Live rate: 1 GBP = 194.6880 JPY (-1.01%)

Inverted: 1 JPY = 0.0051 GBP

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Comparison Results:

ProviderExchange RateFeeYou GetServiceNotesAction

Live Market Rate

194.68800192.7411
Horizon Currency 194.1039

(indicative)

0194.1039 International Payments and Transfers Experts in international money transfers for business and individuals, delivering industry-beating exchange rates.
CorPay 193.3252

(indicative)

0193.3252 International Payments and Transfers Indicative Dealing Desk Quote. Rate can only be applied to transfers in excess of £2000 equivalent.
wise 194.68800.56%193.5977 Best Multi-Currency Card One currency card for all your travels. Use it instantly as a digital card and top-up from the app, with the mid-market rate. 40+ currencies. Save up to 87% when you spend internationally.
Travel FX 191.09600191.0960 Holiday FX, Cash Delivery A specialist alternative to banks, bureau de change & the Post Office for clients seeking competitive currency exchange rates. A multiple award-winning company, offering free delivery (over £700.00), no commission charges, payment by Debit Card or Bank Transfer and typically offering the best exchange rates available.
currencyonlinegroup 190.07740190.0774 Best Branch Collection Also offer delivery and cash buyback services. Home delivery orders of £5 and above are accepted, for branch collection the minimum is £500. One of the highest rated companies we survey according to independent rating review providers.
The coventfx 190.65080190.6508Holiday FX, Cash Delivery Covent Garden FX is a family-owned and operated Bureau De Change located in the heart of Central London. Established for over 20 years, we offer extremely competitive exchange rates with no commission and no fees.

Best Bank Rate

Banks
189.2367

(upper range)

Variable189.2367 Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by IMTI

Worst Bank Rate

Banks
187.8739

(lower range)

Variable187.8739Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by Money Mover and Accourt

Paypal

Paypal
185.92700185.9270 International Payments and Transfers

Ranking Snapshot

Bullet 1

Horizon Currency

payments

Bullet 1

Wise

payments

Bullet 1

Revolut

payments, cash

Bullet 1

Global Reach

payments

Bullet 1

Travel FX

holiday cash

Bullet 1

Covent Garden FX

holiday cash

Bullet 1

Moneycorp

payments

Bullet 1

Tesco

cash

Bullet 1

Post Office

cash

Bullet 1

HSBC

representative of high street bank rates

info

About the rankings

For full historical data please visit: GBP/JPY 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: 179.4010

