Currency Converter
Convert between INR and major world currencies at a live exchange rate.
1 INR = 0.0104 USD · Updated 6:49:52 pm
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How it works
Converts an amount between the Indian rupee and 39 world currencies at a live exchange rate, each with its own 1M-to-5Y history chart — every major reserve and G20 currency, five of the Gulf's six currencies (a big share of India's actual NRI-remittance volume), every South Asian neighbour Yahoo has usable data for, and a broader spread across Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. The rate is the same USD/INR feed the site's Market Pulse ticker shows, extended to every other currency here, refreshed at most every two minutes while the NSE is open and every 30 minutes outside it, with the exact update time shown under the result.
It's a mid-market reference rate — the level currencies trade at between banks — not the rate a bank, card network or remittance service will actually give you. Every real conversion carries a spread on top of this number, which is why the amount that lands in an account is always a little less generous than a mid-market calculation suggests. Useful for sizing a plan in INR from an amount in another currency, or the reverse; not a quote to hold anyone to.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the rate a bank or forex card will actually give me?
No. This is a mid-market reference rate, the level currencies trade at between banks, with no markup added. A bank, card network or remittance service always adds its own spread on top, so the rupees you actually receive or pay will differ from a mid-market conversion — typically by 1-3% depending on the provider and the currency.
Where does the exchange rate come from?
From the same live feed the site's Market Pulse ticker uses for USD/INR, extended to 38 more currency pairs against the rupee. 21 of them have no direct rupee quote on the underlying feed, so those are computed from two quotes each — that currency against the US dollar, divided by USD/INR — rather than read directly; the rest are direct quotes. Refreshes at most every two minutes during NSE trading hours and every 30 minutes outside them, and the exact time of the last update is shown beneath the converted amount.
Which currencies can I convert?
39 in total: the US dollar, euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Swiss franc and every other major reserve currency; five of the six Gulf Cooperation Council currencies (UAE dirham, Saudi riyal, Qatari riyal, Kuwaiti dinar, Bahraini dinar); the Nepalese, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan rupee-family currencies; and a broader set across East and Southeast Asia (Hong Kong dollar, Korean won, Thai baht, Malaysian ringgit, Indonesian rupiah, Philippine peso, Vietnamese dong), Europe (Swedish krona, Norwegian krone, Danish krone, Polish zloty, Turkish lira, Russian ruble), and Africa and Latin America (South African rand, Kenyan shilling, Nigerian naira, Egyptian pound, Mexican peso, Brazilian real). The full list is in the From/To dropdowns above, which are searchable — type a currency code or name to filter.
Why is the Omani rial (or the Chinese yuan, or the Myanmar kyat) missing?
Not a deliberate exclusion — the underlying data feed genuinely can't support them yet. The Omani rial and Chinese yuan quote a live rate fine, but Yahoo's chart endpoint returns exactly one data point for each at every time range, with no daily bars behind it, so there is nothing to compute a day-on-day change from and nothing to draw a history chart with. The Bhutanese ngultrum (pegged 1:1 to the rupee, unlike Nepal's, which is covered) has the same gap. The Myanmar kyat is the trickiest case: it has years of real history, but almost never a bar for yesterday specifically, which is what the live rate needs — so it could chart but couldn't quote, and a currency this calculator can chart but not convert would be worse than one it doesn't offer at all. All four would be added the moment the feed carries fuller, more consistent data for them.
Can I use this to calculate taxes or settle a remittance?
No — treat it as an approximate reference only. Tax filings and actual remittances are settled at the rate your bank or authorized dealer applies at the moment of transaction, which will differ from this mid-market figure and from the rate on any other day.