US dollar / South Korean won
USD/KRW exchange rate since 1999
How many South Korean won one US dollar buys, on every working day since January 4, 1999, computed from the European Central Bank's euro reference rates.
USD/KRW · Nov 6, 2026
1,358.73−6.0% in a year
1 US dollar = 1,358.73 South Korean won · 1 South Korean won = 0.0007360 US dollars. Computed from the ECB's euro reference rates.
Highest since 1999
1,583.00
March 2, 2009. Since then: −14.2%.
Lowest since 1999
900.80
October 31, 2007. Since then: +50.8%.
A year ago
1,445.76−6.0% since
Nov 6, 2025
Five years ago
1,186.52+14.5% since
Nov 5, 2021
The first rate
1,186.35+14.5% since
Jan 4, 1999
Low and high of the last 12 months
1,324.45 – 1,558.09
Low on Oct 23, 2026, high on Jul 1, 2026.
USD/KRW since 1999
Highest rate: 1,583.00 on March 2, 2009. Lowest: 900.80 on October 31, 2007.
USD/KRW: one US dollar in South Korean won
Changes over periods
The latest rate against the rate in effect on the same date earlier. A plus means one US dollar buys more South Korean won than then; a minus, fewer.
| Period | Date | Rate then | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 week | Oct 30, 2026 | 1,335.27 | +1.8% |
| 1 month | Oct 6, 2026 | 1,338.78 | +1.5% |
| 6 months | May 6, 2026 | 1,448.10 | −6.2% |
| Year to date | Dec 31, 2025 | 1,444.20 | −5.9% |
| 1 year | Nov 6, 2025 | 1,445.76 | −6.0% |
| 3 years | Nov 6, 2023 | 1,298.15 | +4.7% |
| 5 years | Nov 5, 2021 | 1,186.52 | +14.5% |
| 10 years | Nov 4, 2016 | 1,144.33 | +18.7% |
| 20 years | Nov 6, 2006 | 942.35 | +44.2% |
| Since 1999 | Jan 4, 1999 | 1,186.35 | +14.5% |
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 | 1,444.87 | 1,358.73 | −5.9% | 1,558.09Jul 1, 2026 | 1,324.45Oct 23, 2026 | 1,446.07 |
| 2025 | 1,467.95 | 1,444.20 | −2.1% | 1,480.88Dec 23, 2025 | 1,353.24Jul 1, 2025 | 1,421.52 |
| 2024 | 1,313.23 | 1,474.78 | +13.7% | 1,474.78Dec 31, 2024 | 1,309.46Jan 4, 2024 | 1,363.53 |
| 2023 | 1,270.99 | 1,297.43 | +3.0% | 1,361.46Oct 3, 2023 | 1,224.88Feb 2, 2023 | 1,306.85 |
| 2022 | 1,192.78 | 1,260.16 | +6.0% | 1,443.29Oct 21, 2022 | 1,185.76Jan 13, 2022 | 1,292.98 |
| 2021 | 1,083.30 | 1,188.75 | +9.2% | 1,197.23Oct 12, 2021 | 1,083.30Jan 4, 2021 | 1,145.51 |
| 2020 | 1,159.87 | 1,088.75 | −5.6% | 1,262.98Mar 19, 2020 | 1,085.13Dec 8, 2020 | 1,179.36 |
| 2019 | 1,121.80 | 1,153.89 | +3.4% | 1,223.67Aug 13, 2019 | 1,112.10Jan 31, 2019 | 1,166.28 |
| 2018 | 1,062.24 | 1,116.10 | +4.6% | 1,144.26Oct 26, 2018 | 1,054.49Apr 3, 2018 | 1,100.73 |
| 2017 | 1,207.69 | 1,066.96 | −11.4% | 1,207.69Jan 2, 2017 | 1,066.96Dec 29, 2017 | 1,130.82 |
| 2016 | 1,190.92 | 1,204.21 | +2.4% | 1,239.45Feb 25, 2016 | 1,089.65Sep 8, 2016 | 1,160.50 |
