Currency pair · cross of two ECB reference rates
What is the USD/BRL reference rate and how has it moved?
The USD/BRL reference rate was 5.08282 on 16 Oct 2026: one USD was worth 5.08282 BRL. That is 6.7% below a year earlier and 26% of the way up its 52-week range. Annualised volatility over the year was 10.3%.
- USD/BRL · 16 Oct 2026
- 5.08282Previous fixing 5.05701 (15 Oct 2026) · ▲ +0.51%
- 12-month change
- ▼ −6.7%from 5.44802 on 16 Oct 2025
- 52-week range
- 4.90191–5.58722low 11 May 2026 · high 23 Dec 2025
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 10.3%annualised; full-year average since 2016: 14.8%
The past twelve months
What the record shows
- Over the past year USD/BRL has been calmer than usual: 10.3% annualised volatility against a 14.8% average for full calendar years since 2016. Its calmest full year was 2023 (11.5%) and its busiest 2020 (21.1%).
- Since 4 Jan 2016 the rate has ranged from 3.04187 (16 Feb 2017) to 6.28523 (19 Dec 2024). Today's fixing is higher than 55% of the 2,763 daily fixings in that period.
- Five years ago, on 15 Oct 2021, the fixing was 5.48483, so the rate is 7.3% below that level. Over one month it is ▼ −1.23% (from 5.14588 on 16 Sept 2026).
- The largest single-day move of the past year was on 5 Oct 2026: 5.22138 → 4.98474 (▼ −4.53%).
- Read the other way round, 1 BRL was worth 0.19674 USD on 16 Oct 2026 (BRL/USD).
How is the USD/BRL figure on this page produced?
The ECB does not publish USD/BRL; it publishes each currency against the euro. The cross is the ratio of the two: BRL per euro ÷ USD per euro = 5.71970 ÷ 1.12530 = 5.08282 on 16 Oct 2026. Because both legs are fixed at the same moment, the cross is internally consistent, but it can differ slightly from a market quote at 14:10 CET. See how to calculate a cross rate.
Year by year
| Year | Close | Change | High | Low | Average | Vol. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 to date | 5.08282 | ▼ −7.2% | 5.44153 5 Jan | 4.90191 11 May | 5.14220 | 9.2% |
| 2025 | 5.47779 | ▼ −11.4% | 6.22033 2 Jan | 5.26892 12 Nov | 5.58958 | 12.1% |
| 2024 | 6.18471 | ▲ +27.5% | 6.28523 19 Dec | 4.87196 12 Jan | 5.38675 | 13.3% |
| 2023 | 4.85231 | ▼ −8.2% | 5.44938 4 Jan | 4.72022 31 Jul | 4.99634 | 11.5% |
| 2022 | 5.28652 | ▼ −5.1% | 5.69508 7 Jan | 4.59331 5 Apr | 5.16696 | 18.0% |
| 2021 | 5.57134 | ▲ +7.3% | 5.84774 9 Mar | 4.90669 25 Jun | 5.39471 | 15.5% |
| 2020 | 5.19395 | ▲ +29.2% | 5.92337 14 May | 4.00876 2 Jan | 5.15395 | 21.1% |
| 2019 | 4.01967 | ▲ +3.6% | 4.25726 26 Nov | 3.65956 31 Jan | 3.94409 | 12.1% |
| 2018 | 3.88122 | ▲ +17.2% | 4.19347 17 Sept | 3.14804 26 Jan | 3.65584 | 14.8% |
| 2017 | 3.31268 | ▲ +1.8% | 3.33778 23 Jun | 3.04187 16 Feb | 3.19063 | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 3.25444 | — | 4.15221 21 Jan | 3.11553 25 Oct | 3.48410 | 17.7% |
Since January 2016
Largest one-day moves since 2016
| Date | From | To | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2017 | 3.13487 | 3.33008 | ▲ +6.23% |
| 16 Mar 2020 | 4.68678 | 4.96379 | ▲ +5.91% |
| 9 Nov 2020 | 5.56630 | 5.25515 | ▼ −5.59% |
| 12 Mar 2020 | 4.66426 | 4.90044 | ▲ +5.06% |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 5.22138 | 4.98474 | ▼ −4.53% |
Sources
- European Central Bank — euro foreign exchange reference rates (series EXR.D.USD+BRL.EUR.SP00.A, retrieved 16 Oct 2026 via the ECB Data Portal).
- Method for crosses, ranges and volatility: methodology.