Money Changers in South Africa

119 currency exchange businesses across 4 cities, ranked within each city by verified Google rating. Local currency: ZAR (South African rand).

Today's mid-market ZAR rate

Collected 7 Oct 2026 00:02 UTC

The rate before anyone adds a margin. Every counter in South Africa quotes worse than this — this is how you tell by how much.

1 USD = 16.5342 ZAR 1 GBP = 21.9362 ZAR 1 AED = 4.5022 ZAR 1 SAR = 4.4091 ZAR

Reference rates from our hourly corridor feed, for comparison only — not an offer to exchange currency.

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Johannesburg 54 money changers · 21 rated 3.5★+ · 46 with opening hours Durban 28 money changers · 7 rated 3.5★+ · 26 with opening hours Cape Town 27 money changers · 10 rated 3.5★+ · 21 with opening hours Pretoria 10 money changers · 2 rated 3.5★+ · 8 with opening hours

Cards worth carrying instead of cash in South Africa

A card with no foreign-exchange loading beats almost every counter rate. These are available from banks operating in South Africa.

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