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European Central Bank Chinese Yuan rate

1 EUR = 7.6117 CNY −0.31%

Published Tuesday, 29 September 2026 as the euro foreign exchange reference rates.

1 CNY = 0.131377 EUR

EUR to CNY over the last year

7.758.008.25Nov ’25Jan ’26Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26
52-week high
8.3683
52-week low
7.6117
52-week average
8.0060
Change over the year
−8.94%

Yearly averages

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

YearAverageHighLowPublications
2026 7.9220 8.3176 7.6117 190
2025 8.1185 8.4584 7.4500 255
2024 7.7875 7.9547 7.5458 256
2023 7.6600 8.1014 7.2045 255
2022 7.0788 7.5326 6.7518 257
2021 7.6282 7.9653 7.1600 258
2020 7.8747 8.2637 7.5538 257
2019 7.7355 7.9519 7.4991 255
2018 7.8081 8.0958 7.4174 255
2017 7.6290 7.9757 7.2285 255
2016 7.3522 7.5341 7.0074 257
2015 6.9733 7.4759 6.5552 256
2014 8.1857 8.6891 7.5358 255
2013 8.1646 8.4965 7.8601 255
2012 8.1052 8.4766 7.7199 256
2011 8.9960 9.6636 8.1461 257
2010 8.9712 9.9419 8.1558 258
2009 9.5277 10.3224 8.5885 256
2008 10.2236 11.1699 8.5380 256
2007 10.4178 10.9950 10.0310 255
2006 10.0096 10.4272 9.5314 255
2005 10.1955 11.1797 9.4322 257
2004 10.2967 11.2840 9.7859 259
2003 9.3626 10.4539 8.5890 255
2002 7.8265 8.6801 7.1000 255
2001 7.4131 7.9004 6.9394 254
2000 7.6168 8.5054 6.8302 247

This rate via API

The European Central Bank CNY rate for any day since 13 January 2000, or every publication in a range of up to a year, as JSON or CSV.

curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/official \
  -G -d source=ecb -d base_currency=EUR \
  -d currencies=CNY -d date=2026-09-29 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

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

Chinese Yuan at other central banks

Questions about this rate

What is the European Central Bank CNY rate today?

On 29 September 2026 the European Central Bank published 1 EUR = 7.6117 CNY (1 CNY = 0.131377 EUR).

What was the average CNY rate in 2026?

The average of the 190 publications in 2026 is 1 EUR = 7.92198 CNY, 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.