This data was sourced directly from real UK currency suppliers and shows the actual price of exchanging British pounds to South African rand on any given day.
Over the past 30 days, the South African rand buy back rate has increased by 2.4% against the pound from 20.62 on the 2nd November to 21.11 yesterday. This means one pound will buy more South African rand today than it would have a month ago. If you were exchanging £750 you'd get approximately 15,833.18 ZAR today which is 370.58 ZAR more than you'd have got on the 2nd November.
You can compare today's latest exchange rates and buy South African rand on our South African rand comparison page.
A snapshot of the South African rand exchange rate over the past 11 years.
| Year | Open | Close | High | Low | Annual Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.18 | -- | 21.39 | 18.87 | -- |
| 2021 | 20.36 | 21.18 | 21.25 | 18.74 | 4.04% |
| 2020 | 18.24 | 20.36 | 23.67 | 18.19 | 11.60% |
| 2019 | 18.06 | 18.25 | 19.17 | 17.00 | 1.07% |
| 2018 | 17.80 | 18.01 | 19.62 | 15.94 | 1.22% |
| 2017 | 16.73 | 17.80 | 18.68 | 15.83 | 6.37% |
| 2016 | 22.52 | 16.73 | 23.88 | 16.27 | -25.71% |
| 2015 | 17.71 | 22.52 | 23.69 | 16.79 | 27.15% |
| 2014 | 17.44 | 17.74 | 18.69 | 8.763 | 1.74% |
| 2013 | 13.40 | 17.46 | 17.46 | 13.10 | 30.27% |
| 2012 | 12.21 | 13.40 | 14.00 | 3.000 | 9.78% |
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