Kinguila and kwanza rate today: the four layers

In Angola there isn't one rate but several: the interbank mid-market, the BNA official rate, the banks' rates, and the street rate — the kinguila. This page separates the four layers, dates each one, and says where it comes from. What we cannot verify, we do not invent.

What is the kwanza rate today?

1 USD

925.05 Kz

1 EUR

1,092.12 Kz

Interbank mid-market from our feed — Interbank rate updated 10 Jul 00:00 UTC (less than 1h ago). It is the market reference, not a counter or street quote.

The four layers of the Angolan rate

Live mid-market

The interbank midpoint, updated by our feed and dated above. It's the yardstick: the further a quote sits from it, the more you're paying.

BNA official rate

The official reference rate is published by the National Bank of Angola. We don't copy it from a third party — check it at source, on bna.ao.

Fonte / Source: bna.ao

Banks and kinguila (cambio.ao)

cambio.ao publishes Angolan banks' rates alongside the informal rate — the kinguila's. It is the closest citable source to the street. The site blocks automated access, so we link to it rather than copy a figure we cannot verify.

Check cambio.ao

The street's honesty

There is no single kinguila rate. It varies by trader, by neighbourhood, by amount and by banknote denomination, and moves through the day. Any published figure is indicative. Confirm in person and count the money at the moment of exchange.

Why is there a gap between official and kinguila?

The root is FX rationing. When oil revenue fell after 2014, dollars stopped flowing freely and were allocated administratively. Anyone who needed foreign currency and couldn't get it through the official channel went to the informal market, and a premium was born. Successive BNA reforms narrowed the two rates, but the gap reopens whenever oil revenue or reserves tighten. It isn't a trader's trick: it's scarcity with a price.

What do you get for 100 or 500?

Amount	In kwanzas (mid)
100 USD	92,505 Kz
500 USD	462,525 Kz
100 EUR	109,212 Kz
500 EUR	546,060 Kz

At the mid-market, before any fee or spread. A bank or a kinguila will quote you something else.

Frequently asked questions

What is the kinguila rate today?

The kinguila rate is the informal street rate. It moves through the day and from trader to trader. We don't publish it here: we have no way to verify it in real time, and an invented figure would be worse than none. The closest public reference is cambio.ao, which gathers bank rates alongside the informal rate. Check it there, and treat any figure as indicative rather than guaranteed.

What is the official kwanza rate?

The official reference rate is published by the National Bank of Angola (bna.ao). The figure shown on this page is the interbank mid-market rate from our feed, dated — it's the market reference, not a quote anyone will hand you at a counter.

Why does the street rate differ from the official one?

The gap grew out of FX rationing: when oil revenue fell after 2014, dollars were allocated administratively and a parallel market developed. Successive BNA reforms narrowed the two rates; the gap widens again whenever revenue or reserves tighten.

Can I trust a rate I saw online?

Treat it as indicative. The street rate varies by trader, by neighbourhood, by the amount exchanged, and even by banknote denomination. Before changing a large sum, confirm in person and count the money at the moment of exchange.

Layers reviewed 2026-07-09. We do not publish the kinguila rate: we cite cambio.ao and the BNA rather than invent a figure.