Currency Converter
Convert between major currencies with editable reference rates.
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A currency converter changes an amount from one currency into another using exchange rates — for example, turning US dollars into euros, pounds, rupees, or yen. Enter an amount, pick the currency you have and the one you want, and get the converted figure instantly, along with the rate used.
Whether you are budgeting for a trip, pricing an international purchase, invoicing a client abroad, or just curious what a foreign price is in your own money, a converter saves you from fiddly mental math and out-of-date guesses. This tool fetches live reference rates when you are online and falls back to built-in rates if it cannot reach the network, so it always returns a result.
Only the currency selections are used to look up rates — the amount you enter is converted locally in your browser and is never sent anywhere.
How to convert currency
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Enter the amount you want to convert.
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Choose the currency you are converting from.
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Choose the currency you are converting to. The result and the exchange rate appear instantly.
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Use the swap button to reverse the direction, and watch the status line to see whether live or reference rates are in use.
Why use this currency converter
Live rates with fallback
It pulls current reference rates online and falls back to built-in values offline, so you always get an answer.
Major world currencies
Convert between the currencies people use most for travel, shopping, and invoicing.
See the rate
The exact rate used is shown alongside the result, so the conversion is transparent.
Amount stays private
Only currency codes are used to fetch rates; the amount is converted in your browser.
How currency conversion works
Exchange rates express how much one currency is worth in terms of another, and they move constantly during market hours based on supply, demand, interest rates, and economic news. To convert, the tool expresses both currencies relative to a common base, divides the amount by the source rate, and multiplies by the target rate — the same arithmetic a bank uses, just without the markup.
The rates shown here are mid-market reference rates: the midpoint between buy and sell prices. They are ideal for estimates and comparisons, but the rate you actually receive from a bank, card, or exchange bureau will include a margin and possibly fees, so expect to get slightly less than the headline figure when you transact.
For that reason, treat the result as a reliable estimate rather than a quote. For everyday conversions of physical units rather than money, the length, weight, and temperature converters work the same way using fixed conversion factors, and the data storage converter handles bytes, kilobytes, and beyond.