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Bank of England Australian Dollar rate

1 GBP = 1.8877 AUD +0.12%

Published Monday, 28 September 2026 as the daily spot exchange rates against sterling, observed at 16:00 London time.

1 AUD = 0.529745 GBP

GBP to AUD over the last year

1.902.00Nov ’25Jan ’26Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26
52-week high
2.0658
52-week low
1.8620
52-week average
1.9416
Change over the year
−7.49%

Yearly averages

The mean of each year’s publications, 1 GBP in AUD. Open a year for every daily rate and the monthly averages.

YearAverageHighLowPublications
2026 1.9116 2.0180 1.8620 187
2025 2.0443 2.1358 1.9616 253
2024 1.9373 2.0244 1.8654 254
2023 1.8732 1.9905 1.7311 251
2022 1.7799 1.9175 1.6574 250
2021 1.8320 1.9103 1.7434 253
2020 1.8617 2.0468 1.7539 254
2019 1.8363 1.9414 1.7666 253
2018 1.7860 1.8586 1.7185 253
2017 1.6808 1.7828 1.5989 252
2016 1.8229 2.0846 1.5895 253
2015 2.0368 2.2037 1.8428 253
2014 1.8263 1.9193 1.7349 253
2013 1.6226 1.8549 1.4428 253
2012 1.5302 1.6169 1.4639 252
2011 1.5544 1.6434 1.4813 251
2010 1.6828 1.8113 1.5204 253
2009 1.9905 2.2674 1.7395 253
2008 2.1881 2.5999 2.0313 254
2007 2.3899 2.5423 2.2374 253
2006 2.4459 2.5367 2.3350 252
2005 2.3851 2.4934 2.2725 252
2004 2.4905 2.6823 2.3408 254
2003 2.5138 2.8374 2.3261 253
2002 2.7664 2.9499 2.5383 252
2001 2.7866 3.0280 2.6182 253
2000 2.6087 2.8044 2.4493 252
1999 2.5072 2.6827 2.3308 252
1998 2.6384 2.9647 2.3816 253
1997 2.2097 2.5574 1.9990 253
1996 1.9954 2.1548 1.8852 254
1995 2.1309 2.2518 2.0282 252
1994 2.0942 2.2243 1.9846 252
1993 2.2114 2.3957 2.0218 253
1992 2.4022 2.8079 2.1798 254
1991 2.2700 2.5665 2.0945 253
1990 2.2858 2.5881 2.0554 253
1989 2.0694 2.2048 1.9569 252
1988 2.2774 2.5965 2.0624 253
1987 2.3388 2.6341 2.1986 253
1986 2.1956 2.5012 1.9292 253
1985 1.8594 2.1990 1.3606 253
1984 1.5189 1.6101 1.3921 253
1983 1.6827 1.8216 1.5726 252
1982 1.7226 1.8096 1.6416 253
1981 1.7601 2.0526 1.5490 252
1980 2.0404 2.0923 1.9849 254
1979 1.8983 2.0521 1.7493 253
1978 1.6763 1.7749 1.6029 252
1977 1.5734 1.6808 1.5281 252
1976 1.4738 1.6461 1.2781 255
1975 1.6931 1.7937 1.6040 254

This rate via API

The Bank of England AUD rate for any day since 2 January 1975, or every publication in a range of up to a year, as JSON or CSV.

Get a free API key API documentation 
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/official \
  -G -d source=boe -d base_currency=GBP \
  -d currencies=AUD -d date=2026-09-28 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

# every publication of 2026
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/official/range \
  -G -d source=boe -d currencies=AUD \
  -d date_from=2026-01-01 -d date_to=2026-12-31 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

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Questions about this rate

What is the Bank of England AUD rate today?

On 28 September 2026 the Bank of England published 1 GBP = 1.8877 AUD (1 AUD = 0.529745 GBP).

What was the average AUD rate in 2026?

The average of the 187 publications in 2026 is 1 GBP = 1.91161 AUD, the simple mean of the daily rates.

Is this the rate I must use for tax or accounting?

That depends on your jurisdiction. Many rules name a specific bank and day, for example the rate published on the business day before the transaction. Use the date lookup in the API to get exactly the publication your rule asks for.