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Federal Reserve British Pound Sterling rate

1 GBP = 1.3250 USD +0.25%

Published Friday, 25 September 2026 as the h.10 noon buying rates in New York.

1 USD = 0.754717 GBP

GBP to USD over the last year

1.321.331.341.35
52-week high
1.3549
52-week low
1.3217
52-week average
1.3408
Change over the year
โˆ’2.16%

Yearly averages

The mean of each yearโ€™s publications, 1 GBP in USD. Open a year for every daily rate and the monthly averages.

YearAverageHighLowPublications
2026 1.3408 1.3549 1.3217 14

This rate via API

The Federal Reserve GBP rate for any day since 8 September 2026, 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=fed -d base_currency=GBP \
  -d currencies=USD -d date=2026-09-25 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

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

British Pound Sterling at other central banks

Questions about this rate

What is the Federal Reserve GBP rate today?

On 25 September 2026 the Federal Reserve published 1 GBP = 1.325 USD (1 USD = 0.754717 GBP).

What was the average GBP rate in 2026?

The average of the 14 publications in 2026 is 1 GBP = 1.34076 USD, 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.