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Bank of England Saudi Riyal rate

1 GBP = 4.9745 SAR +0.03%

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

1 SAR = 0.201025 GBP

GBP to SAR over the last year

4.905.005.10Nov ’25Jan ’26Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26
52-week high
5.1717
52-week low
4.8912
52-week average
5.0329
Change over the year
−1.16%

Yearly averages

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

YearAverageHighLowPublications
2026 5.0484 5.1717 4.9361 187
2025 4.9463 5.1506 4.5620 253
2024 4.7965 5.0316 4.6252 254
2023 4.6648 4.9205 4.4438 251
2022 4.6418 5.1546 4.0471 250
2021 5.1599 5.3296 4.9541 253
2020 4.8172 5.1206 4.3158 254
2019 4.7878 5.0043 4.5239 253
2018 5.0081 5.3734 4.6999 253
2017 4.8336 5.0990 4.5252 252
2016 5.0791 5.5495 4.5504 253
2015 5.7340 5.9567 5.4919 253
2014 6.1803 6.4392 5.8256 253
2013 5.8670 6.1988 5.5619 253
2012 5.9446 6.1017 5.7325 252
2011 6.0118 6.2427 5.7534 251
2010 5.7976 6.1401 5.3648 253
2009 5.8752 6.3620 5.1263 253
2008 6.9496 7.6012 5.3953 254
2007 7.5027 7.8853 7.2196 253
2006 6.9118 7.4284 6.4739 252
2005 6.8215 7.2422 6.4184 252
2004 6.8713 7.3099 6.5852 254
2003 6.1329 6.7148 5.8116 253
2002 5.6386 6.0361 5.2851 252
2001 5.4006 5.6434 5.1480 253
2000 5.6825 6.1962 5.2518 252
1999 6.0684 6.2856 5.8239 252
1998 6.2163 6.4480 6.0564 253
1997 6.1437 6.3985 5.9179 253
1996 5.8567 6.4200 5.6108 254
1995 5.9189 6.1553 5.7289 252
1994 5.7476 6.1630 5.4780 252
1993 5.6314 5.9745 5.3182 253
1992 6.6248 7.5145 5.6370 254
1991 6.6326 7.4935 6.0102 253
1990 6.6962 7.4091 5.9703 253
1989 6.1356 6.8402 5.6606 252
1988 6.6647 7.1031 6.2279 253
1987 6.1390 7.0668 5.5059 253
1986 5.4348 5.7868 5.0192 253
1985 4.7042 5.4325 3.7252 253
1984 4.7075 5.2277 4.1398 253
1983 5.2364 5.5791 4.9237 252
1982 5.9941 6.5824 5.4428 253
1981 6.8455 8.0664 6.0377 252
1980 7.8332 8.2597 7.2001 254
1979 6.9943 7.6741 6.5221 253
1978 6.7074 7.3224 6.3172 252
1977 6.1617 6.7723 6.0045 252
1976 6.3702 7.1807 5.5312 255
1975 7.8051 8.6229 7.1197 254

This rate via API

The Bank of England SAR 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=SAR -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=SAR \
  -d date_from=2026-01-01 -d date_to=2026-12-31 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

Saudi Riyal at other central banks

Questions about this rate

What is the Bank of England SAR rate today?

On 28 September 2026 the Bank of England published 1 GBP = 4.9745 SAR (1 SAR = 0.201025 GBP).

What was the average SAR rate in 2026?

The average of the 187 publications in 2026 is 1 GBP = 5.04836 SAR, 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.