Close: 179.4010

Mid: 179.4010

2

Open: 179.4000

Close: 179.1700

Mid: 179.6960

3

Open: 179.1710

Close: 181.4710

Mid: 180.4250

4

Open: 181.4780

Close: 183.4150

Mid: 182.4030

5

Open: 183.4140

Close: 183.9350

Mid: 183.8245

6
7
8

Open: 184.1070

Close: 183.8640

Mid: 183.6235

9

Open: 183.8670

Close: 183.6410

Mid: 183.3505

10

Open: 183.6350

Close: 185.7270

Mid: 184.5830

11

Open: 185.7320

Close: 185.4070

Mid: 185.7125

12

Open: 185.4040

Close: 184.7870

Mid: 185.0720

13
14
15

Open: 184.9250

Close: 185.5550

Mid: 185.2260

16

Open: 185.5100

Close: 185.9730

Mid: 185.6010

17

Open: 186.0000

Close: 187.8790

Mid: 186.9995

18

Open: 187.8120

Close: 188.2120

Mid: 187.7890

19

Open: 188.2510

Close: 188.1870

Mid: 188.1650

20
21
22

Open: 188.3190

Close: 188.2580

Mid: 188.0815

23

Open: 188.2320

Close: 188.2490

Mid: 188.1450

24

Open: 188.2450

Close: 187.6950

Mid: 187.8010

25

Open: 187.7160

Close: 187.6960

Mid: 187.6790

26

Open: 187.6460

Close: 188.1850

Mid: 187.9525

27
28
29

Open: 188.1070

Close: 187.4880

Mid: 187.7075

30

Open: 187.4580

Close: 187.4570

Mid: 187.0205

31

Open: 187.4560

Close: 186.4380

Mid: 186.7880

February - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 186.4380

Close: 186.6000

Mid: 185.9465

2

Open: 186.5930

Close: 187.4770

Mid: 187.0925

3
4
5

Open: 187.6480

Close: 186.3990

Mid: 186.9150

6

Open: 186.3830

Close: 186.3700

Mid: 186.4895

7

Open: 186.3850

Close: 187.1170

Mid: 186.7280

8

Open: 187.1120

Close: 188.4520

Mid: 187.6805

9

Open: 188.3920

Close: 188.5250

Mid: 188.5595

10
11
12

Open: 188.4780

Close: 188.5980

Mid: 188.2940

13

Open: 188.5980

Close: 189.8850

Mid: 189.2620

14

Open: 189.8920

Close: 189.2400

Mid: 189.3350

15

Open: 189.2410

Close: 188.9350

Mid: 188.6290

16

Open: 188.9150

Close: 189.2340

Mid: 189.1750

17
18
19

Open: 189.2920

Close: 189.1040

Mid: 189.1505

20

Open: 189.1030

Close: 189.3180

Mid: 189.3830

21

Open: 189.3440

Close: 189.9140

Mid: 189.5385

22

Open: 189.9520

Close: 190.5970

Mid: 190.3430

23

Open: 190.5810

Close: 190.7350

Mid: 190.7780

24
25
26

Open: 190.7730

Close: 191.1830

Mid: 190.8285

27

Open: 191.1670

Close: 190.9410

Mid: 190.7775

28

Open: 190.9270

Close: 190.8060

Mid: 190.6140

29

Open: 190.8060

Close: 189.3400

Mid: 189.9275

March - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 189.3400

Close: 189.9950

Mid: 189.8395

2
3
4

Open: 189.7360

Close: 191.0550

Mid: 190.4620

5

Open: 191.0540

Close: 190.6480

Mid: 190.6915

6

Open: 190.6430

Close: 190.2000

Mid: 190.2770

7

Open: 190.2030

Close: 189.6300

Mid: 189.2255

8

Open: 189.6310

Close: 189.1280

Mid: 189.0540

9
10
11

Open: 188.7030

Close: 188.2910

Mid: 188.4805

12

Open: 188.2920

Close: 188.9100

Mid: 188.5925

13

Open: 188.9110

Close: 189.0840

Mid: 188.9840

14

Open: 189.0860

Close: 189.1560

Mid: 189.0605

15

Open: 189.1570

Close: 189.8320

Mid: 189.3090

16
17
18

Open: 190.0300

Close: 189.8640

Mid: 189.8490

19

Open: 189.8630

Close: 191.9160

Mid: 190.9180

20

Open: 191.9160

Close: 193.3830

Mid: 192.6750

21

Open: 193.3850

Close: 191.9080

Mid: 192.6770

22

Open: 191.9080

Close: 190.8230

Mid: 191.3185

23
24
25

Open: 191.6320

Close: 191.3360

Mid: 190.9965

26

Open: 191.3340

Close: 191.3890

Mid: 191.3935

27

Open: 191.3890

Close: 191.1560

Mid: 191.0515

28

Open: 191.1570

Close: 191.0580

Mid: 190.9525

29

Open: 191.0600

Close: 191.0340

Mid: 191.0040

30
31

April - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 191.3110

