Best USD to ZAR Exchange Rates - Compare Providers & Save

What's in this USD to ZAR guide?

USDZAR latest rate, charts & alerts
Quick conversion amounts
Comparing retail exchange rates
Foreign transfer rates
Travel money rates
Market news & forecasts
How to get best rates
Historic rates

USD/ZAR exchange rate (wholesale):

1 USD = 17.06 ZAR

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USD to ZAR chart and trends

1-DAY▲0.9% 14-DAY-LO (1d)

USD/ZAR at 17.06 was trading 4.5% below AVG:17.86 with LO:16.52 and HI:19.11 (90 days). There are no current rate alerts.

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US Dollar to South African Rand - Quick Conversions

USD	ZAR
U$ 1	R 17.06
U$ 5	R 85.30
U$ 10	R 170.60
U$ 20	R 341.20
U$ 50	R 853.00
U$ 100	R 1,706
U$ 250	R 4,265
U$ 500	R 8,530
U$ 1,000	R 17,060
U$ 2,000	R 34,120
U$ 5,000	R 85,300
U$ 10,000	R 170,600
U$ 50,000	R 853,000
U$ 100,000	R 1,706,000
More amounts

USD	ZAR
U$ 0.0586	R 1
U$ 0.2931	R 5
U$ 0.5862	R 10
U$ 1.1723	R 20
U$ 2.9309	R 50
U$ 5.8617	R 100
U$ 14.65	R 250
U$ 29.31	R 500
U$ 58.62	R 1,000
U$ 117.23	R 2,000
U$ 293.09	R 5,000
U$ 586.17	R 10,000
U$ 2,931	R 50,000
U$ 5,862	R 100,000
More amounts

To calculate other USD/ZAR amounts try our home-page Convert USD to ZAR quick converter.

Comparing Retail Exchange Rates

The total cost for 'Retail' exchange rates you receive from your bank or foreign exchange provider consists of the margin from the 'Wholesale' rate (interbank mid-rate) plus any fixed or percentage fees.

These margins and fees can vary significantly for International Money Transfers, Travel Money and prepaid multi-currency Travel Card transactions. Also the exchange rate margin will also vary depending on the currency pair and total amount.

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US Dollar and South African Rand Forecasts

When determining the best time to make a foreign exchange transaction, in this case the USD vs ZAR, you should pay attention to the recent market trends for both currencies.

US Dollar (USD)

In early May the continuing coronavirus pandemic and an associated possible re-escalation in the US-China trade tensions has moved the market into safer currencies such as the USD and JPY.

Goldman Sachs and RBC Capital forecast a large drop for US dollar against Japanese Yen to continue with a USD/JPY rate of 95 in the near future.

The US dollar held its value in 2019 despite the US-China trade tensions, mainly because the greenback is still considered a safer currency to own than most others.

South African Rand (ZAR)

Rabobank told Bloomberg TV in early April that they see a difficult virus affected year in 2020 for the South African rand.

How to get Best USD to ZAR Exchange Rates

All foreign exchange providers charge a fee for providing their service and this fee 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.

What is a good USD to ZAR exchange rate?

This is always a difficult question as exchange rates are influenced by many factors, so a good method to consider the US Dollar vs South African Rand current value is to look the USD/ZAR historic rate and change over a range of periods.

The following table looks at the change in the USD to ZAR exchange rate over periods from the previous week back to the last 10 years.

USD/ZAR rate	Change	Period
30 Jun 2020 : 17.3461	1% ▼	1 Week
07 Jun 2020 : 16.7655	2.4% ▲	30 Days
08 Apr 2020 : 18.2168	5.7% ▼	90 Days
08 Jul 2019 : 14.1829	21.1% ▲	1 Year
09 Jul 2015 : 12.4990	37.4% ▲	5 Years
10 Jul 2010 : 7.5777	126.6% ▼	10 Years

USD/ZAR 10 year historic rates & changes to 07-Jul-2020 : 17.1704

When is the best time to exchange USD to ZAR?

Getting a good market rate is all about timing to help with this you can use BER Smart Alerts to make the most of currency movements.

Rather than requiring you to set a target rate, our rate alerts work differently. We check for daily high/lows and changes (up/down) over a range of periods up to 90 days rather than requiring you to set target rates.

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USD to ZAR - Exchange Rates Guide