Live rate: 1 GBP = 2151.2500 NGN (-0.99%)

Inverted: 1 NGN = 0.0005 GBP

Where can I find the best rates for buying Nigerian Nairas?

Our comparison data shows Wise offer the best rates, (albeit with a fee attached), of 2,135.9761 for travel money cards.

ProviderExchange RateFeeYou GetServiceNotesAction

Live Market Rate

2151.250002,129.7375
wise 2,151.25000.71%2,135.9761 Best Multi-Currency Card The UK's leading payment provider

Best Bank Rate

Banks
2,091.0150

(upper range)

Variable2,091.0150 Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by IMTI

Worst Bank Rate

Banks
2,075.9563

(lower range)

Variable2,075.9563Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by Money Mover and Accourt

Paypal

Paypal
2,054.443802,054.4438 International Payments and Transfers
For full historical data please visit: GBP/NGN exchange rate history pages for the year 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012

January - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 1,141.4200

Close: 1,141.4200

Mid: 1,141.4200

2

Open: 1,141.6700

Close: 1,116.5000

Mid: 1,131.4950

3

Open: 1,116.4600

Close: 1,129.5600

Mid: 1,122.8500

4

Open: 1,129.5400

Close: 1,157.2300

Mid: 1,143.7350

5

Open: 1,157.2700

Close: 1,162.9800

Mid: 1,160.4850

6
7
8

Open: 1,163.6600

Close: 1,128.6400

Mid: 1,143.4750

9

Open: 1,131.1600

Close: 1,162.3300

Mid: 1,182.0450

10

Open: 1,162.3200

Close: 1,212.3400

Mid: 1,186.4600

11

Open: 1,212.3700

Close: 1,222.7700

Mid: 1,216.6350

12

Open: 1,222.7600

Close: 1,220.7900

Mid: 1,222.2000

13
14
15

Open: 1,220.4400

Close: 1,219.4600

Mid: 1,220.0800

16

Open: 1,219.4000

Close: 1,131.5100

Mid: 1,174.9750

17

Open: 1,131.4900

Close: 1,113.1900

Mid: 1,134.4350

18

Open: 1,106.3000

Close: 1,137.9000

Mid: 1,112.7100

19

Open: 1,137.8900

Close: 1,131.8800

Mid: 1,114.8800

20
21
22

Open: 1,131.1800

Close: 1,132.3000

Mid: 1,145.1600

23

Open: 1,132.3200

Close: 1,161.5900

Mid: 1,132.0500

24

Open: 1,161.5400

Close: 1,145.3300

Mid: 1,155.0700

25

Open: 1,145.4500

Close: 1,129.2300

Mid: 1,137.4900

26

Open: 1,129.2100

Close: 1,142.1300

Mid: 1,137.3950

27
28
29

Open: 1,141.8100

Close: 1,135.6100

Mid: 1,144.0500

30

Open: 1,135.6100

Close: 1,209.5200

Mid: 1,170.0800

31

Open: 1,209.5800

Close: 1,514.9800

Mid: 1,325.4500

February - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 1,515.1300

Close: 1,522.2600

Mid: 1,515.9150

2

Open: 1,522.2400

Close: 1,768.9400

Mid: 1,639.5350

3
4
5

Open: 1,768.9000

Close: 1,754.9100

Mid: 1,637.3450

6

Open: 1,754.9400

Close: 1,773.8700

Mid: 1,769.6850

7

Open: 1,773.8600

Close: 1,790.7400

Mid: 1,782.3750

8

Open: 1,790.7300

Close: 1,771.6800

Mid: 1,781.7800

9

Open: 1,771.6600

Close: 1,768.2800

Mid: 1,800.7050

10
11
12

Open: 1,863.1800

Close: 1,898.5500

Mid: 1,881.2700

13

Open: 1,898.5400

Close: 1,908.3200

Mid: 1,870.7050

14

Open: 1,908.4200

Close: 1,905.4900

Mid: 1,896.3200

15

Open: 1,905.4700

Close: 1,911.5800

