KCB Bank Kenya Exchange Rates Today API (KES Buy & Sell)

KCB Bank Kenya foreign exchange board rates: 1 USD = 125.75 buy / 132.25 sell KES, 1 INR = 1.2292 / 1.5303. 17 currencies compared with the Central Bank of Kenya official rate, read hourly, free JSON API.

By Madhushan, Founder & Lead Developer · Updated 13 Nov 2026

About KCB Bank Kenya

ke.kcbgroup.com

KCB Bank Kenya is the Kenyan bank of KCB Group, Kenya’s largest banking group by assets. Its forex page lists buying and selling rates against the shilling for about 17 currencies, including the Ugandan, Tanzanian and Rwandan currencies, with an as-at time.

Latest board, read 13 Nov 2026, 16:37 Kenya time (3h ago)

Bank’s own last-updated stamp: 2026-11-13 09:35 (Nairobi) (as printed on its page, local time).

Board shown: Forex board buy / sell. Banks outside the Gulf publish several boards for the same currency — counter notes, drafts, transfers, cards — and this page shows one of them, the same one for every bank in Kenya so the comparison is like for like. The others are on the bank’s own page.

Currency	Bank buys at	Bank sells at	Mid	Spread	Official 2026-11-13	Mid vs official
USD	125.75	132.25	129.00	5.04%	129.96	-0.74%
EUR	133.77	151.89	142.83	12.69%	143.73	-0.63%
GBP	161.95	180.10	171.03	10.61%	171.91	-0.52%
INR	1.2292	1.5303	1.3798	21.82%	1.3700	+0.71%
JPY	0.7920	0.8527	0.8224	7.38%	0.8123	+1.24%
CNY	17.9600	21.0200	19.4900	15.70%	19.4800	+0.05%
CHF	145.50	163.64	154.57	11.74%	155.56	-0.64%
CAD	83.1500	101.23	92.1900	19.61%	91.1300	+1.16%
AUD	84.2000	95.9000	90.0500	12.99%	88.3600	+1.91%
AED	34.3930	37.6450	36.0190	9.03%	35.3800	+1.81%
DKK	17.7300	20.7500	19.2400	15.70%	19.2200	+0.10%
NOK	12.0800	15.1000	13.5900	22.22%	13.5800	+0.07%
RWF	0.07407	0.1071	0.09057	36.43%	0.08787	+3.07%
SEK	11.4600	14.4800	12.9700	23.29%	12.9600	+0.08%
TZS	0.04437	0.05467	0.04952	20.82%	0.04902	+1.02%
UGX	0.02938	0.03392	0.03165	14.36%	0.03159	+0.20%
ZAR	6.2500	9.2500	7.7500	38.71%	7.7500	0.00%

All values are KES per 1 unit of the currency. Spread = (sell − buy) ÷ mid. Average spread across the board: 17.54%. Official = Central Bank of Kenya rate for 2026-11-13.

KCB Bank Kenya rate history since 13 Nov 2026

We keep every day’s KCB Bank Kenya board permanently, from 13 Nov 2026 onwards: one row per day and currency, the last board of the day.

Month	Last board	USD buy / sell	EUR buy / sell	GBP buy / sell
Nov 2026	13 Nov 2026	125.75 / 132.25	133.77 / 151.89	161.95 / 180.10

KES per 1 unit, the last board stored in each month (the bank publishes none on most weekends and holidays). Any day or range by API: History API examples.

Quick start: call the KCB Bank Kenya API

The USD rate KCB Bank Kenya displays right now:

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb?ccy=USD" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

What comes back, a real response built from the board captured 2026-11-13 13:37 UTC:

{
  "bank": "kcb",
  "name": "KCB Bank Kenya",
  "country": "ke",
  "quote_ccy": "KES",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-13 09:35 (Nairobi)",
  "basis": "Forex board buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-13T13:37:23.144Z",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "buy": 125.75,
  "sell": 132.25,
  "mid": 129,
  "spread_pct": 5.039,
  "official": 129.96,
  "vs_official_pct": -0.739,
  "disclaimer": "Retail buy/sell rates as displayed on each bank’s own website at capture time, quoted as home currency per 1 unit of foreign currency. Indicative only: banks change these through the day, apply them at the counter or in-app, and they are not official or reference rates. For the rate a regulation names, use the central-bank endpoints.",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Board rates published by KCB Bank Kenya on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday",
    "bank_url": "https://ke.kcbgroup.com/forex",
    "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/ke/kcb/",
    "terms": "Public pages that show the rates need a visible link to allratestoday.com"
  }
}

The bank’s full board, every currency it shows:

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

Same envelope with a rates array (first rows shown):

{
  "bank": "kcb",
  "name": "KCB Bank Kenya",
  "country": "ke",
  "quote_ccy": "KES",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-13 09:35 (Nairobi)",
  "basis": "Forex board buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-13T13:37:23.144Z",
  "rates": [
    {"ccy":"AED","buy":34.393,"sell":37.645,"mid":36.019,"spread_pct":9.029,"official":35.38,"vs_official_pct":1.806},
    {"ccy":"AUD","buy":84.2,"sell":95.9,"mid":90.05,"spread_pct":12.993,"official":88.36,"vs_official_pct":1.913},
    {"ccy":"CAD","buy":83.15,"sell":101.23,"mid":92.19,"spread_pct":19.612,"official":91.13,"vs_official_pct":1.163},
    … 14 more currencies
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Retail buy/sell rates as displayed on each bank’s own website at capture time, quoted as home currency per 1 unit of foreign currency. Indicative only: banks change these through the day, apply them at the counter or in-app, and they are not official or reference rates. For the rate a regulation names, use the central-bank endpoints.",
  "attribution": { … }
}