Close: 190.3400

Mid: 190.7675

2

Open: 190.3440

Close: 190.6190

Mid: 190.3845

3

Open: 190.6170

Close: 191.9220

Mid: 191.1855

4

Open: 191.9240

Close: 191.3300

Mid: 191.6360

5

Open: 191.3290

Close: 191.6240

Mid: 191.1595

6
7
8

Open: 191.6180

Close: 192.1340

Mid: 191.7840

9

Open: 192.1360

Close: 192.4050

Mid: 192.4720

10

Open: 192.4030

Close: 192.0860

Mid: 192.1850

11

Open: 192.0820

Close: 192.4030

Mid: 192.0780

12

Open: 192.4010

Close: 190.8250

Mid: 191.2220

13
14
15

Open: 191.0780

Close: 192.0080

Mid: 191.6295

16

Open: 192.0090

Close: 192.2540

Mid: 192.2305

17

Open: 192.2530

Close: 192.2640

Mid: 192.2610

18

Open: 192.2650

Close: 192.3210

Mid: 192.3515

19

Open: 192.3210

Close: 191.2940

Mid: 191.5180

20
21
22

Open: 191.7640

Close: 191.2090

Mid: 191.0460

23

Open: 191.2060

Close: 192.7500

Mid: 191.8445

24

Open: 192.7520

Close: 193.6230

Mid: 193.0300

25

Open: 193.6230

Close: 194.7800

Mid: 194.1535

26

Open: 194.7810

Close: 197.8260

Mid: 195.9550

27
28
29

Open: 198.0030

Close: 196.3990

Mid: 197.0715

30

Open: 196.3980

Close: 197.1240

Mid: 196.7300

May - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 197.1230

Close: 193.5820

Mid: 194.6445

2

Open: 193.5790

Close: 192.5540

Mid: 193.8105

3

Open: 192.5510

Close: 191.9470

Mid: 192.0355

4
5
6

Open: 192.0640

Close: 193.3490

Mid: 192.7320

7

Open: 193.3480

Close: 193.4960

Mid: 193.5655

8

Open: 193.4970

Close: 194.3790

Mid: 193.9400

9

Open: 194.3730

Close: 194.7130

Mid: 194.3645

10

Open: 194.7190

Close: 195.1110

Mid: 194.9150

11
12
13

Open: 194.9610

Close: 196.1920

Mid: 195.5325

14

Open: 196.1910

Close: 196.9660

Mid: 196.3925

15

Open: 196.9650

Close: 196.4810

Mid: 196.5210

16

Open: 196.4820

Close: 196.8750

Mid: 195.9845

17

Open: 196.8740

Close: 197.7160

Mid: 197.3320

18
19
20

Open: 197.7410

Close: 198.5490

Mid: 198.0185

21

Open: 198.5480

Close: 198.4780

Mid: 198.5915

22

Open: 198.4770

Close: 199.3980

Mid: 198.9610

23

Open: 199.3970

Close: 199.2850

Mid: 199.4605

24

Open: 199.2810

Close: 199.9590

Mid: 199.5760

25
26
27

Open: 200.0150

Close: 200.3200

Mid: 200.0290

28

Open: 200.3200

Close: 200.5730

Mid: 200.4050

29

Open: 200.5700

Close: 200.2050

Mid: 200.3980

30

Open: 200.2100

Close: 199.6790

Mid: 199.5075

31

Open: 199.6840

Close: 200.4520

Mid: 199.8775

June - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2
3

Open: 200.4290

Close: 199.8980

Mid: 199.9415

4

Open: 199.8970

Close: 197.7940

Mid: 198.8125

5

Open: 197.7960

Close: 199.6120

Mid: 198.7195

6

Open: 199.6110

Close: 199.0300

Mid: 199.3895

7

Open: 199.0290

Close: 199.3780

Mid: 199.1075

8
9
10

Open: 199.2970

Close: 199.9120

Mid: 199.4940

11

Open: 199.9130

Close: 200.1850

Mid: 200.0405

12

Open: 200.1840

Close: 200.5800

Mid: 200.4455

13

Open: 200.5820

Close: 200.4200

Mid: 200.5120

14

Open: 200.4140

Close: 199.6710

Mid: 200.2740

15
16
17

Open: 199.7240

Close: 200.4020

Mid: 199.7625

18

Open: 200.4010

Close: 200.6130

Mid: 200.4350

19

Open: 200.6120

Close: 201.1080

Mid: 200.7710

20

Open: 201.1100

Close: 201.1540

Mid: 201.1075

21

Open: 201.1540

Close: 202.0350

Mid: 201.2880

22
23
24

Open: 201.9330

Close: 202.4970

Mid: 201.9370

25

Open: 202.4980

Close: 202.5920

Mid: 202.3540

26

Open: 202.5920

Close: 202.9640

Mid: 202.7900

27

Open: 202.9640

Close: 203.2150

Mid: 202.9515

28

Open: 203.2150

Close: 203.4440

Mid: 203.0775

29
30

July - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 203.1470

Close: 204.2620

Mid: 203.9440

2

Open: 204.2600

Close: 204.7910

Mid: 204.3720

3

Open: 204.7890

Close: 206.0470

Mid: 205.4195

4

Open: 206.0450

Close: 205.7660

Mid: 205.7055

5

Open: 205.7660

Close: 206.0460

Mid: 205.7165

6
7
8

Open: 205.6170

Close: 205.9750

Mid: 205.9845

9

Open: 205.9610

Close: 206.2640

Mid: 206.2250

10

Open: 206.2640

Close: 207.7610

Mid: 206.9950

11

Open: 207.7600

Close: 205.1970

Mid: 205.9790

12

Open: 205.1930

Close: 205.0890

Mid: 205.0990

13
14
15

Open: 204.7950

Close: 205.0190

Mid: 204.7790

16

Open: 205.0140

Close: 205.4870

Mid: 205.3445

17

Open: 205.4840

Close: 203.2150

Mid: 204.3595

18

Open: 203.2120

Close: 203.6950

Mid: 202.9900

19

Open: 203.6960

Close: 203.3750

Mid: 203.5895

20
21
22

Open: 203.3730

Close: 203.1280

Mid: 202.7620

23

Open: 203.1250

Close: 200.8130

Mid: 201.9565

24

Open: 200.8140

Close: 198.6050

Mid: 199.4835

25

Open: 198.6070

Close: 197.8120

Mid: 197.3395

26

Open: 197.8120

Close: 197.8590

Mid: 198.0415

27
28
29

Open: 197.3940

Close: 198.1030

Mid: 197.6995

30

Open: 198.1000

Close: 196.0770

Mid: 197.7245

31

Open: 196.0800

Close: 192.8160

Mid: 194.8805

August - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 192.8170

Close: 190.2590

Mid: 191.7240

2

Open: 190.2600

Close: 187.6270

Mid: 188.9495

3
4
5

Open: 187.6970

Close: 184.2150

Mid: 183.9075

6

Open: 184.2140

Close: 183.1920

Mid: 184.9390

7

Open: 183.1910

Close: 186.2220

Mid: 185.6000

8

Open: 186.2190

Close: 187.7580

Mid: 186.1820

9

Open: 187.7520

Close: 187.0690

Mid: 187.4490

10
11
12

Open: 187.5320

Close: 187.9040

Mid: 188.2485

13

Open: 187.9120

Close: 188.8730

Mid: 188.5530

14

Open: 188.8750

Close: 188.9890

Mid: 188.6505

15

Open: 188.9910

Close: 191.9130

Mid: 190.3855

16

Open: 191.9140

Close: 191.0780

Mid: 191.1975

17
18
19

Open: 190.8760

Close: 190.4390

Mid: 189.9385

20

Open: 190.4380

Close: 189.3400

Mid: 190.2470

21

Open: 189.3400

Close: 190.1600

Mid: 190.1880

22

Open: 190.1600

Close: 191.5330

Mid: 190.8045

23

Open: 191.5320

Close: 190.8080

Mid: 191.1625

24
25
26

Open: 190.9110

Close: 190.5930

Mid: 190.2135

27

Open: 190.5930

Close: 190.9050

Mid: 191.0860

28

Open: 190.9040

Close: 190.7260

Mid: 190.9065

29

Open: 190.7280

Close: 190.9240

Mid: 190.9045

30

Open: 190.9250

Close: 191.8870

Mid: 191.2580

31

September - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2

Open: 192.1280

Close: 193.1570

Mid: 192.4115

3

Open: 193.1510

Close: 190.7810

Mid: 191.8540

4

Open: 190.7790

Close: 188.9890

Mid: 189.9015

5

Open: 188.9860

Close: 189.0680

Mid: 188.9270

6

Open: 189.0670

Close: 186.8450

Mid: 187.9575

7
8
9

Open: 186.9860

Close: 187.1800

Mid: 187.3005

10

Open: 187.1790

Close: 186.3350

Mid: 186.9140

11

Open: 186.3360

Close: 185.6850

Mid: 185.0510

12

Open: 185.6840

Close: 186.1200

Mid: 186.0145

13

Open: 186.1200

Close: 184.8280

Mid: 185.2895

14
15
16

Open: 185.0900

Close: 185.8450

Mid: 184.9180

17

Open: 185.8450

Close: 187.4190

Mid: 186.3770

18

Open: 187.4190

Close: 187.9960

Mid: 186.9445

19

Open: 187.9950

Close: 189.4570

Mid: 188.9240

20

Open: 189.4580

Close: 191.7200

Mid: 190.3690

21
22
23

Open: 191.6130

Close: 191.6900

Mid: 191.2890

24

Open: 191.6870

Close: 192.1180

Mid: 192.3360

25

Open: 192.1140

Close: 192.8590

Mid: 192.5310

26

Open: 192.8600

Close: 194.2610

Mid: 193.4365

27

Open: 194.2630

Close: 190.1680

