National Bank of Rwanda Exchange Rate API

Official National Bank of Rwanda rates for 15 Sept 2026: 1 USD = 1467.37 RWF, 1 EUR = 1692.90 RWF. All 20 currencies published, history back to 2012. Free JSON API for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.

Rwanda flagNational Bank of Rwanda official daily exchange rates as JSON: 20 currencies against the RWF, history back to 2012. 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.

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 (2026-09-15)

Below is the current table from National Bank of Rwanda, unmodified — what a call to /latest returns right now, with values RWF per 1 unit of each currency:

Download this table: Excel (.xlsx) CSV

Download history:
Choose currencies: USD
Excel (.xlsx) CSV

One row per currency per publication date. Up to one year per download. Billed as one API call per currency per month of data.

BaseQuoteTypeRate
AED RWF buy 399.500393
AED RWF reference 400.861678
AED RWF sell 402.222963
AUD RWF buy 1044.837248
AUD RWF reference 1048.397498
AUD RWF sell 1051.957748
BIF RWF buy 0.490834
BIF RWF reference 0.492506
BIF RWF sell 0.494179
CAD RWF buy 1054.672262
CAD RWF reference 1058.266025
CAD RWF sell 1061.859787
CHF RWF buy 1793.516219
CHF RWF reference 1799.627569
CHF RWF sell 1805.738919
CNY RWF buy 218.685074
CNY RWF reference 219.430237
CNY RWF sell 220.175399
DKK RWF buy 226.459174
DKK RWF reference 227.230827
DKK RWF sell 228.002479
ETB RWF buy 9.046305
ETB RWF reference 9.07713
ETB RWF sell 9.107955
EUR RWF buy 1692.899
EUR RWF reference 1698.667501
EUR RWF sell 1704.436001
GBP RWF buy 1978.741702
GBP RWF reference 1985.484203
GBP RWF sell 1992.226703
INR RWF buy 15.308285
INR RWF reference 15.360448
INR RWF sell 15.41261
JPY RWF buy 9.485047
JPY RWF reference 9.517367
JPY RWF sell 9.549687
KES RWF buy 11.32659
KES RWF reference 11.365185
KES RWF sell 11.40378
NOK RWF buy 157.08876
NOK RWF reference 157.624035
NOK RWF sell 158.15931
SAR RWF buy 390.70354
SAR RWF reference 392.03485
SAR RWF sell 393.36616
SEK RWF buy 150.060082
SEK RWF reference 150.571407
SEK RWF sell 151.082732
TZS RWF buy 0.55393
TZS RWF reference 0.555818
TZS RWF sell 0.557705
UGX RWF buy 0.375645
UGX RWF reference 0.376925
UGX RWF sell 0.378205
USD RWF buy 1467.365
USD RWF reference 1472.365
USD RWF sell 1477.365
ZAR RWF buy 90.08007
ZAR RWF reference 90.387015
ZAR RWF sell 90.69396

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.

Full reference — installation, all four functions, response shapes, error codes: national-bank-of-rwanda-exchange-rate documentation.

Why use the official National Bank of Rwanda rate?

When an auditor or tax office in Rwanda asks which rate you used, "the RWF mid-market rate at 14:32" is not an answer — the official rate published by National Bank of Rwanda for that date is. This API returns exactly those published figures, stamped with the bank's own rate_date; on weekends and holidays the most recent published table is returned, as compliance rules expect.

If a pair isn't in the bank's published table, the API computes it from that table (inverse or cross via RWF) and marks it "derived": true — published and computed values are never silently mixed.

Endpoints

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 does National Bank of Rwanda update its rates?

New tables land once per business day — the API picks each one up shortly after National Bank of Rwanda publishes it (latest: 2026-09-15).

Is this the official published table?

Yes — the rows are National Bank of Rwanda's published figures, untouched, with the original publication date attached. Pairs the bank didn't print are computed and flagged derived.

National Bank of Rwanda rates, one API key

Latest table on every plan. History back to 2012 on paid plans. No credit card to start.

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