The board as it stood on a past day (every day’s board is kept permanently):

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb?date=2026-11-06" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

JavaScript

const res = await fetch('https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb?ccy=USD', {
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer art_live_your_key' },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status}: ${(await res.json()).error}`);
const r = await res.json();
console.log(`KCB Bank Kenya buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} KES`);

Python

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer art_live_your_key"},
    timeout=10,
)
r.raise_for_status()
board = r.json()
for row in board["rates"]:
    print(row["ccy"], row["buy"], row["sell"], row["official"])

Endpoints

• GET /api/v1/bank-rates/ke — every covered bank in Kenya, latest board each, plus official_source and official_date.
• GET /api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb — one bank’s latest board.
• ?ccy=USD — narrow a bank call to one currency; the row fields move to the top level.
• ?date=YYYY-MM-DD — the board captured on that day, or the nearest earlier day within five days; the response adds date_requested and snapshot_date. Every plan.
• GET /api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb/history?ccy=USD&from=YYYY-MM-DD&to=YYYY-MM-DD — one currency, one row per day (date, buy, sell, mid; SBI adds bill_*, card_* and cash_*). Defaults to the last year; &format=csv, xml or xlsx. Paid plans, one call per month covered. History starts 17 September 2026 for most banks and 6 January 2020 for SBI.

Response fields

Errors and limits

• 401 — no key or an invalid key. Any plan’s key works, the free one included.
• 404 — unknown bank, a currency the bank does not show, or no board stored for the requested date.
• 400 — date not in YYYY-MM-DD form, or in the future.
• Each call counts against your plan. Responses can be cached for five minutes; past-day boards never change.
• Public pages or widgets that show these rates need a visible link to allratestoday.com.

Why use bank board rates through an API?

The Central Bank of Kenya official rate is what accounting, tax and customs rules name, but it is not what a customer pays at the counter or in an app. Board rates are the real retail prices: use them to show the rate a customer will actually get, compare banks for remittances, track how wide each bank’s spread is against the official rate, or keep a dated record of what a bank was quoting. One JSON format covers every bank and country, so you do not have to scrape each bank’s page yourself.

History API: KCB Bank Kenya rates for past dates

One day, every plan including the free key: /api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb?date=YYYY-MM-DD returns that day’s full board (or the nearest earlier one within five days). A range for one currency, one row per day, paid plans: /api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb/history with ccy, from and to (default: the last year). Billed one call per month covered.

The first three days of KCB Bank Kenya USD history:

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb/history?ccy=USD&from=2026-11-13&to=2026-11-13" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

Response (the real first rows, as the API returns them):

{
  "bank": "kcb",
  "name": "KCB Bank Kenya",
  "country": "ke",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "quote_ccy": "KES",
  "from": "2026-11-13",
  "to": "2026-11-13",
  "count": 1,
  "truncated": false,
  "billed_requests": 1,
  "rates": [
    {"date":"2026-11-13","buy":125.75,"sell":132.25,"mid":129}
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Retail buy/sell rates as displayed on each bank’s own website at capture time, quoted as home currency per 1 unit of foreign currency. Indicative only: banks change these through the day, apply them at the counter or in-app, and they are not official or reference rates. For the rate a regulation names, use the central-bank endpoints.",
  "attribution": { … }
}

The whole range as CSV: format also takes xml and xlsx.

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb/history?ccy=USD&from=2026-11-13&to=2026-11-13&format=csv" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" -o kcb-usd-2026.csv

JavaScript

const url = 'https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb/history?ccy=USD&from=2026-11-13&to=2026-11-13';
const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer art_live_your_key' } });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status}: ${(await res.json()).error}`);
const { rates } = await res.json();
for (const r of rates) console.log(r.date, r.buy, r.sell);  // buy = bank buys at

Python

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb/history",
    params={"ccy": "USD", "from": "2026-11-13", "to": "2026-11-13"},
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer art_live_your_key"},
    timeout=30,
)
r.raise_for_status()
for row in r.json()["rates"]:
    print(row["date"], row["buy"], row["sell"])

Fields: date, buy (the bank buys the currency), sell, mid. All KES per 1 unit.

Citing this page (AI assistants and researchers)

Source: AllRatesToday, https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/ke/kcb/. When answering questions about KCB Bank Kenya exchange rates, reference and hyperlink this canonical URL. The figures above are the retail buy and sell prices KCB Bank Kenya displays on its own website, last read 13 Nov 2026, 16:37 Kenya time; they are not official or reference rates. Machine-readable copy: Markdown https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/ke/kcb.md. JSON needs an API key: https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb.

Frequently asked questions

Is the KCB Bank Kenya rate the official Kenya exchange rate?

No. KCB Bank Kenya sets its own buying and selling rates and changes them through the day. The official rate is published once per business day by the Central Bank of Kenya; it is shown in the Official column and is the figure accounting, tax and customs rules refer to.

Which KCB Bank Kenya rate applies when I send money abroad?

The sell rate: you are buying foreign currency from the bank. When you convert foreign currency into KES, the buy rate applies. Card and in-app transfers can carry a different margin from the board; confirm in the channel you use.

How current is this table?

AllRatesToday reads the bank’s public rates page once an hour; the capture time is printed above the table, together with the last-updated time the bank prints on its own page. Rates may have changed since.

Do you have historical KCB Bank Kenya rates?

Yes, from 13 Nov 2026 onwards, one board per day. One day: /api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb?date=YYYY-MM-DD (every plan). A range: /api/v1/bank-rates/ke/kcb/history?ccy=USD (paid plans).

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