British pound / US dollar
GBP/USD exchange rate since 1999
How many US dollars one British pound buys, on every working day since January 4, 1999, computed from the European Central Bank's euro reference rates.
GBP/USD · Nov 6, 2026
1.3385+2.2% in a year
1 British pound = 1.3385 US dollars · 1 US dollar = 0.7471 British pounds. Computed from the ECB's euro reference rates.
Highest since 1999
2.1064
November 8, 2007. Since then: −36.5%.
Lowest since 1999
1.0596
September 28, 2022. Since then: +26.3%.
A year ago
1.3095+2.2% since
Nov 6, 2025
Five years ago
1.3465−0.6% since
Nov 5, 2021
The first rate
1.6579−19.3% since
Jan 4, 1999
Low and high of the last 12 months
1.3062 – 1.3817
Low on Nov 20, 2025, high on Jan 29, 2026.
GBP/USD since 1999
Highest rate: 2.1064 on November 8, 2007. Lowest: 1.0596 on September 28, 2022.
GBP/USD: one British pound in US dollars
Changes over periods
The latest rate against the rate in effect on the same date earlier. A plus means one British pound buys more US dollars than then; a minus, fewer.
| Period | Date | Rate then | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 week | Oct 30, 2026 | 1.3399 | −0.1% |
| 1 month | Oct 6, 2026 | 1.3276 | +0.8% |
| 6 months | May 6, 2026 | 1.3618 | −1.7% |
| Year to date | Dec 31, 2025 | 1.3466 | −0.6% |
| 1 year | Nov 6, 2025 | 1.3095 | +2.2% |
| 3 years | Nov 6, 2023 | 1.2397 | +8.0% |
| 5 years | Nov 5, 2021 | 1.3465 | −0.6% |
| 10 years | Nov 4, 2016 | 1.2491 | +7.2% |
| 20 years | Nov 6, 2006 | 1.8964 | −29.4% |
| Since 1999 | Jan 4, 1999 | 1.6579 | −19.3% |
Every year
Each calendar year since 1999: the first and the last rate, the highest and the lowest with their dates, and the average of all the year's rates. Change: the last rate against the last rate of the year before.
| Year | First | Last | Change | High | Low | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026to Nov 6, 2026 | 1.3443 | 1.3385 | −0.6% | 1.3817Jan 29, 2026 | 1.3160Jun 25, 2026 | 1.3432 |
| 2025 | 1.2417 | 1.3466 | +7.5% | 1.3752Jul 1, 2025 | 1.2117Jan 13, 2025 | 1.3184 |
| 2024 | 1.2645 | 1.2529 | −1.5% | 1.3401Sep 30, 2024 | 1.2316Apr 22, 2024 | 1.2786 |
| 2023 | 1.2053 | 1.2715 | +5.7% | 1.3112Jul 18, 2023 | 1.1838Mar 8, 2023 | 1.2434 |
| 2022 | 1.3496 | 1.2026 | −10.8% | 1.3721Jan 13, 2022 | 1.0596Sep 28, 2022 | 1.2360 |
| 2021 | 1.3638 | 1.3479 | −1.2% | 1.4212May 18, 2021 | 1.3192Dec 9, 2021 | 1.3759 |
| 2020 | 1.3195 | 1.3649 | +3.4% | 1.3649Dec 31, 2020 | 1.1598Mar 23, 2020 | 1.2839 |
| 2019 | 1.2640 | 1.3204 | +3.2% | 1.3381Dec 13, 2019 | 1.2034Sep 3, 2019 | 1.2761 |
| 2018 | 1.3563 | 1.2800 | −5.3% | 1.4322Apr 17, 2018 | 1.2562Dec 14, 2018 | 1.3351 |
| 2017 | 1.2292 | 1.3517 | +9.8% | 1.3588Sep 15, 2017 | 1.2065Jan 16, 2017 | 1.2882 |
| 2016 | 1.4765 | 1.2312 | −17.0% | 1.4869Jun 23, 2016 | 1.2148Oct 28, 2016 | 1.3550 |
| 2015 | 1.5440 | 1.4833 | −4.8% | 1.5912Jun 18, 2015 | 1.4591Apr 10, 2015 | 1.5288 |
| 2014 | 1.6491 | 1.5587 | −5.8% | 1.7164Jul 15, 2014 | 1.5524Dec 23, 2014 | 1.6477 |
| 2013 | 1.6292 | 1.6542 | +2.3% | 1.6542Dec 31, 2013 | 1.4864Jul 9, 2013 | 1.5643 |
| 2012 | 1.5488 | 1.6167 | +4.4% | 1.6299Dec 19, 2012 | 1.5307Jun 1, 2012 | 1.5845 |
| 2011 | 1.5497 | 1.5490 | −0.2% | 1.6686May 2, 2011 | 1.5308Oct 6, 2011 | 1.6036 |
| 2010 | 1.6142 | 1.5524 | −4.3% | 1.6338Jan 18, 2010 | 1.4269May 20, 2010 | 1.5452 |
| 2009 | 1.4429 | 1.6221 | +11.0% | 1.7014Aug 5, 2009 | 1.3631Jan 23, 2009 | 1.5668 |
| 2008 | 1.9814 | 1.4611 | −27.2% | 2.0341Mar 13, 2008 | 1.4471Dec 30, 2008 | 1.8538 |
| 2007 | 1.9703 | 2.0074 | +2.3% | 2.1064Nov 8, 2007 | 1.9178Mar 5, 2007 | 2.0021 |
| 2006 | 1.7227 | 1.9613 | +13.9% | 1.9770Dec 5, 2006 | 1.7227Jan 2, 2006 | 1.8423 |
| 2005 | 1.9098 | 1.7214 | −10.9% | 1.9253Mar 10, 2005 | 1.7090Nov 22, 2005 | 1.8191 |
