Central Bank of Kuwait Exchange Rates Today & Official API

Official Central Bank of Kuwait rates for 27 Oct 2026: 1 USD = 0.30815 KWD, 1 EUR = 0.34426 KWD. All 134 currencies published, history back to 2008. Free JSON API for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.

By Madhushan, Founder & Lead Developer

Kuwait flagCentral Bank of Kuwait publishes official daily exchange rates — 134 currencies against the KWD — and this API serves them as JSON, with history back to 2008. The latest table is on every plan. Get your API key.

About Central Bank of Kuwait

The Central Bank of Kuwait manages the Kuwaiti dinar — the world’s highest-valued currency unit, pegged to an undisclosed basket of currencies. It publishes official daily exchange rates covering more than 130 currencies, with an archive reaching back to 2008 for the majors and to 2017 for the wider board.

Quick start

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One request for the pair you need — USD to KWD at the official Central Bank of Kuwait rate:

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

What comes back — a real response built from the table in force (2026-10-27):

{
  "bank": "cbk",
  "name": "Central Bank of Kuwait",
  "rate_date": "2026-10-27",
  "source": "USD",
  "target": "KWD",
  "rate": 0.30815,
  "rate_type": "reference",
  "derived": false,
  "method": "published",
  "age_days": 0,
  "stale": false,
  "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/cbk/latest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

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

{
  "bank": "cbk",
  "name": "Central Bank of Kuwait",
  "rate_date": "2026-10-27",
  "age_days": 0,
  "stale": false,
  "cadence": "daily",
  "rates": [
    {"base":"AED","quote":"KWD","type":"reference","value":0.083896},
    {"base":"AFN","quote":"KWD","type":"reference","value":0.004737},
    {"base":"ALL","quote":"KWD","type":"reference","value":0.003791},
    {"base":"AMD","quote":"KWD","type":"reference","value":0.0008539999999999999},
    … 130 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/cbk/history?source=USD&target=KWD&from=2025-01-01" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

Latest published rates (2026-10-27)

The most recent table as published by Central Bank of Kuwait — exactly what the /latest endpoint returns right now. Values are KWD per 1 unit of each currency:

Download this table: Excel (.xlsx) CSV

Download history:
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.

