Euro / South African rand reference exchange rate (units of foreign currency per 1 euro; 2:15 CET) - Euro area - ECB - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Euro reference exchange rates (ECB)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. Based on official statistics provided by the European Central Bank, the Euro / South African rand exchange rate was 19.77 on 8 December 2025, versus 19.72 on 5 December. This constitutes a gain of 0.25 percent.
Sample. There are 6,898 data points overall in the daily series presented in the chart above. The time range covered by the series is from January 1999 to December 2025.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the exchange rate had a mean of 12.77; it reached a maximum of 21.88 on 11 April 2025; it hit a trough of 6.08 on 2 February 2000.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units of foreign currency received in exchange for 1 euro |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | 19.8099 |
| 2025-12-05 | 19.7169 |
| 2025-12-08 | 19.7718 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | ECB reference exchange rate, Euro/South African rand, 2:15 pm (C.E.T.) |
| Country | Euro area |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Exchange rate |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Units of foreign currency received in exchange for 1 euro |
| Source | European Central Bank |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Free use subject to conditions |
| Measure type | Level |
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