Central Bank of Nigeria Exchange Rates Today & Official API

Official Central Bank of Nigeria rates for 26 Oct 2026: 1 USD = 1366.61 NGN, 1 EUR = 1529.23 NGN. All 13 currencies published, history back to 2001. Free JSON API for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.

By Madhushan, Founder & Lead Developer

Central Bank of Nigeria publishes official daily exchange rates — 13 currencies against the NGN — and this API serves them as JSON, with history back to 2001. The latest table is on every plan. Get your API key.

About Central Bank of Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria is Nigeria's central bank. It publishes official naira exchange rates (buying, central, and selling) each business day, with an archive reaching back to 2001 — the official reference for Nigerian customs and tax.

• Official website: www.cbn.gov.ng
• Official rate publication: Exchange rates

Quick start

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

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

What comes back — a real response built from the table in force (2026-10-26):

{
  "bank": "cbn",
  "name": "Central Bank of Nigeria",
  "rate_date": "2026-10-26",
  "source": "USD",
  "target": "NGN",
  "rate": 1366.6057,
  "rate_type": "buy",
  "derived": false,
  "method": "published",
  "age_days": 1,
  "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/cbn/latest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

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

{
  "bank": "cbn",
  "name": "Central Bank of Nigeria",
  "rate_date": "2026-10-26",
  "age_days": 1,
  "stale": false,
  "cadence": "daily",
  "rates": [
    {"base":"AED","quote":"NGN","type":"buy","value":372.0882},
    {"base":"AED","quote":"NGN","type":"middle","value":372.2244},
    {"base":"AED","quote":"NGN","type":"sell","value":372.3605},
    {"base":"CHF","quote":"NGN","type":"buy","value":1654.286},
    … 35 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/cbn/history?source=USD&target=NGN&from=2025-01-01" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

Latest published rates (2026-10-26)

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

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

Base	Quote	Type	Rate
AED	NGN	buy	372.0882
AED	NGN	middle	372.2244
AED	NGN	sell	372.3605
CHF	NGN	buy	1654.286
CHF	NGN	middle	1654.8913
CHF	NGN	sell	1655.4966
CNY	NGN	buy	204.9406
CNY	NGN	middle	205.0156
CNY	NGN	sell	205.0906
DKK	NGN	buy	204.548
DKK	NGN	middle	204.6228
DKK	NGN	sell	204.6977
EUR	NGN	buy	1529.2318
EUR	NGN	middle	1529.7913
EUR	NGN	sell	1530.3508
GBP	NGN	buy	1824.4186
GBP	NGN	middle	1825.0861
GBP	NGN	sell	1825.7536
JPY	NGN	buy	8.6818
JPY	NGN	middle	8.685
JPY	NGN	sell	8.6882
SAR	NGN	buy	364.1175
SAR	NGN	middle	364.2507
SAR	NGN	sell	364.3839
USD	NGN	buy	1366.6057
USD	NGN	middle	1367.1057
USD	NGN	sell	1367.6057
XDR	NGN	buy	1851.5047
XDR	NGN	middle	1852.1821
XDR	NGN	sell	1852.8596
XOF	NGN	buy	2.303
XOF	NGN	middle	2.313
XOF	NGN	sell	2.323
XUA	NGN	buy	1843.783
XUA	NGN	middle	1844.4576
XUA	NGN	sell	1845.1322
ZAR	NGN	buy	82.1692
ZAR	NGN	middle	82.1993
ZAR	NGN	sell	82.2294

Node.js / TypeScript client

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

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

npm install cbn-exchange-rate

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

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

Why use the official Central Bank of Nigeria rate?

Live market rates move continuously, but tax filings, customs declarations, audits, and statutory accounting in Nigeria and beyond typically require the official rate published by Central Bank of Nigeria 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.

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

Endpoints

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

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

Yes — this API serves the bank's official daily NGN 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 Nigeria's own schedule; ingestion follows within the hour (latest table: 2026-10-26).

Are these the official rates?

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

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