US Dollar to South African Rand — USD to ZAR

The mid-market rate is 1 USD = 16.3381 ZAR, so 100 USD converts to 1,633.81 ZAR. The rate updates every minute.

The highest daily closing rate in the past 12 months was 17.3826 on 6 November 2025. The lowest was 15.7272 on 28 January 2026.

USD/ZAR is down 1.0% since 1 January, and down 6.2% on a year ago.

About 15.4938 ZAR per USD. Today's rate of 16.3381 is up 5.4% on that.

The rate on this page is the mid-market rate: the midpoint between what buyers and sellers of USD and ZAR are paying on the wholesale market. Banks and money transfer providers rarely give you that rate. Most build their profit into the exchange rate itself, quoting you a rate some way below mid-market and often advertising the transfer as "fee free". High-street banks commonly take 2-4% this way; specialist transfer services and brokers usually take much less. The gap matters most on large amounts: on a 50,000 USD transfer, the difference between a 3% and a 0.5% margin is 1,250 USD. Before you send, compare the rate you're offered against the mid-market rate here, and ask for the total amount that will arrive rather than the fee alone.