Bank of Uganda Exchange Rates Today & Official API

Official Bank of Uganda rates for 22 Oct 2026: 1 USD = 4204.76 UGX, 1 EUR = 4729.09 UGX. All 33 currencies published, history back to 2026. Free JSON API for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.

By Madhushan, Founder & Lead Developer

Bank of Uganda: every UGX rate the bank publishes, as JSON. 33 currencies, archive back to 2026, latest table free on every plan. Get your API key.

About Bank of Uganda

The Bank of Uganda publishes a daily opening rate card each morning — middle, buying and selling shilling rates for the major world currencies plus a COMESA table covering the region's currencies. The middle rate is the reference Ugandan banks and the revenue authority work from.

Official website: bou.or.ug
Official rate publication: Exchange rates

Quick start

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One request for the pair you need — USD to UGX at the official Bank of Uganda rate:

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/bou/latest?source=USD&target=UGX" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

What comes back — a real response built from the table in force (2026-10-22):

{
  "bank": "bou",
  "name": "Bank of Uganda",
  "rate_date": "2026-10-22",
  "source": "USD",
  "target": "UGX",
  "rate": 4209.76,
  "rate_type": "reference",
  "derived": false,
  "method": "published",
  "age_days": 5,
  "stale": true,
  "cadence": "daily",
  "disclaimer": "Official rates as published by the named central bank. On weekends/holidays the most recent published rate_date is returned."
}

Or the bank's full published table:

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/bou/latest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

The full-table response has the same envelope with every published row (first rows shown):

{
  "bank": "bou",
  "name": "Bank of Uganda",
  "rate_date": "2026-10-22",
  "age_days": 5,
  "stale": true,
  "cadence": "daily",
  "rates": [
    {"base":"AED","quote":"UGX","type":"buy","value":1144.806556127311},
    {"base":"AED","quote":"UGX","type":"reference","value":1146.1991230823069},
    {"base":"AED","quote":"UGX","type":"sell","value":1147.5916900373024},
    {"base":"AUD","quote":"UGX","type":"buy","value":2948.798188},
    … 95 more rows
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Official rates as published by the named central bank. On weekends/holidays the most recent published rate_date is returned."
}

On paid plans, any historical date or a time series:

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/bou/history?source=USD&target=UGX&from=2025-01-01" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

Latest published rates (2026-10-22)

This table has not been updated since 2026-10-22. Bank of Uganda publishes each business day, and we have been unable to collect a newer one for 5 days. The rates below are the last we hold and remain the ones Bank of Uganda published on that date — they are not today's. API responses for this source carry "stale": true so integrations can detect it too.

Bank of Uganda's newest published table, verbatim — the same rows the /latest endpoint returns at this moment. Values are UGX per 1 unit of each currency:

Download this table: Excel (.xlsx) CSV (paid plan required)

Download history: From To

Choose currencies: USD

Excel (.xlsx) CSV

One row per currency per publication date. Up to one year per download. Billed as one API call per currency per month of data.

Prefer a bulk file? The complete archive of every source is also published as an open dataset: central-bank-exchange-rates on Hugging Face

