The Polish zloty, which is subdivided into 100 groszy, has an interesting but troubled history, beginning as early as the 14th century. It was once replaced as Poland’s currency and later reintroduced, and has also been redenominated several times. In Polish, the word “zloty” means “golden”.
The most recent redenomination of the zloty followed a period of hyperinflation in Poland in 1990, a year in which the annual inflation rate reached nearly 600% and monthly inflation exceeded 50%. After a period of price stability in the early 1990s (we use “stability” loosely as inflation was still above 30% in 1994), a redenomination took place in January 1995 and the old polish zloty (ISO: PLZ) was changed to the new zloty (ISO: PLN) at a rate of 10,000-to-1.
One of the conditions of Poland’s acceptance into the European Union in 2004 was that at some point it adopted the euro as its national currency. Since Poland has not yet joined ERM-II (a requirement for euro adoption), it is unlikely that the single currency will be used in Poland earlier than 2020. Poland’s former Deputy Prime Minister Janusz Piechociński said as much in 2014.
Since 1995, the zloty’s valuation has remained relatively stable. Against the US dollar, the currency was weakest in both May and October 2000 when USD/PLN reached 4.73. The currency was strongest in July 2008 when USD/PLN fell to just 2.01. Since the euro's introduction in 1999, EUR/PLN has traded between 3.19 and 4.94.
PLN News, Forecasts and Trends
The below interactive chart shows the USD to PLN exchange rate, trend and recent alerts for the last 90 days.
Recent USD to PLN 90-day trend
ALERTS:7-DAY▼5.3% | 60-DAY LOWS |
USD/PLN at 3.9115 was trading 4.3% belowAVG:4.0881 with LO:3.7728 and HI:4.2998 (90 days). ALERTS: USD/PLN was DOWN 5.3% this 7-DAY period and also dropped to 60-DAY LOWS.
Save money and time by Ordering your Polish Zloty online from Travelex, you get better rates and can pick
up the PLN cash locally or even on travel day at the airport.
Another popular option is to
use a Pre-paid Travel Card. Your Debit/Credit Card provider will charge you 2% from market mid-rate,
but your bank may also charge an extra 3% as an “Overseas Transaction Charge” plus “Overseas ATM” fees for withdrawing cash.
For card purchases if offered a choice of currencies always select to
Pay in Polish Zloty otherwise you may get much worst exchange rates.
Sending money to Poland
When searching around for information on how to get a good exchange rate when sending money to Poland you need to start with finding out the latest
Polish Zloty foreign-transfer exchange rate.
Then compare your bank's exchange rates to several licensed FX providers exchange rate and fees to see how much
you can save (we make that calculation easy here).
Get a better deal for foreign transfers to Poland
When sending money to Poland it’s important to compare your bank’s rates & fees with those we have negotiated with our partner money transfer providers.
To get a better deal you should follow these 4 simple steps :
Open an account with a BER reviewed FX provider (id docs may be required)
You specify the local or Polish Zloty amount you want to transfer
Make a local currency domestic transfer for the requested amount to the provider's bank account in your country
Once your funds are received by the provider the converted PLN amount will be transfered to the recipient account you specify in Poland.
Use our Send to Polish Zloty calculator to compare the exchange rates of FX specialist providers rates versus your bank's standard rates you can hopefully save around 5% and maybe more -
end result is more Polish Zloty deposited into the recipient bank account and less margins and fees kept by the banks!