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Central Bank of Nigeria exchange rates

The central exchange rates of the naira for 11 currencies against the Nigerian Naira, as the Central Bank of Nigeria published them.

Rates of Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Central Bank of Nigeria, against the NGN

Currency 1 unit in NGN 1 NGN buys Change 30 publications
USDUS Dollar 1,329.97 0.00075189 −0.06%
EUREuro 1,508.99 0.0006627 −0.21%
GBPBritish Pound Sterling 1,759.95 0.0005682 −0.31%
JPYJapanese Yen 8.4518 0.118318 −0.18%
CHFSwiss Franc 1,595.27 0.00062685 −0.28%
CNYChinese Yuan 198.394 0.00504048 +0.04%
DKKDanish Krone 201.854 0.00495408 −0.20%
AEDUnited Arab Emirates Dirham 362.085 0.00276178 −0.07%
SARSaudi Riyal 354.187 0.00282336 −0.08%
XDRSpecial drawing rights 1,807.23 0.00055333 −0.14%
ZARSouth African Rand 80.9799 0.0123487 −0.24%

Change is against the previous publication. Values are the bank’s own figures; quotations per 100 or 1,000 units are shown per 1 unit.

Central Bank of Nigeria rates via API

Request the rates of any day since 2026, against the NGN or any other currency the bank publishes, as JSON or CSV.

Get a free API key API documentation 
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/official \
  -G -d source=cbn -d date=2026-09-29 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

# CSV for spreadsheets: add -d format=csv

About the Central Bank of Nigeria rates

When does the Central Bank of Nigeria publish its exchange rates?

Every Nigerian business day. currencyapi imports every publication within the hour after it appears.

Which rate is this?

These are the central exchange rates of the naira of the Central Bank of Nigeria, against the NGN. Each value is shown both as the price of one unit of the currency in NGN and as the amount of the currency one NGN buys.

What happens on weekends and holidays?

The bank publishes nothing on those days. Rules that refer to a day without a publication usually mean the last rate published before it, which is what the API returns for such a date.

How far back does the history go?

The stored history starts on 22 September 2026 and covers every publication since.

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