Central Bank of Kenya Exchange Rate API

Official Central Bank of Kenya (Kenya) daily exchange rates as JSON: 21 currencies, history back to 2024. The published KES rates required for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.

Central Bank of Kenya official daily exchange rates as JSON: 21 currencies against the KES, history back to 2024. Latest table on every plan. Get your API key.

About Central Bank of Kenya

The Central Bank of Kenya publishes daily indicative shilling exchange rates each business morning — the mean, buying and selling rates Kenyan banks, businesses and the tax authority reference, covering about 20 currencies including the East African Community pairs. The shilling is a managed float and Nairobi is East Africa's financial hub, making the CBK rate the region's benchmark.

• Official website: www.centralbank.go.ke
• Official rate publication: Forex exchange rates

Quick start

One request for the pair you need — USD to KES at the official Central Bank of Kenya rate:

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

Or the bank's full published table:

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

Latest published rates (2024-01-04)

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

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

Base	Quote	Type	Rate
AED	KES	buy	42.7409
AED	KES	reference	42.8538
AED	KES	sell	42.9667
AUD	KES	buy	105.5511
AUD	KES	reference	105.8299
AUD	KES	sell	106.1086
BIF	KES	buy	0.055700686789468115
BIF	KES	reference	0.055243124993094604
BIF	KES	sell	0.054793319598474555
CAD	KES	buy	117.5238
CAD	KES	reference	117.8343
CAD	KES	sell	118.1448
CHF	KES	buy	183.9269
CHF	KES	reference	184.4285
CHF	KES	sell	184.9301
CNY	KES	buy	21.9605
CNY	KES	reference	22.0166
CNY	KES	sell	22.0727
DKK	KES	buy	22.9882
DKK	KES	reference	23.0471
DKK	KES	sell	23.1061
EUR	KES	buy	171.7535
EUR	KES	reference	172.2168
EUR	KES	sell	172.68
GBP	KES	buy	198.4182
GBP	KES	reference	198.9459
GBP	KES	sell	199.4735
HKD	KES	buy	20.1073
HKD	KES	reference	20.1574
HKD	KES	sell	20.2075
INR	KES	buy	1.8844
INR	KES	reference	1.8893
INR	KES	sell	1.8942
JPY	KES	buy	1.098363
JPY	KES	reference	1.101215
JPY	KES	sell	1.104068
NOK	KES	buy	15.1387
NOK	KES	reference	15.1787
NOK	KES	sell	15.2186
RWF	KES	buy	0.12620366747857692
RWF	KES	reference	0.12495938819883538
RWF	KES	sell	0.12374093597643972
SAR	KES	buy	41.8622
SAR	KES	reference	41.9676
SAR	KES	sell	42.0731
SEK	KES	buy	15.3263
SEK	KES	reference	15.3662
SEK	KES	sell	15.406
SGD	KES	buy	118.1606
SGD	KES	reference	118.4774
SGD	KES	sell	118.7941
TZS	KES	buy	0.06281130854799098
TZS	KES	reference	0.06253048361076025
TZS	KES	sell	0.06225215859359923
UGX	KES	buy	0.04146710621799258
UGX	KES	reference	0.041282396360543934
UGX	KES	sell	0.04109949365423818
USD	KES	buy	157
USD	KES	reference	157.3912
USD	KES	sell	157.7824
ZAR	KES	buy	8.3591
ZAR	KES	reference	8.3812
ZAR	KES	sell	8.4033

Node.js / TypeScript client

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

npm install central-bank-of-kenya-exchange-rate

import { getRate } from 'central-bank-of-kenya-exchange-rate';

const pair = await getRate('USD', 'KES', { 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 Central Bank of Kenya rate?

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

Endpoints

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

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

How often are the rates updated?

Central Bank of Kenya publishes once per business day; the API ingests each new table shortly after publication (latest: 2024-01-04).

Are these the official rates?

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

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