Mid: 1,906.5350

16

Open: 1,911.6900

Close: 1,882.2900

Mid: 1,898.7450

17
18
19

Open: 1,882.8500

Close: 1,882.1500

Mid: 1,904.5400

20

Open: 1,882.0900

Close: 2,027.2100

Mid: 1,955.6850

21

Open: 2,027.6600

Close: 2,030.5800

Mid: 2,017.8550

22

Open: 2,030.7000

Close: 2,034.5400

Mid: 2,030.2450

23

Open: 2,034.5700

Close: 2,036.2000

Mid: 2,034.6950

24
25
26

Open: 2,036.8700

Close: 1,959.0500

Mid: 1,997.4400

27

Open: 1,959.1300

Close: 2,003.2300

Mid: 1,981.0150

28

Open: 2,003.2000

Close: 2,064.5200

Mid: 2,017.8050

29

Open: 2,064.5800

Close: 2,042.0100

Mid: 2,031.2300

March - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 2,041.9800

Close: 2,001.6800

Mid: 2,025.1050

2
3
4

Open: 1,997.0300

Close: 1,919.4400

Mid: 1,956.2700

5

Open: 1,919.4600

Close: 1,983.1700

Mid: 1,953.0700

6

Open: 1,983.2800

Close: 2,025.5700

Mid: 2,005.3800

7

Open: 2,025.5900

Close: 2,038.5100

Mid: 2,027.6650

8

Open: 2,038.5000

Close: 2,049.7300

Mid: 2,042.0000

9
10
11

Open: 2,050.0700

Close: 2,082.4200

Mid: 2,059.5600

12

Open: 2,082.4100

Close: 2,063.4300

Mid: 2,046.6300

13

Open: 2,063.3700

Close: 2,057.8800

Mid: 2,041.8000

14

Open: 2,057.9000

Close: 2,033.3400

Mid: 1,681.9050

15

Open: 2,033.3600

Close: 2,052.0200

Mid: 2,036.3000

16
17
18

Open: 2,052.0000

Close: 1,991.4400

Mid: 2,019.5000

19

Open: 1,991.4700

Close: 1,879.1700

Mid: 1,940.4600

20

Open: 1,879.1900

Close: 1,893.5300

Mid: 1,898.5350

21

Open: 1,893.5300

Close: 1,734.4300

Mid: 1,814.5950

22

Open: 1,734.5000

Close: 1,845.8600

Mid: 1,780.7150

23
24
25

Open: 1,845.1000

Close: 1,800.4600

Mid: 1,810.2350

26

Open: 1,800.4800

Close: 1,763.4300

Mid: 1,792.7650

27

Open: 1,763.4400

Close: 1,793.1100

Mid: 1,776.4550

28

Open: 1,793.1100

Close: 1,758.9900

Mid: 1,776.0450

29

Open: 1,759.0000

Close: 1,793.5200

Mid: 1,775.5250

30
31

April - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 1,794.1500

Close: 1,639.9800

Mid: 1,717.3250

2

Open: 1,639.9700

Close: 1,628.8300

Mid: 1,647.5200

3

Open: 1,628.8000

Close: 1,669.5700

Mid: 1,626.6600

4

Open: 1,669.5600

Close: 1,668.2900

Mid: 1,670.3700

5

Open: 1,668.2400

Close: 1,576.8600

Mid: 1,622.6150

6
7
8

Open: 1,575.2800

Close: 1,571.4400

Mid: 1,605.1100

9

Open: 1,571.4500

Close: 1,582.9600

Mid: 1,575.9150

10

Open: 1,582.9800

Close: 1,554.8100

Mid: 1,568.0450

11

Open: 1,554.7700

Close: 1,559.5000

Mid: 1,558.2650

12

Open: 1,559.5400

Close: 1,497.0100

Mid: 1,522.5650

13
14
15

Open: 1,494.0200

Close: 1,434.9100

Mid: 1,465.1850

16

Open: 1,434.9500

Close: 1,426.0600

Mid: 1,436.8950

17

Open: 1,426.1300

Close: 1,433.7500

Mid: 1,425.4750

18

Open: 1,433.7700

Close: 1,431.8900

Mid: 1,434.2600

19

Open: 1,431.8100

Close: 1,291.5300

Mid: 1,362.0400

20
21
22

Open: 1,291.9500

Close: 1,523.6100

Mid: 1,408.7550

23

Open: 1,523.5600

Close: 1,535.6600

Mid: 1,536.9850

24

Open: 1,535.6700

Close: 1,562.9700

Mid: 1,570.0700

