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Jamaican Dollar (JMD) to Kenyan Shilling (KES)

Convert Jamaican dollars to Kenyan shillings at the live mid-market rate. Reverse: KES to JMD

Jamaican Dollar (JMD) is not the US Dollar (USD). Looking for USD to KES?

1 Jamaican Dollar =

0.8198 KES +0.07% today

1 JMD = 0.819775 KES · 1 KES = 1.21985 JMD

Mid-market rate, updated 07:18 UTC. Paid plans update as often as every 60 seconds. Get JMD→KES rates via API

JMD to KES over the last year

0.810.820.83Nov ’25Jan ’26Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26
52-week high
0.83155
52-week low
0.80279
52-week average
0.81847
Change over the year
+1.27%

Conversion tables

JMD to KES
JMD KES
1 JMD 0.8198 KES
10 JMD 8.20 KES
100 JMD 81.98 KES
1,000 JMD 819.77 KES
10,000 JMD 8,197.75 KES
50,000 JMD 40,988.75 KES
100,000 JMD 81,977.49 KES
KES to JMD
KES JMD
1 KES 1.22 JMD
10 KES 12.20 JMD
100 KES 121.98 JMD
1,000 KES 1,219.85 JMD
10,000 KES 12,198.47 JMD
50,000 KES 60,992.35 JMD
100,000 KES 121,984.70 JMD

Get JMD→KES rates via API

The live rate, the rate on any past day or a whole range, for KES and 170+ other currencies, as JSON. Free plan included. See the exchange rate API.

Get a free API key API documentation 
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/latest \
  -G -d base_currency=JMD -d currencies=KES \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

# the rate on a past day
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/historical \
  -G -d base_currency=JMD -d currencies=KES \
  -d date=2025-10-04 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

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Questions about JMD to KES

How much is 1 JMD in KES?

1 Jamaican Dollar is 0.819775 Kenyan shillings at the mid-market rate of 4 October 2026, 07:18 UTC, and 1 KES is 1.21985 JMD.

What was the JMD to KES rate over the last year?

Over the last 52 weeks 1 JMD ranged from 0.802791 to 0.831548 KES, 0.818471 KES on average.

Which exchange rate is this?

The mid-market rate: the midpoint between what currency markets pay and ask for JMD/KES, without the margin a bank or card issuer adds, so the rate you are charged is usually a little worse.