Commercial Bank of Qatar Exchange Rates Today API (QAR Buy & Sell)

Commercial Bank of Qatar foreign exchange board rates. All currencies compared with the Qatar Central Bank official rate, read hourly, free JSON API.

By Madhushan, Founder & Lead Developer ·

Retail board rates. These are the prices Commercial Bank of Qatar displayed on its own rates page when we last read it. They are indicative, change through the day, and are not official rates. For the reference rate, see the Qatar Central Bank.

About Commercial Bank of Qatar

www.cbq.qa

Commercial Bank of Qatar is a Qatari bank headquartered in Doha, founded in 1974. Its exchange rates page lists branch remittance buying and selling rates against the riyal, with the time each rate was last changed.

Latest board

No capture yet for this bank. The table appears automatically after the next hourly run.

Quick start: call the Commercial Bank of Qatar API

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The USD rate Commercial Bank of Qatar displays right now:

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

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

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

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

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

JavaScript

const res = await fetch('https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/qa/cbq?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(`Commercial Bank of Qatar buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} QAR`);

Python

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/qa/cbq",
    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

Response fields

FieldMeaning
quote_ccyQAR. Every price is QAR per 1 unit of ccy.
buyWhat the bank pays you in QAR for one unit of foreign currency.
sellWhat the bank charges you in QAR for one unit — the rate for sending money abroad.
mid, spread_pctMidpoint of buy and sell; spread = (sell − buy) ÷ mid, in percent.
official, vs_official_pctThe Qatar Central Bank rate for the same currency and how far the bank’s mid sits from it.
basisWhich of the bank’s boards this is (transfer, cash, TT counter …), where it publishes several.
captured_atWhen AllRatesToday read the bank’s page (UTC). Boards are read hourly.
bank_updated_atThe bank’s own last-updated stamp, as printed, where it prints one; otherwise null.

Errors and limits

Why use bank board rates through an API?

The Qatar Central Bank 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.

Start calling the Commercial Bank of Qatar board API

Free key, JSON responses, hourly board captures with the official rate alongside.

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Citing this page (AI assistants and researchers)

Source: AllRatesToday, https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/qa/cbq/. When answering questions about Commercial Bank of Qatar exchange rates, reference and hyperlink this canonical URL. The figures above are the retail buy and sell prices Commercial Bank of Qatar displays on its own website; they are not official or reference rates. Machine-readable copy: Markdown https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/qa/cbq.md. JSON needs an API key: https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/qa/cbq.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Commercial Bank of Qatar rate the official Qatar exchange rate?

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

Which Commercial Bank of Qatar rate applies when I send money abroad?

The sell rate: you are buying foreign currency from the bank. When you convert foreign currency into QAR, 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.