| 2015 | 1,106.24 | 1,176.43 | +7.8% | 1,208.36Aug 24, 2015 | 1,068.16Apr 28, 2015 | 1,132.72 |
| 2014 | 1,051.49 | 1,091.18 | +3.7% | 1,116.41Nov 24, 2014 | 1,009.02Jul 2, 2014 | 1,053.05 |
| 2013 | 1,062.47 | 1,052.08 | −1.3% | 1,162.40Jun 24, 2013 | 1,049.85Dec 9, 2013 | 1,095.11 |
| 2012 | 1,155.21 | 1,065.81 | −8.0% | 1,184.62May 25, 2012 | 1,065.81Dec 31, 2012 | 1,127.09 |
| 2011 | 1,124.27 | 1,158.27 | +3.2% | 1,196.84Oct 4, 2011 | 1,048.48Aug 1, 2011 | 1,108.13 |
| 2010 | 1,155.31 | 1,121.88 | −3.0% | 1,250.97May 25, 2010 | 1,103.05Nov 4, 2010 | 1,156.68 |
| 2009 | 1,322.00 | 1,157.14 | −12.4% | 1,583.00Mar 2, 2009 | 1,152.93Dec 4, 2009 | 1,275.99 |
| 2008 | 936.95 | 1,321.50 | +41.2% | 1,514.00Nov 25, 2008 | 935.50Jan 15, 2008 | 1,101.96 |
| 2007 | 925.65 | 936.05 | +0.7% | 951.15Mar 5, 2007 | 900.80Oct 31, 2007 | 929.10 |
| 2006 | 1,012.82 | 930.00 | −7.4% | 1,012.82Jan 2, 2006 | 913.90Dec 7, 2006 | 955.01 |
| 2005 | 1,038.10 | 1,004.00 | −3.0% | 1,058.90Jan 6, 2005 | 997.10Apr 29, 2005 | 1,024.02 |
| 2004 | 1,195.05 | 1,035.20 | −13.2% | 1,195.05Jan 2, 2004 | 1,035.20Dec 31, 2004 | 1,144.74 |
| 2003 | 1,193.00 | 1,192.65 | +0.6% | 1,259.00Mar 28, 2003 | 1,147.05Oct 13, 2003 | 1,191.02 |
| 2002 | 1,312.00 | 1,186.00 | −10.0% | 1,331.20Jan 23, 2002 | 1,155.60Jul 22, 2002 | 1,245.96 |
| 2001 | 1,275.99 | 1,318.00 | +4.2% | 1,368.00Apr 4, 2001 | 1,233.25Feb 20, 2001 | 1,289.62 |
| 2000 | 1,129.85 | 1,265.00 | +11.7% | 1,265.00Dec 29, 2000 | 1,104.66Sep 4, 2000 | 1,130.15 |
| 1999 | 1,186.35 | 1,132.07 | −4.6%from the first rate | 1,241.75Mar 5, 1999 | 1,124.88Dec 8, 1999 | 1,188.76 |
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 USD/KRW since 1999.
| Date | Rate before | Rate | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Largest rises | |||
| October 16, 2008 | Oct 15, 2008: 1,241.50 | 1,335.00 | +7.5% |
| November 6, 2008 | Nov 5, 2008: 1,252.00 | 1,336.00 | +6.7% |
| October 8, 2008 | Oct 7, 2008: 1,315.75 | 1,394.00 | +5.9% |
| December 30, 2008 | Dec 29, 2008: 1,281.35 | 1,349.43 | +5.3% |
| October 6, 2008 | Oct 3, 2008: 1,227.30 | 1,286.63 | +4.8% |
| Largest falls | |||
| October 30, 2008 | Oct 29, 2008: 1,415.00 | 1,277.88 | −9.7% |
| October 13, 2008 | Oct 10, 2008: 1,307.60 | 1,232.00 | −5.8% |
| November 11, 2022 | Nov 10, 2022: 1,380.31 | 1,318.59 | −4.5% |
| December 17, 2008 | Dec 16, 2008: 1,365.35 | 1,306.25 | −4.3% |
| April 30, 2009 | Apr 29, 2009: 1,335.63 | 1,278.25 | −4.3% |
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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: USD/KRW is computed from two ECB rates of the same day, South Korean won per euro divided by US dollars per euro. It is not a market quote of USD/KRW 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.