Bank of Uganda Exchange Rate API

Official Bank of Uganda (Uganda) daily exchange rates as JSON: 33 currencies. The published UGX rates required for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.

Bank of Uganda official daily exchange rates as JSON: 33 currencies against the UGX. Latest table on every plan. Get your API key.

About Bank of Uganda

The Bank of Uganda publishes a daily opening rate card each morning — middle, buying and selling shilling rates for the major world currencies plus a COMESA table covering the region's currencies. The middle rate is the reference Ugandan banks and the revenue authority work from.

• Official website: bou.or.ug
• Official rate publication: Exchange rates

Quick start

One request for the pair you need — USD to UGX at the official Bank of Uganda rate:

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

Or the bank's full published table:

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

Latest published rates (2026-08-24)

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

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

Base	Quote	Type	Rate
AED	UGX	buy	1012.055212218562
AED	UGX	reference	1013.4440889974621
AED	UGX	sell	1014.8329657763621
AUD	UGX	buy	2663.8745080000003
AUD	UGX	reference	2667.8302460000004
AUD	UGX	sell	2671.785984
BIF	UGX	buy	1.2409342942886805
BIF	UGX	reference	1.2481053330221528
BIF	UGX	sell	1.255276371755625
CAD	UGX	buy	2692.387919171435
CAD	UGX	reference	2696.204825214113
CAD	UGX	sell	2700.021731256791
CHF	UGX	buy	4643.242568073945
CHF	UGX	reference	4650.360506828426
CHF	UGX	sell	4657.478445582907
CNY	UGX	buy	552.8689134120586
CNY	UGX	reference	553.6413999316246
CNY	UGX	sell	554.4138864511907
DJF	UGX	buy	20.819826379165498
DJF	UGX	reference	20.90366318958275
DJF	UGX	sell	20.9875
DKK	UGX	buy	580.6500991862046
DKK	UGX	reference	581.5402628062216
DKK	UGX	sell	582.4304264262387
ETB	UGX	buy	22.723177227554523
ETB	UGX	reference	22.981581568296498
ETB	UGX	sell	23.239985909038477
EUR	UGX	buy	4340.784626
EUR	UGX	reference	4346.995864
EUR	UGX	sell	4353.207102
GBP	UGX	buy	5070.878058
GBP	UGX	reference	5078.257665
GBP	UGX	sell	5085.637272
INR	UGX	buy	38.83699428004284
INR	UGX	reference	38.891265731824575
INR	UGX	sell	38.945537183606305
JPY	UGX	buy	23.39446192573946
JPY	UGX	reference	23.428143029339168
JPY	UGX	sell	23.46182413293888
KES	UGX	buy	28.6945580856812
KES	UGX	reference	28.777708775709357
KES	UGX	sell	28.860859465737516
KMF	UGX	buy	8.789586929279077
KMF	UGX	reference	8.82234673953085
KMF	UGX	sell	8.855106549782624
KRW	UGX	buy	2.693987883004319
KRW	UGX	reference	2.697797382854927
KRW	UGX	sell	2.7016068827055353
KWD	UGX	buy	12120.573850668407
KWD	UGX	reference	12134.895791044764
KWD	UGX	sell	12149.21773142112
LSL	UGX	buy	232.15052957633895
LSL	UGX	reference	232.48386196866406
LSL	UGX	sell	232.81719436098916
MUR	UGX	buy	79.39726612558736
MUR	UGX	reference	79.76075688050649
MUR	UGX	sell	80.12424763542562
MWK	UGX	buy	2.1230039977155912
MWK	UGX	reference	2.146923251959099
MWK	UGX	sell	2.170842506202607
NOK	UGX	buy	399.32325011816266
NOK	UGX	reference	399.9055248774995
NOK	UGX	sell	400.48779963683637
NZD	UGX	buy	2220.7628120000004
NZD	UGX	reference	2224.308919
NZD	UGX	sell	2227.855026
RWF	UGX	buy	2.5108949679162444
RWF	UGX	reference	2.522832727072709
RWF	UGX	sell	2.534770486229174
SAR	UGX	buy	989.9813581890813
SAR	UGX	reference	991.3790130937416
SAR	UGX	sell	992.7766679984019
SEK	UGX	buy	392.43916600686197
SEK	UGX	reference	392.99817026982316
SEK	UGX	sell	393.5571745327843
SSP	UGX	buy	0.6525422647319618
SSP	UGX	reference	0.6634828586251629
SSP	UGX	sell	0.6744234525183639
SZL	UGX	buy	232.1273353981417
SZL	UGX	reference	232.60037598993583
SZL	UGX	sell	233.07341658172996
TZS	UGX	buy	1.3975112781954888
TZS	UGX	reference	1.4073830155236
TZS	UGX	sell	1.417254752851711
USD	UGX	buy	3717.38
USD	UGX	reference	3722.38
USD	UGX	sell	3727.38
XAU	UGX	buy	17270538.568200003
XAU	UGX	reference	17296209.4521
XAU	UGX	sell	17321880.336
XDR	UGX	buy	5108.5908781
XDR	UGX	reference	5115.4621031
XDR	UGX	sell	5122.3333281
ZAR	UGX	buy	232.1055950649043
ZAR	UGX	reference	232.47812050404065
ZAR	UGX	sell	232.850645943177
ZWG	UGX	buy	130.46597246350873
ZWG	UGX	reference	137.3845762310575
ZWG	UGX	sell	144.30317999860628

Node.js / TypeScript client

A dedicated zero-dependency npm package wraps these endpoints — bou-exchange-rate:

npm install bou-exchange-rate

import { getRate } from 'bou-exchange-rate';

const pair = await getRate('USD', 'UGX', { 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 Bank of Uganda rate?

Live market rates move continuously, but tax filings, customs declarations, audits, and statutory accounting in Uganda and beyond typically require the official rate published by Bank of Uganda 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 UGX) and explicitly flagged "derived": true — so what the bank printed and what was computed are never confused.

Endpoints

• GET /api/v1/central-bank/bou/latest — latest table or single pair (all plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/bou/{YYYY-MM-DD} — the table for any date (paid plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/bou/history — time series, up to 5,000 rows (paid plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/bou/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 Bank of Uganda exchange rates?

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

How often are the rates updated?

Bank of Uganda 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 Bank of Uganda's own published data, served unmodified with the bank's publication date. Anything computed rather than published is flagged derived.

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