.0610 USD ▲ +0.6600%

High 0.0612

Low 0.0605

Open 0.0606

Prev. Close 0.0606

One Week

+0.00%

0.0613 H · 0.0596 L

One Month

+0.00%

0.0613 H · 0.0596 L

One Year

+0.00%

0.0635 H · 0.0583 L

Best Transfer Rate

0.0607

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Market Analysis: Updated Daily 10 May 2026

What's Driving ZAR/USD Today

The South African Rand to US Dollar exchange rate is shaped by monetary policy decisions from both central banks, alongside inflation data, economic growth indicators and global risk sentiment. Sterling pairs are particularly sensitive to UK data releases and political developments.

Key drivers to watch include central bank rate decisions, CPI inflation prints, labour market data and trade balance figures. Our editorial team publishes daily commentary on the forces moving the ZAR/USD rate.

This commentary is updated each trading day. For the latest analysis visit the ZAR/USD News Hub →

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Daily South African Rand to US Dollar Statistics

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Date	Open	Close	High	Low	Mid
Fri 8 May	0.0605	0.0610	0.0609	0.0608	0.0608
Thu 7 May	0.0610	0.0605	0.0613	0.0609	0.0608
Wed 6 May	0.0600	0.0610	0.0610	0.0604	0.0605
Tue 5 May	0.0595	0.0600	0.0600	0.0596	0.0598
Mon 4 May	0.0601	0.0595	0.0602	0.0596	0.0598
Fri 1 May	0.0600	0.0600	0.0601	0.0599	0.0600
Thu 30 Apr	0.0594	0.0600	0.0598	0.0595	0.0597
Wed 29 Apr	0.0604	0.0594	0.0605	0.0594	0.0599
Tue 28 Apr	0.0605	0.0604	0.0603	0.0603	0.0605
Mon 27 Apr	0.0603	0.0605	0.0605	0.0604	0.0604
Fri 24 Apr	0.0601	0.0605	0.0603	0.0603	0.0603
Thu 23 Apr	0.0607	0.0601	0.0605	0.0603	0.0604
Wed 22 Apr	0.0606	0.0607	0.0608	0.0607	0.0607
Tue 21 Apr	0.0611	0.0606	0.0610	0.0605	0.0609
Mon 20 Apr	0.0611	0.0611	0.0611	0.0610	0.0611
Fri 17 Apr	0.0609	0.0613	0.0616	0.0610	0.0611
Thu 16 Apr	0.0611	0.0609	0.0611	0.0610	0.0610
Wed 15 Apr	0.0612	0.0611	0.0612	0.0610	0.0612
Tue 14 Apr	0.0609	0.0612	0.0611	0.0611	0.0611
Mon 13 Apr	0.0604	0.0609	0.0606	0.0605	0.0607
Fri 10 Apr	0.0611	0.0609	0.0611	0.0608	0.0610
Thu 9 Apr	0.0610	0.0611	0.0611	0.0609	0.0611
Wed 8 Apr	0.0595	0.0610	0.0606	0.0601	0.0603
Tue 7 Apr	0.0593	0.0595	0.0594	0.0592	0.0594
Mon 6 Apr	0.0590	0.0593	0.0592	0.0591	0.0592
Fri 3 Apr	0.0590	0.0589	0.0591	0.0589	0.0590
Thu 2 Apr	0.0595	0.0590	0.0591	0.0591	0.0593
Wed 1 Apr	0.0590	0.0595	0.0594	0.0594	0.0593
Tue 31 Mar	0.0582	0.0590	0.0588	0.0585	0.0586
Mon 30 Mar	0.0584	0.0582	0.0583	0.0583	0.0583
Fri 27 Mar	0.0584	0.0584	0.0585	0.0583	0.0584
Thu 26 Mar	0.0589	0.0584	0.0588	0.0585	0.0587
Wed 25 Mar	0.0589	0.0589	0.0591	0.0590	0.0589
Tue 24 Mar	0.0594	0.0589	0.0592	0.0587	0.0592