Long-run history: Kuwait USD/KWD rate history, 2008–2026, with monthly averages

BaseQuoteTypeRate
AED KWD reference 0.083896
AFN KWD reference 0.004737
ALL KWD reference 0.003791
AMD KWD reference 0.0008539999999999999
AOA KWD reference 0.000335
ARS KWD reference 0.0002
AUD KWD reference 0.2166
AZN KWD reference 0.18126499999999998
BAM KWD reference 0.175829
BBD KWD reference 0.15299600000000002
BDT KWD reference 0.002487
BGN KWD reference 0.18303299999999997
BHD KWD reference 0.819371
BIF KWD reference 0.000103
BMD KWD reference 0.30815
BND KWD reference 0.24062899999999998
BOB KWD reference 0.025906
BRL KWD reference 0.057360999999999995
BSD KWD reference 0.30815
BTN KWD reference 0.0032370000000000003
BWP KWD reference 0.021617
BZD KWD reference 0.15321700000000002
CAD KWD reference 0.219919
CDF KWD reference 0.000133
CHF KWD reference 0.372409
CLP KWD reference 0.000311
CNY KWD reference 0.046213000000000004
COP KWD reference 0.00009800000000000001
CRC KWD reference 0.000678
CUP KWD reference 0.01284
CVE KWD reference 0.003114
CZK KWD reference 0.01414
DJF KWD reference 0.00173
DKK KWD reference 0.046058999999999996
DOP KWD reference 0.005038
DZD KWD reference 0.00228
ECS KWD reference 0.000012
EGP KWD reference 0.005476
ERN KWD reference 0.020440999999999997
ETB KWD reference 0.001908
EUR KWD reference 0.344265
FJD KWD reference 0.13678800000000002
GBP KWD reference 0.411118
GEL KWD reference 0.118702
GHS KWD reference 0.026565000000000002
GMD KWD reference 0.004128
GNF KWD reference 0.000035000000000000004
GTQ KWD reference 0.040320999999999996
GYD KWD reference 0.00147
HKD KWD reference 0.039279
HNL KWD reference 0.011477000000000001
HTG KWD reference 0.00235
HUF KWD reference 0.0009379999999999999
IDR KWD reference 0.000017
INR KWD reference 0.003236
IQD KWD reference 0.000203
IRR KWD reference 0.000007
ISK KWD reference 0.002524
JMD KWD reference 0.0019370000000000001
JOD KWD reference 0.43462599999999996
JPY KWD reference 0.0019553
KES KWD reference 0.002372
KGS KWD reference 0.003523
KHR KWD reference 0.000075
KMF KWD reference 0.000699
KPW KWD reference 0.00237
KRW KWD reference 0.00023300000000000003
KZT KWD reference 0.0006820000000000001
LAK KWD reference 0.000014
LBP KWD reference 0.000003
LKR KWD reference 0.0009270000000000001
LRD KWD reference 0.001813
LSL KWD reference 0.018535
LYD KWD reference 0.048073
MAD KWD reference 0.031335999999999996
MDL KWD reference 0.017215
MGA KWD reference 0.000067
MMK KWD reference 0.000147
MNT KWD reference 0.00008599999999999999
MOP KWD reference 0.038107
MRU KWD reference 0.0076760000000000005
MUR KWD reference 0.006538
MVR KWD reference 0.019932
MWK KWD reference 0.000178
MXN KWD reference 0.016612
MYR KWD reference 0.07542499999999999
MZN KWD reference 0.0048449999999999995
NAD KWD reference 0.018535
NGN KWD reference 0.00023
NIO KWD reference 0.008374000000000001
NOK KWD reference 0.033094
NPR KWD reference 0.002022
NZD KWD reference 0.17564500000000002
OMR KWD reference 0.80143
PAB KWD reference 0.30815
PEN KWD reference 0.089239
PGK KWD reference 0.068841
PHP KWD reference 0.004817999999999999
PKR KWD reference 0.001113
PLN KWD reference 0.078179
PYG KWD reference 0.000053
QAR KWD reference 0.084657
RON KWD reference 0.064391
RSD KWD reference 0.0029300000000000003
RUB KWD reference 0.003828
RWF KWD reference 0.00020899999999999998
SAR KWD reference 0.082173
SBD KWD reference 0.038673
SCR KWD reference 0.020779
SDG KWD reference 0.0006889999999999999
SEK KWD reference 0.030972000000000003
SGD KWD reference 0.24062899999999998
SLL KWD reference 0.000014
SOS KWD reference 0.000539
SRD KWD reference 0.008166
SVC KWD reference 0.035198
SYP KWD reference 0.002525
SZL KWD reference 0.018535
THB KWD reference 0.009136
TND KWD reference 0.102375
TRY KWD reference 0.00619
TWD KWD reference 0.009476
TZS KWD reference 0.00011700000000000001
UAH KWD reference 0.0067469999999999995
UGX KWD reference 0.00006900000000000001
USD KWD reference 0.30815
UYU KWD reference 0.007686
UZS KWD reference 0.000026
VEF KWD reference 0.000001
VND KWD reference 0.000012
WST KWD reference 0.11256699999999999
YER KWD reference 0.001305
ZAR KWD reference 0.018534
ZMW KWD reference 0.015312

Node.js / TypeScript client

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

npm install cbk-exchange-rate
import { getRate } from 'cbk-exchange-rate';

const pair = await getRate('USD', 'KWD', { 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: cbk-exchange-rate documentation.

Why use the official Central Bank of Kuwait rate?

Live market rates move continuously, but tax filings, customs declarations, audits, and statutory accounting in Kuwait and beyond typically require the official rate published by Central Bank of Kuwait for a given date — a fixed, citable number that never changes after publication. This API serves those published tables with the bank's own rate_date on every response; weekends and holidays return the most recent published date, which is the rate compliance rules require you to apply.

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

Endpoints

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

Can I get Central Bank of Kuwait exchange rates via an API?

Yes — this API serves the bank's official daily KWD rates as JSON, and the latest table is on every plan, free included.

When do new rates appear here?

Once per business day, per Central Bank of Kuwait's own schedule; ingestion follows within the hour (latest table: 2026-10-27).

Are these the official rates?

Yes — ingested from Central Bank of Kuwait's own published data, served unmodified with the bank's publication date. Anything computed rather than published is flagged derived.

Central Bank of Kuwait rates, one API key

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