Central Bank of Nigeria Exchange Rate API

Official Central Bank of Nigeria (Nigeria) daily exchange rates as JSON: 13 currencies, history back to 2001. 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 2001. Latest table on every plan. Get your API key.

About Central Bank of Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria is Nigeria's central bank. It publishes official naira exchange rates (buying, central, and selling) each business day, with an archive reaching back to 2001 — the official reference for Nigerian customs and tax.

• Official website: www.cbn.gov.ng
• Official rate publication: Exchange rates

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 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 (2026-08-11)

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:

Download this table: Excel (.xlsx) CSV (free account required)

Base	Quote	Type	Rate
AED	NGN	buy	371.3615
AED	NGN	middle	371.4976
AED	NGN	sell	371.6337
CHF	NGN	buy	1682.7874
CHF	NGN	middle	1683.4043
CHF	NGN	sell	1684.0212
CNY	NGN	buy	202.1909
CNY	NGN	middle	202.2651
CNY	NGN	sell	202.3392
DKK	NGN	buy	210.5563
DKK	NGN	middle	210.6334
DKK	NGN	sell	210.7106
EUR	NGN	buy	1574.3488
EUR	NGN	middle	1574.926
EUR	NGN	sell	1575.5031
GBP	NGN	buy	1841.2639
GBP	NGN	middle	1841.9389
GBP	NGN	sell	1842.6139
JPY	NGN	buy	8.5656
JPY	NGN	middle	8.5687
JPY	NGN	sell	8.5719
SAR	NGN	buy	363.2318
SAR	NGN	middle	363.365
SAR	NGN	sell	363.4981
USD	NGN	buy	1363.8992
USD	NGN	middle	1364.3992
USD	NGN	sell	1364.8992
XDR	NGN	buy	1873.1519
XDR	NGN	middle	1873.8386
XDR	NGN	sell	1874.5253
XOF	NGN	buy	2.3751
XOF	NGN	middle	2.3851
XOF	NGN	sell	2.3951
XUA	NGN	buy	1857.1731
XUA	NGN	middle	1857.8539
XUA	NGN	sell	1858.5348
ZAR	NGN	buy	84.2527
ZAR	NGN	middle	84.2836
ZAR	NGN	sell	84.3145

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);

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 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 — time series, up to 5,000 rows (paid plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbn/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 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: 2026-08-11).

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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