Central Bank of Egypt Exchange Rate API: Official EGP Rates as JSON

The Central Bank of Egypt publishes the official exchange rates that accounting, tax, and customs rules in Egypt reference — published official rates, not moving market prices. This guide shows how to pull them as JSON: via a REST endpoint or the zero-dependency cbe-exchange-rate npm package.

What the CBE publishes

• 18 currencies against the pound — official buy and sell rates, including the Gulf currencies Egyptian trade runs on.
• The bank's own publication date on every response, so a rate is always citable.
• No gaps to trip over — weekends and Egyptian holidays resolve to the most recent published rates and are flagged explicitly.

The USD/EGP rate is the one that moves markets: through Egypt's managed-float devaluations, the CBE's official print is the number importers, banks, and tax accountants must cite.

Why official rates, not market rates

A live mid-market feed answers "what is USD/EGP trading at right now?" — the right tool for checkouts and dashboards. But accountants, auditors, and tax authorities ask a different question: "which rate were you required to use for this date?" That answer comes from the Central Bank of Egypt's published rates, and it never changes after publication.

Get the latest rates (REST)

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/cbe/latest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

The response is the bank's most recent published data — every rate and the publication date. The latest rates are available on every plan, including the free tier (300 requests/month, no credit card).

The npm SDK

npm install cbe-exchange-rate

import { getRate, getLatestRates } from 'cbe-exchange-rate';

// One pair at the official CBE rate
const pair = await getRate('USD', 'EGP', { apiKey: 'art_live_...' });
console.log(pair.rate, pair.rate_date);

// The bank's full published table
const table = await getLatestRates({ apiKey: 'art_live_...' });
console.log(table.rate_date, table.rates.length);

Zero dependencies, TypeScript types included, and it runs anywhere fetch exists — Node 18+, Bun, Deno, and edge runtimes.

Historical rates for an invoice date

import { getRatesForDate, getHistory } from 'cbe-exchange-rate';

// The official rates for an invoice date — non-publication days return
// the most recent published date, flagged via published_on_requested_date.
const day = await getRatesForDate('2026-06-30', { apiKey: 'art_live_...' });

// Time series for one pair
const series = await getHistory(
  { source: 'USD', target: 'EGP', from: '2026-01-01' },
  { apiKey: 'art_live_...' }
);

Historical dates and time series need a paid plan; the latest rates stay free.

Published vs derived pairs

If the CBE does not print a pair directly, the API resolves it from the bank's published rates — an inverse, or a cross rate via EGP — and flags it derived: true with the method used. Official and computed values are never silently mixed, which is exactly the distinction an auditor will ask about.

A series that grows every day

AllRatesToday began archiving the CBE table in August 2026 — every banking day adds another citable print of a heavily watched rate. The deeper the archive grows, the more invoice-date lookups it can answer; the latest table is always one free API call away.

FAQ

Does the Central Bank of Egypt have an official exchange rate API?

The CBE publishes its official rates on its own site, and AllRatesToday serves the same published rates as clean JSON via REST or the cbe-exchange-rate npm package. The latest table is free.

How often do Central Bank of Egypt rates update?

Every banking day. These are the CBE's published official rates, not moving market prices — every API response carries the publication date so you can cite it.

Can I get the CBE rate for a past date, like an invoice date?

Yes. The /central-bank/cbe/rates-for-date endpoint returns the official rates for any archived date. Non-publication days resolve to the most recent published date and are flagged, so your audit trail stays honest. Historical dates require a paid plan; latest rates are free.