Central Bank of Kenya Exchange Rate API

Official Central Bank of Kenya rates for 10 Sept 2026: 1 USD = 129.45 KES, 1 EUR = 150.78 KES. All 21 currencies published, history back to 2024. Free JSON API for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.

Central Bank of Kenya official daily exchange rates as JSON: 21 currencies against the KES, history back to 2024. Latest table on every plan. Get your API key.

About Central Bank of Kenya

The Central Bank of Kenya publishes daily indicative shilling exchange rates each business morning — the mean, buying and selling rates Kenyan banks, businesses and the tax authority reference, covering about 20 currencies including the East African Community pairs. The shilling is a managed float and Nairobi is East Africa's financial hub, making the CBK rate the region's benchmark.

• Official website: www.centralbank.go.ke
• Official rate publication: Forex exchange rates

Quick start

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

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

Or the bank's full published table:

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

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

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

Latest published rates (2026-09-10)

Below is the current table from Central Bank of Kenya, unmodified — what a call to /latest returns right now, with values KES per 1 unit of each currency:

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

Base	Quote	Type	Rate
AED	KES	reference	35.24
AUD	KES	reference	93.62
BIF	KES	reference	0.04325259515570934
CAD	KES	reference	93.91
CHF	KES	reference	160.35
CNY	KES	reference	19.29
DKK	KES	reference	20.17
EUR	KES	reference	150.78
GBP	KES	reference	175.47
HKD	KES	reference	16.5
INR	KES	reference	1.36
JPY	KES	reference	0.8440000000000001
NOK	KES	reference	14.1
RWF	KES	reference	0.08802816901408451
SAR	KES	reference	34.47
SEK	KES	reference	13.52
SGD	KES	reference	102.48
TZS	KES	reference	0.04904364884747425
UGX	KES	reference	0.034071550255536626
USD	KES	reference	129.45
ZAR	KES	reference	8.08

Node.js / TypeScript client

A dedicated zero-dependency npm package wraps these endpoints — central-bank-of-kenya-exchange-rate:

npm install central-bank-of-kenya-exchange-rate

import { getRate } from 'central-bank-of-kenya-exchange-rate';

const pair = await getRate('USD', 'KES', { 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: central-bank-of-kenya-exchange-rate documentation.

Why use the official Central Bank of Kenya rate?

When an auditor or tax office in Kenya asks which rate you used, "the KES mid-market rate at 14:32" is not an answer — the official rate published by Central Bank of Kenya for that date is. This API returns exactly those published figures, stamped with the bank's own rate_date; on weekends and holidays the most recent published table is returned, as compliance rules expect.

If a pair isn't in the bank's published table, the API computes it from that table (inverse or cross via KES) and marks it "derived": true — published and computed values are never silently mixed.

Endpoints

• GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbke/latest — latest table or single pair (all plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbke/{YYYY-MM-DD} — the table for any date (paid plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbke/history — time series, up to 5,000 rows (paid plans)
• GET /api/v1/central-bank/cbke/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

Is there an API for Central Bank of Kenya exchange rates?

Yes — this one. Official daily KES rates as clean JSON, latest table on every plan including free.

How often does Central Bank of Kenya update its rates?

New tables land once per business day — the API picks each one up shortly after Central Bank of Kenya publishes it (latest: 2026-09-10).

Is this the official published table?

Yes — the rows are Central Bank of Kenya's published figures, untouched, with the original publication date attached. Pairs the bank didn't print are computed and flagged derived.

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