Central Bank of Nigeria Exchange Rate API

Official Central Bank of Nigeria (Nigeria) daily exchange rates as JSON: 13 currencies, history back to 2026. The published NGN rates required for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.

Central Bank of Nigeria official daily exchange rates as JSON: 13 currencies against the NGN, history back to 2026. Latest table on every plan. Get your API key.

Quick start

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

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

Or the bank's full published table:

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

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

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

Latest published rates (2026-08-03)

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

Base	Quote	Type	Rate
AED	NGN	buy	371.3236
AED	NGN	middle	371.4597
AED	NGN	sell	371.5959
CHF	NGN	buy	1685.6191
CHF	NGN	middle	1686.2371
CHF	NGN	sell	1686.855
CNY	NGN	buy	201.9628
CNY	NGN	middle	202.0368
CNY	NGN	sell	202.1109
DKK	NGN	buy	210.3774
DKK	NGN	middle	210.4545
DKK	NGN	sell	210.5316
EUR	NGN	buy	1572.7738
EUR	NGN	middle	1573.3504
EUR	NGN	sell	1573.927
GBP	NGN	buy	1836.5394
GBP	NGN	middle	1837.2127
GBP	NGN	sell	1837.886
JPY	NGN	buy	8.6957
JPY	NGN	middle	8.6989
JPY	NGN	sell	8.7021
SAR	NGN	buy	363.1179
SAR	NGN	middle	363.251
SAR	NGN	sell	363.3841
USD	NGN	buy	1363.8344
USD	NGN	middle	1364.3344
USD	NGN	sell	1364.8344
XDR	NGN	buy	1863.4069
XDR	NGN	middle	1864.0901
XDR	NGN	sell	1864.7732
XOF	NGN	buy	2.3747
XOF	NGN	middle	2.3847
XOF	NGN	sell	2.3947
XUA	NGN	buy	1863.7702
XUA	NGN	middle	1864.4535
XUA	NGN	sell	1865.1368
ZAR	NGN	buy	82.6441
ZAR	NGN	middle	82.6744
ZAR	NGN	sell	82.7047

Node.js / TypeScript client

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

npm install cbn-exchange-rate

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

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

Why use the official Central Bank of Nigeria rate?

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

Endpoints

• GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbn/latest — latest table or single pair (all plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbn/{YYYY-MM-DD} — the table for any date (paid plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbn/history — daily time series, up to 5,000 rows (paid 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 day's table locally makes a small quota go far.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an API for Central Bank of Nigeria exchange rates?

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

How often are the rates updated?

Central Bank of Nigeria publishes once per business day; the API ingests each new table shortly after publication (latest: 2026-08-03).

Are these the official rates?

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

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