Category: Economy

  • Euro Exchange Rates: A 12-Month Look at USD, GBP, JPY and KRW

    On 2026-11-09, 1 euro bought 1.1179 US dollars. At the end of Dec 2025, it bought 1.1750 (-4.9%).

    What the data shows

    Value of 1 EUR in each currency. Each row is the last daily rate available in that month; the final row is the most recent rate.

    Month USD GBP JPY KRW
    Dec 2025 1.1750 0.8717 183.77 1,694.38
    Jan 2026 1.1927 0.8664 183.41 1,716.34
    Feb 2026 1.1803 0.8747 184.11 1,695.90
    Mar 2026 1.1486 0.8680 183.27 1,749.96
    Apr 2026 1.1696 0.8656 186.00 1,731.48
    May 2026 1.1647 0.8663 185.60 1,753.75
    Jun 2026 1.1409 0.8612 185.08 1,765.75
    Jul 2026 1.1497 0.8556 184.98 1,652.56
    Aug 2026 1.1613 0.8565 185.58 1,594.34
    Sep 2026 1.1351 0.8561 178.47 1,537.81
    Oct 2026 1.1177 0.8354 176.14 1,493.01
    Nov 2026 (latest) 1.1179 0.8341 176.94 1,514.55

    Data as of 2026-11-09. Source: Frankfurter API (frankfurter.dev), retrieved 2026-11-09.

    Why it matters to you

    The exchange rate changes what the same trip costs. Since the end of December 2025, 1 euro buys fewer US dollars (1.1750 then, 1.1179 now) and fewer South Korean won (1,694.38 then, 1,514.55 now).
    For someone paying in euros, that makes dollar and won prices more expensive. A hotel night priced at 100 US dollars cost about 85.11 euros at the December rate and about 89.45 euros at today’s rate. A night priced at 100,000 won moved from about 59.02 euros to about 66.03 euros.
    The direction matters more than the exact figure: when your home currency buys less of the destination currency, the same local price costs you more. Check the rate again close to your travel date, because the numbers above are daily reference rates and can change.

    What we checked / our own experience

    What we checked: we pulled the daily euro rates for the past 13 months from the Frankfurter API on 9 November 2026, took the last available rate in each month, and recalculated the changes shown above ourselves. The latest row is the most recent rate available on that date.
    What this data does not show: these are mid-market reference rates. The rate you get at a bank, exchange counter or card network usually includes a fee or margin, so your real cost will be higher than the figures in the table.

    Sources

    • Exchange rate data: Frankfurter (frankfurter.dev), which collects reference rates published by central banks and other official institutions.
    • Frankfurter data and license notes

    This article is for general information and is not investment, tax, or legal advice. Rates are mid-market reference values and may be revised; they are not the rates you will receive when exchanging money.