Mon 23 Mar	0.0586	0.0594	0.0591	0.0588	0.0590
Fri 20 Mar	0.0597	0.0588	0.0592	0.0589	0.0593
Thu 19 Mar	0.0589	0.0597	0.0592	0.0592	0.0593
Wed 18 Mar	0.0600	0.0589	0.0598	0.0594	0.0595
Tue 17 Mar	0.0600	0.0600	0.0598	0.0598	0.0600
Mon 16 Mar	0.0590	0.0600	0.0596	0.0595	0.0595
Fri 13 Mar	0.0595	0.0590	0.0595	0.0595	0.0593
Thu 12 Mar	0.0607	0.0595	0.0604	0.0598	0.0601
Wed 11 Mar	0.0614	0.0607	0.0614	0.0608	0.0611
Tue 10 Mar	0.0614	0.0614	0.0617	0.0610	0.0614
Mon 9 Mar	0.0599	0.0614	0.0607	0.0597	0.0607
Fri 6 Mar	0.0600	0.0604	0.0602	0.0598	0.0602
Thu 5 Mar	0.0612	0.0600	0.0609	0.0600	0.0606
Wed 4 Mar	0.0605	0.0612	0.0610	0.0605	0.0609
Tue 3 Mar	0.0621	0.0605	0.0615	0.0604	0.0613
Mon 2 Mar	0.0620	0.0621	0.0621	0.0621	0.0621
Fri 27 Feb	0.0627	0.0627	0.0629	0.0627	0.0627
Thu 26 Feb	0.0631	0.0627	0.0628	0.0627	0.0629
Wed 25 Feb	0.0626	0.0631	0.0630	0.0629	0.0629
Tue 24 Feb	0.0624	0.0626	0.0626	0.0625	0.0625
Mon 23 Feb	0.0623	0.0624	0.0625	0.0624	0.0624
Fri 20 Feb	0.0619	0.0624	0.0622	0.0621	0.0622
Thu 19 Feb	0.0622	0.0619	0.0621	0.0619	0.0621
Wed 18 Feb	0.0624	0.0622	0.0623	0.0623	0.0623
Tue 17 Feb	0.0626	0.0624	0.0624	0.0622	0.0625
Mon 16 Feb	0.0627	0.0626	0.0628	0.0626	0.0627
Fri 13 Feb	0.0626	0.0627	0.0626	0.0624	0.0627
Thu 12 Feb	0.0630	0.0626	0.0630	0.0628	0.0628
Wed 11 Feb	0.0627	0.0630	0.0630	0.0629	0.0629
Tue 10 Feb	0.0629	0.0627	0.0628	0.0627	0.0628
Mon 9 Feb	0.0623	0.0629	0.0626	0.0626	0.0626
Fri 6 Feb	0.0613	0.0623	0.0620	0.0614	0.0618
Thu 5 Feb	0.0622	0.0613	0.0619	0.0619	0.0618
Wed 4 Feb	0.0626	0.0622	0.0625	0.0623	0.0624
Tue 3 Feb	0.0622	0.0626	0.0626	0.0622	0.0624
Mon 2 Feb	0.0620	0.0622	0.0623	0.0615	0.0621
Fri 30 Jan	0.0636	0.0620	0.0630	0.0623	0.0628
Thu 29 Jan	0.0634	0.0636	0.0635	0.0632	0.0635
Wed 28 Jan	0.0630	0.0634	0.0632	0.0630	0.0632
Tue 27 Jan	0.0623	0.0630	0.0629	0.0624	0.0627
Mon 26 Jan	0.0622	0.0623	0.0624	0.0623	0.0623
Fri 23 Jan	0.0620	0.0621	0.0621	0.0619	0.0621
Thu 22 Jan	0.0615	0.0620	0.0619	0.0618	0.0618
Wed 21 Jan	0.0609	0.0615	0.0615	0.0609	0.0612
Tue 20 Jan	0.0610	0.0609	0.0610	0.0607	0.0610
Mon 19 Jan	0.0607	0.0610	0.0608	0.0608	0.0609
Fri 16 Jan	0.0612	0.0610	0.0611	0.0609	0.0611
Thu 15 Jan	0.0610	0.0612	0.0612	0.0609	0.0611
Wed 14 Jan	0.0610	0.0610	0.0611	0.0609	0.0610
Tue 13 Jan	0.0610	0.0610	0.0610	0.0609	0.0610
Mon 12 Jan	0.0606	0.0610	0.0609	0.0607	0.0608
Fri 9 Jan	0.0605	0.0606	0.0606	0.0604	0.0606
Thu 8 Jan	0.0608	0.0605	0.0606	0.0606	0.0607
Wed 7 Jan	0.0611	0.0608	0.0610	0.0608	0.0610
Tue 6 Jan	0.0611	0.0611	0.0612	0.0611	0.0611
Mon 5 Jan	0.0606	0.0611	0.0610	0.0607	0.0609
Fri 2 Jan	0.0603	0.0606	0.0606	0.0605	0.0605
Thu 1 Jan	0.0603	0.0603	0.0603	0.0603	0.0603

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