Reserve Bank of Malawi Exchange Rates Today & Official API

Official Reserve Bank of Malawi rates for 27 Oct 2026: 1 USD = 1717.02 MWK, 1 EUR = 1973.68 MWK. All 38 currencies published, history back to 2016. Free JSON API for tax, audits, and compliant invoicing.

By Madhushan, Founder & Lead Developer

Reserve Bank of Malawi official daily exchange rates as JSON: 38 currencies against the MWK, history back to 2016. Latest table on every plan. Get your API key.

About Reserve Bank of Malawi

The Reserve Bank of Malawi publishes daily buying, middle and selling rates for the kwacha against around 38 currencies. Through the kwacha's managed float — including the sharp official devaluations of recent years — the RBM table is the official series Malawian banks, importers and the revenue authority must cite.

Official website: www.rbm.mw
Official rate publication: Major rates

Quick start

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One request for the pair you need — USD to MWK at the official Reserve Bank of Malawi rate:

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

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

{
  "bank": "rbm",
  "name": "Reserve Bank of Malawi",
  "rate_date": "2026-10-27",
  "source": "USD",
  "target": "MWK",
  "rate": 1717.0236,
  "rate_type": "buy",
  "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/rbm/latest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

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

{
  "bank": "rbm",
  "name": "Reserve Bank of Malawi",
  "rate_date": "2026-10-27",
  "age_days": 0,
  "stale": false,
  "cadence": "daily",
  "rates": [
    {"base":"AED","quote":"MWK","type":"buy","value":467.5354},
    {"base":"AED","quote":"MWK","type":"middle","value":472.1611},
    {"base":"AED","quote":"MWK","type":"sell","value":476.7869},
    {"base":"ARS","quote":"MWK","type":"buy","value":1.1146},
    … 110 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/rbm/history?source=USD&target=MWK&from=2025-01-01" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

Latest published rates (2026-10-27)