| 2004 | 1.7850 | 1.9319 | +7.8% | 1.9526Dec 16, 2004 | 1.7513May 14, 2004 | 1.8326 |
| 2003 | 1.6021 | 1.7920 | +11.2% | 1.7920Dec 31, 2003 | 1.5498Apr 7, 2003 | 1.6343 |
| 2002 | 1.4433 | 1.6121 | +11.3% | 1.6121Dec 31, 2002 | 1.4072Jan 28, 2002 | 1.5029 |
| 2001 | 1.4922 | 1.4483 | −2.9% | 1.5067Jan 3, 2001 | 1.3771Jun 13, 2001 | 1.4400 |
| 2000 | 1.6154 | 1.4909 | −7.7% | 1.6541Jan 24, 2000 | 1.3986Sep 18, 2000 | 1.5151 |
| 1999 | 1.6579 | 1.6159 | −2.5%from the first rate | 1.6750Oct 21, 1999 | 1.5511Jul 12, 1999 | 1.6178 |
Source: European Central Bank (euro reference rates; the cross rate is BigCapital's calculation).
The largest moves
From one working day's rate to the next: the five largest rises and the five largest falls of GBP/USD since 1999.
| Date | Rate before | Rate | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Largest rises | |||
| March 19, 2009 | Mar 18, 2009: 1.3981 | 1.4536 | +4.0% |
| January 7, 2009 | Jan 6, 2009: 1.4529 | 1.5034 | +3.5% |
| September 22, 2000 | Sep 21, 2000: 1.4197 | 1.4663 | +3.3% |
| November 11, 2022 | Nov 10, 2022: 1.1402 | 1.1775 | +3.3% |
| October 11, 2019 | Oct 10, 2019: 1.2234 | 1.2618 | +3.1% |
| Largest falls | |||
| June 24, 2016 | Jun 23, 2016: 1.4869 | 1.3704 | −7.8% |
| January 20, 2009 | Jan 19, 2009: 1.4571 | 1.3887 | −4.7% |
| October 22, 2008 | Oct 21, 2008: 1.6968 | 1.6295 | −4.0% |
| June 27, 2016 | Jun 24, 2016: 1.3704 | 1.3187 | −3.8% |
| October 24, 2008 | Oct 23, 2008: 1.6180 | 1.5626 | −3.4% |
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How the numbers are made
- Source: European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates. Reference rates: the ECB sets them around 14:10 CET on every TARGET working day, by a concertation between central banks, and publishes them around 16:00 CET. They are published “for information purposes only”: they are not the price of any trade, and the ECB strongly discourages using them for transactions.
- Cross rate: GBP/USD is computed from two ECB rates of the same day, US dollars per euro divided by British pounds per euro. It is not a market quote of GBP/USD and can differ slightly from the rates banks and exchanges showed at that moment.
- Our calculations: cross rates, changes, averages, highs and lows and the candles are calculated by BigCapital from the ECB's published rates (the ECB's terms ask that such calculations be stated).
- The line: for periods over three years, the last rate of each week (plus the highest and the lowest rate of the period); for shorter periods, every rate.
- Candles and bars: built from the daily rates, one per week, month, quarter or year, whichever fits the chart's width (the caption says which). Each opens at the last rate before its period; its high and low are the highest and the lowest rate in it, and it closes at its last rate. Each rate is one number a day, so these are not intraday highs and lows.
- Changes: the latest rate against the rate in effect on the same date a week, months or years earlier (the last rate on or before that date).
- Years: the first and the last rate of each calendar year, the highest and the lowest with their dates, and the average of all its rates; the change is the last rate against the last rate of the year before.
- Largest moves: from one working day's rate to the next.
- No inflation adjustment: a real exchange rate needs the price levels of both countries, so these pages show the rates as published.
- Updates: every night. The ECB publishes on working days around 16:00 CET; the Bank of Russia sets the ruble rate on its working days for the next day.
- Not investment advice. Past exchange rates do not tell where a currency goes next.