Euro area: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for Euro area shows historical data for the Euros per USD exchange rate. These are monthly averages and not end-of-month currency values. An increase means depreciation against the USD as one can exchange more Euros per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Euro area become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Euro area.

The series for Euro area are available from January 2010 to September 2026. For that period, the average exchange rate for Euro area was 0.8505 Euros per USD with a minimum of 0.6911 Euros per USD in April 2011 and a maximum of 1.0168 Euros per USD in October 2022. The most recent available data point is 0.8689 Euros per USD, a change of 0.7% from the previous data point of 0.8629 Euros per USD and a change of 1.95% from a year ago when the level was 0.8523 Euros per USD.

Currency values in Euro area and elsewhere have different driving forces over the short-run and the long-run. Countries may have fixed or floating exchange rate regimes or be part of monetary unions. They may experience currency crises. These and other issues are discussed in detail on our Exchange rate page.