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Kenyan Shilling (KES) to British Pound Sterling (GBP)

Convert Kenyan shillings to British pounds sterling at the live mid-market rate. Reverse: GBP to KES

Amount

From

1 Kenyan Shilling =

0.005844 GBP +0.05% today

1 KES = 0.00584426 GBP · 1 GBP = 171.108 KES

Mid-market rate, updated 00:53 UTC. Paid plans update as often as every 60 seconds. Get KES→GBP rates via API

KES to GBP over the last year

52-week high: 0.0059427
52-week low: 0.0056015
52-week average: 0.0057699
Change over the year: +1.53%

Conversion tables

KES to GBP
KES	GBP
1 KES	0.005844 GBP
10 KES	0.05844 GBP
100 KES	0.5844 GBP
1,000 KES	5.84 GBP
10,000 KES	58.44 GBP
50,000 KES	292.21 GBP
100,000 KES	584.43 GBP

GBP to KES
GBP	KES
1 GBP	171.11 KES
10 GBP	1,711.08 KES
100 GBP	17,110.81 KES
1,000 GBP	171,108.09 KES
10,000 GBP	1,711,080.86 KES
50,000 GBP	8,555,404.30 KES
100,000 GBP	17,110,808.59 KES

Get KES→GBP rates via API

The live rate, the rate on any past day or a whole range, for GBP 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=KES -d currencies=GBP \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

# the rate on a past day
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/historical \
  -G -d base_currency=KES -d currencies=GBP \
  -d date=2025-10-02 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

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Questions about KES to GBP

How much is 1 KES in GBP?

1 Kenyan Shilling is 0.00584426 British pounds sterling at the mid-market rate of 2 October 2026, 00:53 UTC, and 1 GBP is 171.108 KES.

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

Over the last 52 weeks 1 KES ranged from 0.00560151 to 0.00594271 GBP, 0.00576988 GBP on average.

Which exchange rate is this?

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