Base	Quote	Type	Rate
`AED`	`UGX`	buy	1144.806556127311
`AED`	`UGX`	reference	1146.1991230823069
`AED`	`UGX`	sell	1147.5916900373024
`AUD`	`UGX`	buy	2948.798188
`AUD`	`UGX`	reference	2952.515426
`AUD`	`UGX`	sell	2956.232664
`BIF`	`UGX`	buy	1.3955717524137634
`BIF`	`UGX`	reference	1.4035228482135662
`BIF`	`UGX`	sell	1.4114739440133688
`CAD`	`UGX`	buy	2997.8325966063026
`CAD`	`UGX`	reference	3001.718836989595
`CAD`	`UGX`	sell	3005.6050773728875
`CHF`	`UGX`	buy	5121.510353227772
`CHF`	`UGX`	reference	5128.538775980281
`CHF`	`UGX`	sell	5135.56719873279
`CNY`	`UGX`	buy	629.9643424325054
`CNY`	`UGX`	reference	630.7276426514594
`CNY`	`UGX`	sell	631.4909428704134
`DJF`	`UGX`	buy	23.54948193783254
`DJF`	`UGX`	reference	23.64061934729465
`DJF`	`UGX`	sell	23.73175675675676
`DKK`	`UGX`	buy	632.5896282477547
`DKK`	`UGX`	reference	633.3895642705843
`DKK`	`UGX`	sell	634.189500293414
`ETB`	`UGX`	buy	25.487502833790177
`ETB`	`UGX`	reference	25.773294148191145
`ETB`	`UGX`	sell	26.059085462592112
`EUR`	`UGX`	buy	4729.093572000001
`EUR`	`UGX`	reference	4735.138548000001
`EUR`	`UGX`	sell	4741.183524
`GBP`	`UGX`	buy	5636.901256
`GBP`	`UGX`	reference	5644.23647
`GBP`	`UGX`	sell	5651.5716840000005
`INR`	`UGX`	buy	44.40670627062706
`INR`	`UGX`	reference	44.46186228479466
`INR`	`UGX`	sell	44.51701829896227
`JPY`	`UGX`	buy	26.75294267353821
`JPY`	`UGX`	reference	26.786461791748422
`JPY`	`UGX`	sell	26.819980909958637
`KES`	`UGX`	buy	32.369207082371055
`KES`	`UGX`	reference	32.457808174390166
`KES`	`UGX`	sell	32.54640926640927
`KMF`	`UGX`	buy	9.555404054176893
`KMF`	`UGX`	reference	9.588632535717796
`KMF`	`UGX`	sell	9.621861017258698
`KRW`	`UGX`	buy	3.1761364494735096
`KRW`	`UGX`	reference	3.1800816414714115
`KRW`	`UGX`	sell	3.184026833469314
`KWD`	`UGX`	buy	13654.034745900308
`KWD`	`UGX`	reference	13668.049672901461
`KWD`	`UGX`	sell	13682.064599902615
`LSL`	`UGX`	buy	256.02406337337806
`LSL`	`UGX`	reference	256.35195239459324
`LSL`	`UGX`	sell	256.6798414158085
`MUR`	`UGX`	buy	89.17836691410393
`MUR`	`UGX`	reference	89.57061355310319
`MUR`	`UGX`	sell	89.96286019210245
`MWK`	`UGX`	buy	2.402280725810138
`MWK`	`UGX`	reference	2.42848774383249
`MWK`	`UGX`	sell	2.454694761854842
`NOK`	`UGX`	buy	449.5002298408219
`NOK`	`UGX`	reference	450.22757658973467
`NOK`	`UGX`	sell	450.9549233386474
`NZD`	`UGX`	buy	2394.190344
`NZD`	`UGX`	reference	2397.45882
`NZD`	`UGX`	sell	2400.727296
`RWF`	`UGX`	buy	2.835306810519218
`RWF`	`UGX`	reference	2.848325503019283
`RWF`	`UGX`	sell	2.8613441955193486
`SAR`	`UGX`	buy	1120.8508823372608
`SAR`	`UGX`	reference	1122.2436229868122
`SAR`	`UGX`	sell	1123.6363636363637
`SEK`	`UGX`	buy	425.3505169239484
`SEK`	`UGX`	reference	426.0289750270622
`SEK`	`UGX`	sell	426.707433130176
`SSP`	`UGX`	buy	0.72120388405467
`SSP`	`UGX`	reference	0.7329176710232921
`SSP`	`UGX`	sell	0.7446314579919141
`SZL`	`UGX`	buy	256.02406337337806
`SZL`	`UGX`	reference	256.35195239459324
`SZL`	`UGX`	sell	256.6798414158085
`TZS`	`UGX`	buy	1.5777711069418388
`TZS`	`UGX`	reference	1.590170724573581
`TZS`	`UGX`	sell	1.6025703422053232
`USD`	`UGX`	buy	4204.76
`USD`	`UGX`	reference	4209.76
`USD`	`UGX`	sell	4214.76
`XAU`	`UGX`	buy	17226271.006
`XAU`	`UGX`	reference	17248441.16
`XAU`	`UGX`	sell	17270611.314
`XDR`	`UGX`	buy	5695.994953040001
`XDR`	`UGX`	reference	5702.7682230400005
`XDR`	`UGX`	sell	5709.54149304
`ZAR`	`UGX`	buy	255.81378370485737
`ZAR`	`UGX`	reference	256.3524144406238
`ZAR`	`UGX`	sell	256.89104517639026
`ZWG`	`UGX`	buy	152.74262216474622
`ZWG`	`UGX`	reference	158.47723863023688
`ZWG`	`UGX`	sell	164.21185509572754

Node.js / TypeScript client

A dedicated zero-dependency npm package wraps these endpoints — bou-exchange-rate:

npm · bou-exchange-rate GitHub · AllRates-Today/bou-exchange-rate

npm install bou-exchange-rate

import { getRate } from 'bou-exchange-rate';

const pair = await getRate('USD', 'UGX', { apiKey: 'art_live_...' });
console.log(pair.rate, pair.rate_date);

Zero dependencies, TypeScript types included, and it runs anywhere fetch exists — Node 18+, Bun, Deno, and edge runtimes.

Full reference — installation, all four functions, response shapes, error codes: bou-exchange-rate documentation.

Why use the official Bank of Uganda rate?

A market rate is a moving target; the rate Bank of Uganda publishes is a fixed, citable figure that stays put once printed — which is why invoicing, customs, audit evidence, and statutory accounting in Uganda lean on it rather than on a live feed. Every response from this API carries the bank's own rate_date, and on days with no publication you get the most recent published table — the one compliance rules tell you to apply.

Pairs the bank doesn't print directly are resolved from its table (inverse or cross via UGX) and explicitly flagged "derived": true — so what the bank printed and what was computed are never confused.

Endpoints

GET /api/v1/central-bank/bou/latest — latest table or single pair (all plans)
GET /api/v1/central-bank/bou/{YYYY-MM-DD} — the table for any date (paid plans)
GET /api/v1/central-bank/bou/history — time series, up to 5,000 rows (paid plans)
GET /api/v1/central-bank/bou/availability — publication calendar: the dates the bank actually published (all plans)

Full parameter reference in the API documentation. Every request counts toward your plan's monthly quota — rates change once per business day, so caching a published table locally makes a small quota go far.

Frequently asked questions

Does an exchange rate API exist for Bank of Uganda data?

Yes. This endpoint returns Bank of Uganda's official daily figures as JSON; the newest table is free on every plan.

How often are the rates updated?

Bank of Uganda publishes once per business day; the API ingests each new table shortly after publication (latest: 2026-10-22).

Are these really Bank of Uganda's official figures?

Yes. Every value comes from Bank of Uganda's own publication and is served unmodified, carrying the bank's publication date; computed pairs are explicitly flagged derived.

Bank of Uganda rates, one API key

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Bank of Uganda Exchange Rates Today & Official API

About Bank of Uganda

Quick start

Latest published rates (2026-10-22)

Node.js / TypeScript client

Why use the official Bank of Uganda rate?

Endpoints

Frequently asked questions

Does an exchange rate API exist for Bank of Uganda data?

How often are the rates updated?

Are these really Bank of Uganda's official figures?

Bank of Uganda rates, one API key

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