Best USD to CNY Exchange Rates - Compare & Save

In this dollar to yuan rate guide:

1 USD = CNY

USD to CNY at 7.2268 is 5.6% above its 90-day average 6.8409 with range 6.6952-7.2268.

28-SEP 2AM-NY 7AM-LON 2PM-HK 4PM-SYD

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Track Rate

1 CNY = 0.1384 USD

7-DAY▲+3.0%

90-DAY▲HIGH

China’s yuan is sliding toward the key 7 per dollar level due to continuing Covid-zero restrictions and the slowing Chinese economy.

For two years until April 2022 the yuan has steadily strengthened to 6.3 per US dollar, but then the PBOC has abruptly allowed CNY to drop with market sentiment worsening towards China’s economy.

CNY Outlook

Date	USD/CNY	Change	Period
13 Sep 2022	6.9251	3.7% ▲	2 Week
29 Jun 2022	6.7008	7.1% ▲	3 Month
27 Sep 2021	6.4570	11.2% ▲	1 Year
28 Sep 2017	6.6651	7.7% ▲	5 Year
29 Sep 2012	6.2857	14.2% ▲	10 Year
02 Oct 2002	8.2743	13.3% ▼	20 Year

USD/CNY historic rates & change to 27-Sep-2022

USD to CNY - Compare & Save

The below comparison table makes it easy to calculate the Total Cost you are being charged on dollar to yuan and the possible savings of using different FX providers.

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Provider	Amounts	Rate	Total Cost

Exchange rates available for foreign transfers and currency exchange always contain either a rate margin from the Latest dollar to yuan exchange rate (shown above) or a transaction fee and often both!

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How to get a good USD to CNY Exchange Rate

There are two important ways to save on Foreign Exchange, the first is minimising unnecessary or excessive costs and fees, and the other is to transact when the exchange rate is in your favour.

Reduce Excessive costs and fees

Generally speaking, if you are buying Chinese yuan with US dollar, then it's good for the USD/CNY exchange rate to be higher.

However working against you are the fees all foreign exchange providers charge for providing their service. These fees is usually contained within the exchange rate margin (or difference to the mid-rate).

The transaction margin you end up being charged can be considerably reduced by around a few percent (of total amount being exchanged) for travel money and possibly over 5% to 6% when sending money. The exact potential savings depends on the currencies being exchanged and the amount you are transferring and if you are willing to shop around.

Our real-time foreign transfer and travel money/cards comparison calculators make shopping around easy and help you calculate how much you can save.

You can also read our practical guide to getting the Best Deals for your Foreign Transfers and Travel Money to China.

Will the US dollar rise against the Chinese yuan?

It is almost impossible to predict what an exchange rate will do in the future, the best approach is to monitor the currency markets and transact when an exchange rate moves in your favour.

To help with this you can add USD/CNY to your BestExchangeRates My Rates Watchlist to track and benefit from currency movements.

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Once you add a currency pair for tracking in your watchlist we can select to be notified daily for any UP▲ DOWN▼ HIGH▲ LOW▼ alerts over a range of periods over the recent 90 days.