Mid: 192.9895

28
29
30

Open: 190.0740

Close: 192.1080

Mid: 190.9445

October - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 192.1090

Close: 190.7290

Mid: 191.6175

2

Open: 190.7300

Close: 194.3210

Mid: 192.4275

3

Open: 194.3210

Close: 192.8490

Mid: 193.6585

4

Open: 192.8500

Close: 195.1590

Mid: 193.6400

5
6
7

Open: 195.1640

Close: 193.8770

Mid: 194.4835

8

Open: 193.8750

Close: 194.2110

Mid: 193.6325

9

Open: 194.2090

Close: 195.1680

Mid: 194.4300

10

Open: 195.1690

Close: 194.0330

Mid: 194.5470

11

Open: 194.0320

Close: 194.8730

Mid: 194.5500

12
13
14

Open: 194.9310

Close: 195.5760

Mid: 195.1755

15

Open: 195.5770

Close: 195.0780

Mid: 195.1900

16

Open: 195.0760

Close: 194.3790

Mid: 194.4985

17

Open: 194.3780

Close: 195.4520

Mid: 194.7265

18

Open: 195.4530

Close: 195.1540

Mid: 195.4040

19
20
21

Open: 195.3770

Close: 195.8700

Mid: 195.2345

22

Open: 195.8700

Close: 196.1820

Mid: 195.8185

23

Open: 196.1810

Close: 197.3840

Mid: 197.2450

24

Open: 197.3850

Close: 197.0120

Mid: 197.0330

25

Open: 197.0140

Close: 197.4180

Mid: 197.0905

26
27
28

Open: 198.6360

Close: 198.8370

Mid: 198.5810

29

Open: 198.8370

Close: 199.6050

Mid: 198.8810

30

Open: 199.6050

Close: 198.8690

Mid: 199.0015

31

Open: 198.8700

Close: 196.1090

Mid: 197.1415

November - 2024

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 196.1100

Close: 197.6420

Mid: 197.0785

2
3
4

Open: 197.3370

Close: 197.1200

Mid: 197.1210

5

Open: 197.1190

Close: 197.7440

Mid: 197.4500

6

Open: 197.7460

Close: 199.1650

Mid: 198.4490

7

Open: 199.1650

Close: 198.6200

Mid: 198.9475

8

Open: 198.6190

Close: 197.2010

Mid: 197.8375

9
10
11

Open: 197.2930

Close: 197.8120

Mid: 197.8150

12

Open: 197.8110

Close: 197.0990

Mid: 197.4740

13

Open: 197.0980

Close: 197.5780

Mid: 197.2430

14

Open: 197.5750

Close: 197.9430

Mid: 197.6660

15

Open: 197.9420

Close: 194.8100

Mid: 196.3775

16
17
18

Open: 194.6220

Close: 196.1060

Mid: 195.2715

19

Open: 196.1040

Close: 196.1380

Mid: 194.8965

20

Open: 196.1390

Close: 196.6680

Mid: 196.8780

21

Open: 196.6690

Close: 196.2430

Mid: 196.3525

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Compare Exchange Rates:

Know What the Best Exchange Rate Looks Like

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Why

Banks and financial institutions buy and sell currency from each other - these sizeable institutions are 'the market' and the rate they transact at is the 'market rate'. The difference between how much a currency is purchased and sold is the spread, which is essentially the difference between the buy and sell price.

But, when currency is sold by banks to retail customers that spread widens significantly and the profit on the transaction is therefore substantially larger.

Therefore when we focus on the transfer fee when sending money abroad we often miss the biggest cost: the exchange rate spread.

Foreign exchange providers have essentially recognised this and they enter the market to transfer money at tighter spreads, thereby saving potentially significant amounts of money for their clients simply by providing better exchange rates.

For example, the transfer of £100K into euros is expected to attract a rate that delivers between €112,480 and €113,296 with the UK's leading high street banks. But FCA authorised providers will provide a rate that delivers between €115,510 and €115,740 (using rates on 05/07/21).

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