What is the dollar rate in Zanzibar City today?

The boards of exchangers in Zanzibar City are being added; the country-wide TZS index is published at https://empulse.ai/rates/TZS.

Where can I exchange dollars in Zanzibar City?

The table on this page lists exchange offices in Zanzibar City 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 Tanzania, 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 TZS 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 Zanzibar City, Tanzania

Name: EMpulse Street FX Index — US dollar street rate in Zanzibar City (TZS)
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As of 2026-11-05, the street rate for the US dollar in Tanzania is 2,559 TZS per USD according to the EMpulse Street FX Index; the boards of exchangers in Zanzibar City are being added.

Rates are TZS per 1 US dollar (USDT counted as 1 USD). The city median comes from the public boards of exchangers in Zanzibar City, 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.

Exchangers in Zanzibar City

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Exchange points in Zanzibar City: 23

Exchange offices and money-transfer points in Zanzibar City 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
wakala	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	0.3	OpenStreetMap
Wakala	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	0.6	OpenStreetMap
Diamond Trust Bank	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	0.7	OpenStreetMap
Kibonge	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	0.7	OpenStreetMap
Mobile_money_agent	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	0.8	OpenStreetMap
Wakala & Simu	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	0.9	OpenStreetMap
wakala	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	1.0	OpenStreetMap
Wakala	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	1.1	OpenStreetMap
Wakala	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	1.1	OpenStreetMap
mobile_money_agent	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	1.1	OpenStreetMap
—	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	1.1	OpenStreetMap
wakala serices shop	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	1.3	OpenStreetMap
Adams Bureau De Exchange	—	—	—	1.7	OpenStreetMap
—	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	1.7	OpenStreetMap
Rahisi Forex	—	—	—	2.1	OpenStreetMap
—	Zanzibar Urban	—	—	2.1	OpenStreetMap
Eagle Bureau de Change	—	—	—	2.2	OpenStreetMap
Morning star bureau de change	Kenyatta Road None, Stone Town	—	—	2.2	OpenStreetMap
Morningstar Exchange	Kenyatta Road None, Stone Town	—	—	2.2	OpenStreetMap
—	—	—	—	2.2	OpenStreetMap

All 23 exchange points in Zanzibar City →

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

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 Zanzibar City today?: The boards of exchangers in Zanzibar City are being added; the country-wide TZS index is published at https://empulse.ai/rates/TZS.
Where can I exchange dollars in Zanzibar City?: The table on this page lists exchange offices in Zanzibar City 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 Tanzania, 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 TZS 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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