CBN (Official) Exchange Rates Today
The latest CBN official exchange rate for the US dollar, pound, euro and more to the Nigerian naira today. Live USD to NGN CBN rate on Monierate.
What is the CBN (Official) rate today?
As of 21 July 2026, the official (CBN) exchange rate for the US Dollar (USD) to the Nigerian naira (NGN) is ₦1,381.11 to buy and ₦1,380.11 to sell. The rate has held steady over the past 24 hours.
Elsewhere, the British Pound Sterling (GBP) at ₦1,857.35 / ₦1,856.01, the Euro (EUR) at ₦1,575.95 / ₦1,574.80 (eased 0.05%) and the Chinese Yuan (CNY) at ₦203.94 / ₦203.80 (gained 0.16%).
Monierate tracks 9 CBN currency rates against the naira, refreshed as new data comes in.
Auto-generated from Monierate rate data.
USD US Dollar
EUR Euro
GBP British Pound Sterling
CNY Chinese Yuan
JPY Japanese Yen
ZAR South African Rand
AED United Arab Emirates Dirham
XAF CFA Franc BEAC
XOF CFA Franc BCEAOAbout the CBN (Official) rate
The CBN exchange rate is the official rate set by the Central Bank of Nigeria. It is the benchmark rate used by banks and licensed operators for foreign exchange transactions, and is typically lower than the parallel (black market) rate.
The table above shows the official CBN buy and sell rates for the US dollar (USD), British pound (GBP), euro (EUR) and other major currencies against the Nigerian naira (NGN) as of 21 July 2026.
Frequently asked questions
The CBN rate is the official US dollar to naira exchange rate published by the Central Bank of Nigeria. You can see the current CBN buy and sell rate in the table above.
The CBN rate is the official rate set by the Central Bank of Nigeria and used by banks, while the black market (parallel) rate is set by street dealers and is usually higher.
The CBN rate is sourced directly from the Central Bank of Nigeria's published official exchange rates.
