South African Rand (ZAR)

The South African rand is the currency of South Africa. Its symbol is simply ‘R’, and its currency code is ZAR, from the Dutch ‘zuid-afrikaanse rand’, or South African rand. The rand is fiat money, and its conversion factor has 6 significant digits. The most popular South African rand exchange is with the US dollar. The rand is the 18th most traded currency in the world.

Currency name

South African Rand

R

ZAR exchange rates

 USD GBP EUR XOF AUD ZMW MVR MXN
From ZAR0.05540 0.04353 0.05240 34.37090 0.08496 1.49225 0.85427 1.12600
To ZAR18.05150 22.97410 19.08490 0.02909 11.77050 0.67013 1.17059 0.88810

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