USD/ZAR — US Dollar South African Rand Live Price
USD/ZAR Live Price Chart
1D and 5D plot 5- and 30-minute intraday candles; 1M–6M plot daily candles. Prices are indicative and may be delayed.
Period returns — 1D is the latest session move (the last completed session when the market is closed); 1W–1Y are computed from real daily closing history. Each window is shown only when its data is available.
Key Statistics
Technical Summary
3 of 5 signals read buy.
Computed from real daily price history (RSI 14, SMA 20/50/200, MACD 12/26/9) · Updated Oct 24, 12:31 UTC. Not investment advice.
About USD/ZAR
USD/ZAR is the price of one US dollar in South African rand. The rand floats freely and is one of the most actively traded emerging-market currencies, so it is often used as a liquid proxy for emerging-market risk: it tends to weaken sharply when global investors turn cautious and to recover when risk appetite returns. Monetary policy is set by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), which targets inflation.
South Africa is a major exporter of platinum-group metals, gold, coal and other minerals, so commodity prices feed into the rand through the trade balance. Foreign holdings of South African government bonds make the currency sensitive to US interest rates and to the gap between SARB and Federal Reserve policy. Domestic factors such as fiscal policy, credit ratings and the reliability of electricity supply also affect investor confidence in the rand.
The market for USD/ZAR is currently closed. At the last close it stood at 16.5804, a move of +0.1042 (+0.63%) versus the previous close of 16.4762, after ranging between 16.4735 and 16.6213 over that session. FXMARE's technical engine currently reads the setup as Buy.
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USD/ZAR — frequently asked questions
What is the USD to ZAR rate today?
This page shows the live USD/ZAR rate, meaning how many South African rand one US dollar buys, with an intraday chart and the day's high and low. Banks and transfer services add their own margin to this market rate.
Why is the rand so volatile?
The rand is liquid and widely traded by global investors, so it is often bought or sold as a stand-in for emerging-market risk as a whole. That means it reacts strongly to changes in global sentiment and US interest rates, as well as to South African news.
What does the USD/ZAR 52-week range show?
The 52-week range is the lowest low and the highest high USD/ZAR printed across the past 52 weeks of daily bars, so it shows where the current price sits relative to that year's extremes. Computed from FXMARE's daily price history, the current 52-week range is 15.6297 – 17.5768.