What is the dollar rate in Kigali today?

As of 2026-11-05, the median of the exchangers' boards in Kigali is 1,030 RWF per US dollar (EMpulse Street FX Index, confidence limited). The boards show the latest rate read.

Where can I exchange dollars in Kigali?

The table on this page lists exchange offices in Kigali whose public boards the index reads, with their latest buy and sell rates; verified ones carry a badge and publish their own rates. Check the rate on the spot before exchanging.

What is a street rate and how is it different from the official rate?

The street rate is the rate at which people actually buy and sell dollars (USDT) in Rwanda, on the open market, outside the official or interbank quote. Where the official rate is managed or lagging, the gap between the two is the street premium.

Where does the RWF street rate data come from?

The EMpulse Street FX Index combines transaction-based market data with quotes from independent public market sources, weighted by the reliability each source has earned. Every day carries the number of sources and a confidence class (high, medium or limited); the methodology is public at https://empulse.ai/methodology.

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US dollar street rate in Kigali, Rwanda

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As of 2026-11-05, the street rate for the US dollar in Kigali (Rwanda) is 1,030 RWF per USD according to the EMpulse Street FX Index: the median of the boards of 1 exchangers in the city (confidence limited). The country-wide index is 1,385 RWF.

Rates are RWF per 1 US dollar (USDT counted as 1 USD). The city median comes from the public boards of exchangers in Kigali, shown as a client sees them: buy — you buy dollars, sell — you sell dollars; a board older than 3 days is not shown. The country-wide figure is the EMpulse Street FX Index. limited confidence: fewer sources or fewer data points behind the latest days, so the rate is noisier and can have gaps.

Exchangers in Kigali

Day	City median	Buy USD	Sell USD	Sources	Confidence	Country index
2026-11-05	1,030	1,030	—	—	limited	1,385

Exchanger	District	Buy USD	Sell USD	Updated (UTC)	Source
aeroport-kigali.com	—	1,030	—	2026-11-05 00:37	index

own ✓ — the business verified its card and publishes its own rates; index — the rate as read from the public page or channel of the exchanger. Verified exchangers come first; a rate that disagrees with the city median never lifts a card.

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Exchange points in Kigali: 4

Exchange offices and money-transfer points in Kigali from open map data, nearest to the city centre first. Hours and phones are as published on the map; check on the spot before you go.

Exchanger	Address	Hours	Phone	km from centre	Source
UA Exchange	—	—	—	2.3	OpenStreetMap
—	—	—	—	6.2	OpenStreetMap
Give and Take Forex	—	—	—	7.9	OpenStreetMap
Vision 2020 Forex	—	—	—	7.9	OpenStreetMap

All 4 exchange points in Kigali →

Exchange points: map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License.

How to cite

EMpulse Street FX Index: the US dollar in Kigali is 1,030 RWF on 2026-11-05, the median of the boards of 1 exchangers. https://empulse.ai/rates/RWF/kigali

How it is computed

EMpulse Street FX Index: daily street exchange rates of emerging-market currencies against the US dollar (USDT) — the rate people actually pay, not the official one — built from transaction-based market data and quotes from independent public market sources, with a confidence class and the number of sources on every figure.

The index of a day is one number: when both components publish the same day, their mean weighted by confidence; outlier days are kept but excluded from averages and changes; the current day is revised until 00:00 UTC. Full rules, fields and revision policy: methodology (PDF) · accuracy.

Questions

What is the dollar rate in Kigali today?: As of 2026-11-05, the median of the exchangers' boards in Kigali is 1,030 RWF per US dollar (EMpulse Street FX Index, confidence limited). The boards show the latest rate read.
Where can I exchange dollars in Kigali?: The table on this page lists exchange offices in Kigali whose public boards the index reads, with their latest buy and sell rates; verified ones carry a badge and publish their own rates. Check the rate on the spot before exchanging.
What is a street rate and how is it different from the official rate?: The street rate is the rate at which people actually buy and sell dollars (USDT) in Rwanda, on the open market, outside the official or interbank quote. Where the official rate is managed or lagging, the gap between the two is the street premium.
Where does the RWF street rate data come from?: The EMpulse Street FX Index combines transaction-based market data with quotes from independent public market sources, weighted by the reliability each source has earned. Every day carries the number of sources and a confidence class (high, medium or limited); the methodology is public at https://empulse.ai/methodology.

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