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South African Rand (ZAR) to US Dollar (USD)

Convert South African rand to US dollars at the live mid-market rate. Reverse: USD to ZAR

1 South African Rand =

0.05988 USD −1.65% today

1 ZAR = 0.0598824 USD · 1 USD = 16.6994 ZAR

Mid-market rate, updated 22:08 UTC. Paid plans update as often as every 60 seconds. Get ZAR→USD rates via API

ZAR to USD over the last year

0.0580.060.0620.064Nov ’25Jan ’26Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26
52-week high
0.063584
52-week low
0.057098
52-week average
0.060411
Change over the year
+3.07%

Conversion tables

ZAR to USD
ZAR USD
1 ZAR 0.05988 USD
10 ZAR 0.5988 USD
100 ZAR 5.99 USD
1,000 ZAR 59.88 USD
10,000 ZAR 598.82 USD
50,000 ZAR 2,994.12 USD
100,000 ZAR 5,988.24 USD
USD to ZAR
USD ZAR
1 USD 16.70 ZAR
10 USD 166.99 ZAR
100 USD 1,669.94 ZAR
1,000 USD 16,699.40 ZAR
10,000 USD 166,994.03 ZAR
50,000 USD 834,970.13 ZAR
100,000 USD 1,669,940.25 ZAR

Official ZAR/USD rates

For accounting, tax and customs, rules usually name an official rate: the one a central bank publishes once a day. These banks publish one for this pair.

Get ZAR→USD rates via API

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

# the rate on a past day
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/historical \
  -G -d base_currency=ZAR -d currencies=USD \
  -d date=2025-10-01 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

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Questions about ZAR to USD

How much is 1 ZAR in USD?

1 South African Rand is 0.0598824 US dollars at the mid-market rate of 1 October 2026, 22:08 UTC, and 1 USD is 16.6994 ZAR.

What was the ZAR to USD rate over the last year?

Over the last 52 weeks 1 ZAR ranged from 0.0570981 to 0.0635841 USD, 0.0604115 USD on average.

Which exchange rate is this?

The mid-market rate: the midpoint between what currency markets pay and ask for ZAR/USD, without the margin a bank or card issuer adds, so the rate you are charged is usually a little worse. For accounting and tax, where an official rate is usually required, use the central bank rates below.