🇺🇸 USD to 🇦🇴 AOA — US Dollar to Angolan Kwanza (Kz) Rate Today
Indicative interbank rate. Interbank rate updated 20 Jul 12:00 UTC (less than 1h ago) · ExchangeRate-API (interbank)
Convert US Dollar to Angolan Kwanza using the live indicative interbank rate and the converter below. Covers the cost of sending to Angola via the major mobile money apps.
USD to AOA rate change
Rate tracking started 24 June 2026. Longer windows fill in as history grows.
Change in the USD→AOA rate. + means the Angolan Kwanza weakened against the US Dollar; − means it strengthened.
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USD → AOA conversion table
| USD | AOA |
|---|---|
| 1 | 920.68 |
| 5 | 4,603.40 |
| 10 | 9,206.80 |
| 20 | 18,413.60 |
| 50 | 46,034.00 |
| 100 | 92,068.00 |
| 200 | 184,136.00 |
| 500 | 460,340.00 |
| 1,000 | 920,680.00 |
| 2,000 | 1,841,360.00 |
| 5,000 | 4,603,400.00 |
| 10,000 | 9,206,800.00 |
Table computed at the indicative rate of 1 USD = 920.68 AOA. Real operator-side values include a 1%-4% spread.
US Dollar to Angolan Kwanza exchange rate history
What moves the Angolan Kwanza rate
The Angolan kwanza moves with crude oil, which dominates export earnings and governs how many dollars circulate in the economy. When the oil cycle turns, dollar liquidity tightens and the currency feels the strain almost immediately. Central-bank reserves and the scale of import demand also bear on the exchange-rate balance. To anticipate the kwanza, the decisive factors are crude prices, exported volumes and the dollar cash flow they generate, together with how far the authorities can defend the currency against steady import needs. This oil-and-dollar cycle, more than any other single force, sets the rhythm for where the kwanza trades.
Converting and sending the Angolan Kwanza: what to know
The kwanza carries a real history of a parallel or street-market gap and of sharp devaluations, so the official rate has not always matched what people actually trade at. It was allowed to float more freely from 2018, easing some distortions. For anyone converting, the practical constraint is dollar availability rather than the headline rate: when hard currency is scarce, access tightens and street rates diverge. Senders and receivers should check current conditions, avoid assuming the official quote is obtainable, and treat dollar liquidity as the key factor shaping any real-world conversion.
About the US Dollar
The US Dollar (USD, $) is the world's primary reserve currency and the de facto reference rate for most African remittance pricing. It is issued by the Federal Reserve System and subdivided into 100 cents. For African routes, the USD plays two distinct roles: as the on-the-wire settlement currency that originating remittance providers use to hedge between markets, and as the unit of account that diaspora senders most often think in. When operators quote a USD-to-local-currency rate, the difference between that rate and the interbank mid-market — the spread — is where most of the route's cost is hidden, often dwarfing the visible send fee. For receivers in countries with thin USD interbank markets such as Sierra Leone or Mozambique, the published rate can lag the interbank reference by several percentage points.
About the Angolan Kwanza
The kwanza, Angola's national currency, is issued by the Banco Nacional de Angola and divides into 100 cêntimos. Its fortunes are tied tightly to crude oil, since Angola ranks among Africa's largest producers and the petroleum sector supplies most of the government's hard-currency earnings. When oil prices slide or dollar liquidity tightens, the kwanza has tended to depreciate sharply, and the country has lived through several pronounced devaluations as it adjusted to swinging export revenue. That dependence makes the unit one of the continent's more volatile, with its value closely shadowing the oil-and-dollar cycle.
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Rates shown on this page are indicative interbank reference rates updated daily. Operator send rates typically include a 1%-4% spread above this reference, which covers FX hedging cost, settlement risk and commercial margin. For exact send rates via M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Sendwave, LemFi, WorldRemit, Wise or TapTap Send to Angola, see the inbound transfer comparison.