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GBP to USD on August 20, 2008

1 GBP = 1.8577 USD

1 USD = 0.53831 GBP

On Wednesday, August 20, 2008 the ECB reference rate was 1 GBP = 1.8577 USD, and 1 USD = 0.53831 GBP.

Against the previous business day (August 19, 2008, 1.8614) the rate moved by -0.20%.

The August 2008 average was 1.8891, with a low of 1.8304 and a high of 1.9768.

A year earlier, on August 20, 2007, 1 GBP cost 1.9850 USD (-6.41%).

August 2008: daily rates

DateRateChange
August 1, 20081.9768-0.10%
August 4, 20081.9663-0.53%
August 5, 20081.9533-0.66%
August 6, 20081.9542+0.04%
August 7, 20081.9521-0.11%
August 8, 20081.9225-1.52%
August 11, 20081.9206-0.10%
August 12, 20081.9004-1.05%
August 13, 20081.8765-1.26%
August 14, 20081.8744-0.11%
August 15, 20081.8628-0.62%
August 18, 20081.8658+0.16%
August 19, 20081.8614-0.23%
August 20, 20081.8577-0.20%
August 21, 20081.8667+0.49%
August 22, 20081.8589-0.42%
August 25, 20081.8538-0.28%
August 26, 20081.8355-0.98%
August 27, 20081.8466+0.60%
August 28, 20081.8356-0.59%
August 29, 20081.8304-0.28%

Conversion at this date's rate

AmountUSDAmountGBP
1 GBP1.86 USD1 USD0.53831 GBP
5 GBP9.29 USD5 USD2.69 GBP
10 GBP18.58 USD10 USD5.38 GBP
20 GBP37.15 USD20 USD10.77 GBP
50 GBP92.88 USD50 USD26.92 GBP
100 GBP185.77 USD100 USD53.83 GBP
200 GBP371.53 USD200 USD107.66 GBP
250 GBP464.41 USD250 USD134.58 GBP

1 GBP in other currencies on August 20, 2008

PairRate
GBP/EUR Euro1.2608
GBP/USD US dollar1.8577
GBP/JPY Japanese yen204.53
GBP/CHF Swiss franc2.0396
GBP/AUD Australian dollar2.1338
GBP/CAD Canadian dollar1.9719
GBP/NZD New Zealand dollar2.6105
GBP/CNY Chinese yuan12.734
GBP/HKD Hong Kong dollar14.508
GBP/SGD Singapore dollar2.6261
GBP/KRW South Korean won1,944.03
GBP/IDR Indonesian rupiah17,016.13
GBP/MYR Malaysian ringgit6.1906
GBP/PHP Philippine peso84.902
GBP/THB Thai baht63.429
GBP/TRY Turkish lira2.2121
GBP/ZAR South African rand14.374
GBP/BRL Brazilian real3.0137
GBP/MXN Mexican peso18.793
GBP/PLN Polish zloty4.1814
GBP/CZK Czech koruna30.773
GBP/HUF Hungarian forint295.86
GBP/RON Romanian leu4.4456
GBP/SEK Swedish krona11.838
GBP/NOK Norwegian krone10.031
GBP/DKK Danish krone9.4043
GBP/ISK Icelandic krona153.59

GBP/USD 2008 · GBP/USD · USD/GBP

The ECB publishes euro reference rates around 16:00 CET on TARGET business days. Cross rates between two non-euro currencies are calculated from their euro rates. Reference rates serve for information; a bank or card issuer applies its own rate.

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