Below is the current table from Reserve Bank of Malawi, unmodified — what a call to /latest returns right now, with values MWK 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`	`MWK`	buy	467.5354
`AED`	`MWK`	middle	472.1611
`AED`	`MWK`	sell	476.7869
`ARS`	`MWK`	buy	1.1146
`ARS`	`MWK`	middle	1.1256
`ARS`	`MWK`	sell	1.1366
`AUD`	`MWK`	buy	1205.5211
`AUD`	`MWK`	middle	1217.4484
`AUD`	`MWK`	sell	1229.3758
`BWP`	`MWK`	buy	131.6958
`BWP`	`MWK`	middle	132.9988
`BWP`	`MWK`	sell	134.3018
`CAD`	`MWK`	buy	1224.6959
`CAD`	`MWK`	middle	1236.813
`CAD`	`MWK`	sell	1248.9301
`CHF`	`MWK`	buy	2135.9111
`CHF`	`MWK`	middle	2157.0437
`CHF`	`MWK`	sell	2178.1763
`CMD`	`MWK`	buy	1717.0236
`CMD`	`MWK`	middle	1734.0118
`CMD`	`MWK`	sell	1751
`CNY`	`MWK`	buy	257.5059
`CNY`	`MWK`	middle	260.0537
`CNY`	`MWK`	sell	262.6014
`DKK`	`MWK`	buy	256.4061
`DKK`	`MWK`	middle	258.943
`DKK`	`MWK`	sell	261.4799
`ETB`	`MWK`	buy	10.6345
`ETB`	`MWK`	middle	10.7397
`ETB`	`MWK`	sell	10.8449
`EUR`	`MWK`	buy	1973.6843
`EUR`	`MWK`	middle	1993.2119
`EUR`	`MWK`	sell	2012.7395
`GBP`	`MWK`	buy	2356.9257
`GBP`	`MWK`	middle	2380.2451
`GBP`	`MWK`	sell	2403.5644
`HKD`	`MWK`	buy	218.9188
`HKD`	`MWK`	middle	221.0847
`HKD`	`MWK`	sell	223.2507
`IDR`	`MWK`	buy	0.0947
`IDR`	`MWK`	middle	0.0956
`IDR`	`MWK`	sell	0.0965
`IEP`	`MWK`	buy	1211.5606
`IEP`	`MWK`	middle	1223.5477
`IEP`	`MWK`	sell	1235.5348
`INR`	`MWK`	buy	18.0412
`INR`	`MWK`	middle	18.2197
`INR`	`MWK`	sell	18.3982
`JPY`	`MWK`	buy	10.8817
`JPY`	`MWK`	middle	10.9894
`JPY`	`MWK`	sell	11.097
`KES`	`MWK`	buy	13.218
`KES`	`MWK`	middle	13.3488
`KES`	`MWK`	sell	13.4796
`KRW`	`MWK`	buy	1.2967
`KRW`	`MWK`	middle	1.3095
`KRW`	`MWK`	sell	1.3223
`KWD`	`MWK`	buy	5572.9427
`KWD`	`MWK`	middle	5628.0812
`KWD`	`MWK`	sell	5683.2197
`LKR`	`MWK`	buy	5.1702
`LKR`	`MWK`	middle	5.2214
`LKR`	`MWK`	sell	5.2725
`MGA`	`MWK`	buy	0.3814
`MGA`	`MWK`	middle	0.3852
`MGA`	`MWK`	sell	0.3889
`MYR`	`MWK`	buy	420.2212
`MYR`	`MWK`	middle	424.3788
`MYR`	`MWK`	sell	428.5365
`MZN`	`MWK`	buy	27.1466
`MZN`	`MWK`	middle	27.4152
`MZN`	`MWK`	sell	27.6838
`NOK`	`MWK`	buy	184.3388
`NOK`	`MWK`	middle	186.1626
`NOK`	`MWK`	sell	187.9865
`NZD`	`MWK`	buy	977.8596
`NZD`	`MWK`	middle	987.5345
`NZD`	`MWK`	sell	997.2094
`PHP`	`MWK`	buy	26.8532
`PHP`	`MWK`	middle	27.1189
`PHP`	`MWK`	sell	27.3846
`PKR`	`MWK`	buy	6.2076
`PKR`	`MWK`	middle	6.269
`PKR`	`MWK`	sell	6.3304
`SAR`	`MWK`	buy	457.5313
`SAR`	`MWK`	middle	462.0581
`SAR`	`MWK`	sell	466.5849
`SEK`	`MWK`	buy	172.4179
`SEK`	`MWK`	middle	174.1238
`SEK`	`MWK`	sell	175.8297
`SGD`	`MWK`	buy	1340.0637
`SGD`	`MWK`	middle	1353.3223
`SGD`	`MWK`	sell	1366.5808
`THB`	`MWK`	buy	50.8597
`THB`	`MWK`	middle	51.3629
`THB`	`MWK`	sell	51.8661
`TRY`	`MWK`	buy	34.4931
`TRY`	`MWK`	middle	34.8343
`TRY`	`MWK`	sell	35.1756
`TZS`	`MWK`	buy	0.6541
`TZS`	`MWK`	middle	0.6606
`TZS`	`MWK`	sell	0.667
`USD`	`MWK`	buy	1717.0236
`USD`	`MWK`	middle	1734.0118
`USD`	`MWK`	sell	1751
`XDR`	`MWK`	buy	2326.2499
`XDR`	`MWK`	middle	2349.2657
`XDR`	`MWK`	sell	2372.2815
`ZAR`	`MWK`	buy	106.1979
`ZAR`	`MWK`	middle	107.2486
`ZAR`	`MWK`	sell	108.2993
`ZMW`	`MWK`	buy	85.2756
`ZMW`	`MWK`	middle	86.1193
`ZMW`	`MWK`	sell	86.963

Node.js / TypeScript client

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

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

npm install rbm-exchange-rate

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

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

Why use the official Reserve Bank of Malawi rate?

When an auditor or tax office in Malawi asks which rate you used, "the MWK mid-market rate at 14:32" is not an answer — the official rate published by Reserve Bank of Malawi 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 MWK) and marks it "derived": true — published and computed values are never silently mixed.

Endpoints

GET /api/v1/central-bank/rbm/latest — latest table or single pair (all plans)
GET /api/v1/central-bank/rbm/{YYYY-MM-DD} — the table for any date (paid plans)
GET /api/v1/central-bank/rbm/history — time series, up to 5,000 rows (paid plans)
GET /api/v1/central-bank/rbm/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 Reserve Bank of Malawi exchange rates?

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

How often does Reserve Bank of Malawi update its rates?

New tables land once per business day — the API picks each one up shortly after Reserve Bank of Malawi publishes it (latest: 2026-10-27).

Is this the official published table?

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

Reserve Bank of Malawi rates, one API key

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Reserve Bank of Malawi Exchange Rates Today & Official API

About Reserve Bank of Malawi

Quick start

Latest published rates (2026-10-27)

Node.js / TypeScript client

Why use the official Reserve Bank of Malawi rate?

Endpoints

Frequently asked questions

Is there an API for Reserve Bank of Malawi exchange rates?

How often does Reserve Bank of Malawi update its rates?

Is this the official published table?

Reserve Bank of Malawi rates, one API key

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