National Bank of Rwanda Exchange Rate API

Official National Bank of Rwanda (Rwanda) daily exchange rates as JSON: 20 currencies. The published RWF rates required for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.

National Bank of Rwanda official daily exchange rates as JSON: 20 currencies against the RWF. Latest table on every plan. Get your API key.

About National Bank of Rwanda

The National Bank of Rwanda publishes daily official franc rates — an average (reference) rate with buying and selling quotes — for the major world and East African currencies. Kigali's rate matters well beyond Rwanda's borders: the franc corridor with Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda carries substantial regional trade, and the series reaches back to 2012.

• Official website: www.bnr.rw
• Official rate publication: Exchange rates

Quick start

One request for the pair you need — USD to RWF at the official National Bank of Rwanda rate:

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/bnrw/latest?source=USD&target=RWF" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

Or the bank's full published table:

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

On paid plans, any historical date or a time series:

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/bnrw/history?source=USD&target=RWF&from=2025-01-01" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

Latest published rates (2026-08-24)

The most recent table as published by National Bank of Rwanda — exactly what the /latest endpoint returns right now. Values are RWF per 1 unit of each currency:

Download this table: Excel (.xlsx) CSV (paid plan required)

Base	Quote	Type	Rate
AED	RWF	buy	398.939522
AED	RWF	reference	400.300937
AED	RWF	sell	401.662352
AUD	RWF	buy	1049.937239
AUD	RWF	reference	1053.520239
AUD	RWF	sell	1057.103239
BIF	RWF	buy	0.491563
BIF	RWF	reference	0.49324
BIF	RWF	sell	0.494918
CAD	RWF	buy	1062.175762
CAD	RWF	reference	1065.800527
CAD	RWF	sell	1069.425292
CHF	RWF	buy	1830.76982
CHF	RWF	reference	1837.017478
CHF	RWF	sell	1843.265135
CNY	RWF	buy	217.923514
CNY	RWF	reference	218.667197
CNY	RWF	sell	219.410879
DKK	RWF	buy	228.94302
DKK	RWF	reference	229.724307
DKK	RWF	sell	230.505595
ETB	RWF	buy	9.078162
ETB	RWF	reference	9.109142
ETB	RWF	sell	9.140122
EUR	RWF	buy	1711.605753
EUR	RWF	reference	1717.446753
EUR	RWF	sell	1723.287753
GBP	RWF	buy	1999.364159
GBP	RWF	reference	2006.187159
GBP	RWF	sell	2013.010159
INR	RWF	buy	15.314637
INR	RWF	reference	15.3669
INR	RWF	sell	15.419162
JPY	RWF	buy	9.221749
JPY	RWF	reference	9.253219
JPY	RWF	sell	9.284689
KES	RWF	buy	11.327191
KES	RWF	reference	11.365846
KES	RWF	sell	11.404501
NOK	RWF	buy	157.423188
NOK	RWF	reference	157.960408
NOK	RWF	sell	158.497628
SAR	RWF	buy	390.216662
SAR	RWF	reference	391.548309
SAR	RWF	sell	392.879957
SEK	RWF	buy	154.66355
SEK	RWF	reference	155.191352
SEK	RWF	sell	155.719155
TZS	RWF	buy	0.5531
TZS	RWF	reference	0.554987
TZS	RWF	sell	0.556875
UGX	RWF	buy	0.393397
UGX	RWF	reference	0.394739
UGX	RWF	sell	0.396082
USD	RWF	buy	1465.165
USD	RWF	reference	1470.165
USD	RWF	sell	1475.165
ZAR	RWF	buy	91.553765
ZAR	RWF	reference	91.8662
ZAR	RWF	sell	92.178635

Node.js / TypeScript client

A dedicated zero-dependency npm package wraps these endpoints — national-bank-of-rwanda-exchange-rate:

npm install national-bank-of-rwanda-exchange-rate

import { getRate } from 'national-bank-of-rwanda-exchange-rate';

const pair = await getRate('USD', 'RWF', { apiKey: 'art_live_...' });
console.log(pair.rate, pair.rate_date);

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

Why use the official National Bank of Rwanda rate?

Live market rates move continuously, but tax filings, customs declarations, audits, and statutory accounting in Rwanda and beyond typically require the official rate published by National Bank of Rwanda for a given date — a fixed, citable number that never changes after publication. This API serves those published tables with the bank's own rate_date on every response; weekends and holidays return the most recent published date, which is the rate compliance rules require you to apply.

Pairs the bank doesn't print directly are resolved from its table (inverse or cross via RWF) and explicitly flagged "derived": true — so what the bank printed and what was computed are never confused.

Endpoints

• GET /api/v1/central-bank/bnrw/latest — latest table or single pair (all plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/bnrw/{YYYY-MM-DD} — the table for any date (paid plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/bnrw/history — time series, up to 5,000 rows (paid plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/bnrw/availability — publication calendar: the dates the bank actually published (all plans)

Full parameter reference in the API documentation. Every request counts toward your plan's monthly quota — rates change once per business day, so caching a published table locally makes a small quota go far.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an API for National Bank of Rwanda exchange rates?

Yes — this one. Official daily RWF rates as clean JSON, latest table on every plan including free.

How often are the rates updated?

National Bank of Rwanda publishes once per business day; the API ingests each new table shortly after publication (latest: 2026-08-24).

Are these the official rates?

Yes — ingested from National Bank of Rwanda's own published data, served unmodified with the bank's publication date. Anything computed rather than published is flagged derived.

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