25

Open: 1,562.9800

Close: 1,604.1100

Mid: 1,583.6350

26

Open: 1,604.1500

Close: 1,631.9100

Mid: 1,617.4100

27
28
29

Open: 1,630.8200

Close: 1,704.6200

Mid: 1,668.6350

30

Open: 1,704.5900

Close: 1,736.3900

Mid: 1,721.1800

May - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 1,736.3900

Close: 1,746.8100

Mid: 1,741.5750

2

Open: 1,746.7800

Close: 1,721.1100

Mid: 1,730.3250

3

Open: 1,721.0100

Close: 1,735.0900

Mid: 1,744.9800

4
5
6

Open: 1,735.1000

Close: 1,741.1000

Mid: 1,752.6650

7

Open: 1,741.1500

Close: 1,737.4300

Mid: 1,737.1550

8

Open: 1,737.4100

Close: 1,758.7800

Mid: 1,748.3200

9

Open: 1,758.7400

Close: 1,777.8100

Mid: 1,772.1000

10

Open: 1,777.7900

Close: 1,784.7400

Mid: 1,788.7000

11
12
13

Open: 1,784.6900

Close: 1,815.1100

Mid: 1,810.6400

14

Open: 1,815.1300

Close: 1,891.8100

Mid: 1,852.5600

15

Open: 1,891.8200

Close: 1,931.4500

Mid: 1,900.9750

16

Open: 1,931.3800

Close: 1,929.6200

Mid: 1,938.7000

17

Open: 1,929.6200

Close: 1,867.1300

Mid: 1,898.3150

18
19
20

Open: 1,866.1700

Close: 1,947.1300

Mid: 1,907.6900

21

Open: 1,947.1300

Close: 1,805.2700

Mid: 1,877.2700

22

Open: 1,805.2600

Close: 1,821.6800

Mid: 1,821.3200

23

Open: 1,821.6900

Close: 1,833.4700

Mid: 1,831.6700

24

Open: 1,833.4500

Close: 1,870.3300

Mid: 1,857.3950

25
26
27

Open: 1,870.0800

Close: 1,886.7500

Mid: 1,892.6700

28

Open: 1,886.7600

Close: 1,775.0600

Mid: 1,834.1250

29

Open: 1,775.0500

Close: 1,778.6500

Mid: 1,807.9550

30

Open: 1,778.6600

Close: 1,699.4300

Mid: 1,770.4200

31

Open: 1,699.4500

Close: 1,701.4500

Mid: 1,699.1150

June - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2
3

Open: 1,893.6900

Close: 1,904.2100

Mid: 1,894.8600

4

Open: 1,904.2000

Close: 1,876.1900

Mid: 1,893.4250

5

Open: 1,876.2000

Close: 1,915.0900

Mid: 1,895.7250

6

Open: 1,915.0800

Close: 1,913.8800

Mid: 1,913.8500

7

Open: 1,913.8500

Close: 1,871.5800

Mid: 1,892.8550

8
9
10

Open: 1,872.1300

Close: 1,912.0400

Mid: 1,896.9750

11

Open: 1,912.0000

Close: 1,916.1200

Mid: 1,900.8350

12

Open: 1,916.2400

Close: 1,926.0500

Mid: 1,918.5750

13

Open: 1,926.0300

Close: 1,920.9200

Mid: 1,910.4350

14

Open: 1,920.8700

Close: 1,897.1100

Mid: 1,897.3400

15
16
17

Open: 1,897.0400

Close: 1,884.1700

Mid: 1,887.9250

18

Open: 1,884.1500

Close: 1,894.1600

Mid: 1,891.9300

19

Open: 1,894.1300

Close: 1,895.2300

Mid: 1,908.9850

20

Open: 1,895.2200

Close: 1,884.8200

Mid: 1,888.8800

21

Open: 1,884.7800

Close: 1,895.4100

Mid: 1,885.1400

22
23
24

Open: 1,880.0900

Close: 1,942.0300

Mid: 1,911.4350

25

Open: 1,942.0300

Close: 1,948.5200

Mid: 1,945.3800

26

Open: 1,948.5300

Close: 1,943.9100

Mid: 1,936.3900

27

Open: 1,943.9600

Close: 1,947.0000

Mid: 1,946.7150

28

Open: 1,947.0100

Close: 1,941.3800

Mid: 1,944.4600

29
30

July - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 1,940.1900

Close: 1,938.6200

Mid: 1,939.5700

2

Open: 1,938.6100

Close: 1,890.1000

Mid: 1,897.3850

3

Open: 1,890.0700

Close: 1,917.0800

Mid: 1,905.2950

4

Open: 1,919.1600

Close: 1,947.4500

Mid: 1,933.6750

5

Open: 1,947.4800

Close: 1,957.5400

Mid: 1,945.0150

6
7
8

Open: 1,954.4400

Close: 1,967.6700

Mid: 1,973.0650

9

Open: 1,967.6700

Close: 1,983.0300

Mid: 1,977.5750

10

Open: 1,983.0200

Close: 2,027.7000

Mid: 2,005.2550

11

Open: 2,027.7000

Close: 2,029.9000

Mid: 2,021.5100

12

Open: 2,029.9300

Close: 2,080.6000

Mid: 2,066.8100

13
14
15

Open: 2,074.7600

Close: 2,100.6800

Mid: 2,087.7200

16

Open: 2,100.6700

Close: 2,075.0500

Mid: 2,088.2050

17

Open: 2,074.9900

Close: 2,100.7800

Mid: 2,092.9950

18

Open: 2,100.8100

Close: 2,106.4500

Mid: 2,119.3050

19

Open: 2,106.5700

Close: 2,072.3000

Mid: 2,086.3850

20
21
22

Open: 2,073.5000

Close: 2,078.0100

Mid: 2,100.0700

23

Open: 2,078.0300

Close: 2,074.1100

Mid: 2,059.4800

24

Open: 2,074.1400

Close: 1,996.9400

Mid: 2,035.5300

25

Open: 1,997.0200

Close: 2,035.1800

Mid: 2,018.7300

26

Open: 2,036.3200

Close: 2,054.0700

Mid: 2,028.5950

27
28
29

Open: 2,053.2500

Close: 2,083.5400

Mid: 2,070.1700

30

Open: 2,083.5500

Close: 2,108.2500

Mid: 2,091.3750

31

Open: 2,108.2500

Close: 2,135.4600

Mid: 2,110.9300

August - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 2,135.4600

Close: 2,115.5600

Mid: 2,125.3850

2

Open: 2,115.7600

Close: 2,074.3600

Mid: 2,092.2300

3
4
5

Open: 2,094.8300

Close: 2,037.0000

Mid: 2,064.6500

6

Open: 2,036.9800

Close: 2,022.8300

Mid: 2,030.6150

7

Open: 2,022.8400

Close: 2,039.3200

Mid: 2,024.3100

8

Open: 2,039.3500

Close: 2,038.3900

Mid: 2,022.5950

9

Open: 2,038.3600

Close: 2,066.8100

Mid: 2,041.6500

10
11
12

Open: 2,068.7400

Close: 2,029.6200

Mid: 2,029.9150

13

Open: 2,029.6600

Close: 2,045.6100

Mid: 2,037.6350

14

Open: 2,045.6100

Close: 2,039.5600

Mid: 2,042.4000

15

Open: 2,039.5800

Close: 2,043.4700

Mid: 2,033.3850

16

Open: 2,043.4800

Close: 2,058.3400

Mid: 2,050.9300

17
18
19

Open: 2,056.0000

Close: 2,075.2300

Mid: 2,065.6050

20

Open: 2,075.2200

Close: 2,052.7800

Mid: 2,063.2050

21

Open: 2,052.7900

Close: 2,063.3500

Mid: 2,056.4550

22

Open: 2,063.3900

Close: 2,062.5300

Mid: 2,062.9300

23

Open: 2,062.5400

Close: 2,081.5600

Mid: 2,072.0800

24
25
26

Open: 2,080.1200

Close: 2,096.5600

Mid: 2,085.3000

27

Open: 2,096.5900

Close: 2,108.5800

Mid: 2,102.3850

28

Open: 2,108.5600

Close: 2,096.9200

Mid: 2,101.5350

29

Open: 2,096.9200

Close: 2,096.8800

Mid: 2,096.6800

30

Open: 2,096.8500

Close: 2,087.7300

Mid: 2,092.6750

31

September - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Open: 2,106.7700

Close: 2,153.8700

Mid: 2,129.7000

10

Open: 2,153.8800

Close: 2,151.9800

Mid: 2,151.8500

11

Open: 2,151.9500

Close: 2,158.7100

Mid: 2,158.4150

12

Open: 2,158.7200

Close: 2,172.8000

Mid: 2,150.0250

13

Open: 2,172.7800

Close: 2,151.2500

Mid: 2,149.7400

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